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This guide explains how to receive and send USDC, XLM, EURC, and other tokens on the Stellar blockchain using HOT Wallet. It highlights HOT Wallet's advantages like free asset activation, protection against fund loss, full support for claimable balances, and low fees. The tutorial covers step-by-step processes for deposits, transfers, and claiming balances, making Stellar accessible for beginners.

This article explains the multi-layer architecture of modern Web3 blockchains, from Layer 0 foundations to Layer 3 specialized applications. It covers key examples like Cosmos, Ethereum, Optimism, and briefly mentions Stellar among supported L1 networks in the HOT Wallet. The piece promotes a multi-chain wallet for seamless interaction across these layers.

A retrospective on Stellar's 2025 hackathon ecosystem, highlighting how events evolved from weekend competitions into community-driven onboarding infrastructure. The article details 64 IRL events, 8,820 developer participants globally, and a shift toward long-term builder retention through mentorship and composability-focused hackathons.

This article provides a comprehensive Spanish-language guide to Stellar Community Fund (SCF) 7.0, explaining its funding process, key changes, and application steps for builders in the Stellar ecosystem. It covers the Interest Form entry point, three Build tracks (Open, Integration, RFP), tranche-based funding up to $150K-$300K in XLM, and practical tips for maximizing success. SCF emphasizes real products, execution, and community governance over mere ideas.

This article introduces Stellar blockchain as a solution to slow, expensive cross-border payments, highlighting its fast 3-5 second confirmations, minimal fixed fees, and real-world focus via anchors and SCP consensus. It covers Stellar's origins, differences from other blockchains, tools like Stellar Laboratory for testnet experimentation, and the recent Soroban smart contracts launch. The piece promotes the first episode of 'Hola Stellar' video series for beginners.

This article recommends top podcasts for DeFi enthusiasts in 2026, highlighting Stellar Development Foundation's 'block by block' hosted by Denelle Dixon and 'Tech Talks with Tomer' hosted by Tomer Weller. It emphasizes their value for insights into Stellar's blockchain applications and technical innovations. Broader DeFi podcasts like Bankless, The Defiant, and Unchained are also suggested, with a plug for Hoops Finance's Stellar analytics tools.

Rise In's November 2025 monthly update highlights record-breaking HackStellar Istanbul with 52 projects, over 250 new projects from India events, and expansion into Vietnam. Top winning projects include Stellar x402 for HTTP micro-payments, Reset DeFi yield aggregator, and Sublayer subscription manager. Globally, over 300 projects and 1,300 builders are driving Stellar ecosystem growth.

Allbridge launches a multi-wave on-chain campaign to introduce users to the Stellar ecosystem through practical quests and rewards. The campaign features a $10,000 reward pool across five two-week waves, starting December 22, focusing on bridging assets and interacting with Stellar protocols. Supported by the Stellar Development Foundation, it emphasizes DeFi, asset issuance, and real-world adoption.

Stellar x Rise's October 2025 monthly update highlights expansion across Asia with workshops in Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Turkey. Key events included bootcamps producing over 100 new projects in India, a nationwide workshop series in Turkey, and an online builder challenge. Upcoming events feature the Bosphorus Hackathon in Istanbul and more workshops.

The article explains the lifecycle of Trustless Work escrows on blockchain, detailing six phases from initiation to dispute resolution. It highlights how programmable trust, roles, and on-chain immutability ensure transparency, accountability, and auditability in payments. This structure benefits businesses, enterprises, and developers by replacing blind transactions with verifiable actions.

Trustless Work is a Stellar-based escrow system where roles define permissions for managing funds in a trustless manner. Key roles include Issuer, Funder, Service Provider, Approver, Release Signer, Receiver, Platform Address, Dispute Resolver, and Observer. This design ensures transparency, security, and programmability without single-party control over funds.

A Stellar ambassador recounts their experience at the Avalanche Build hackathon, emphasizing collaboration, community, and interoperability across blockchain ecosystems. They highlight learning from diverse participants, using tools like Vibecoding and AI, and their team's 3rd place finish. The event reinforced the value of open communities bridging networks like Stellar and Avalanche for real-world impact.

Stellar partnered with Rise In to host Hack Pera, Turkey’s largest IRL Web3 hackathon during Istanbul Blockchain Week in June 2025, attracting 200+ developers and resulting in 72 projects. Ten teams won shares of $25,000 in prizes, with one launching on Stellar mainnet and gaining 100+ users immediately. The event featured strong mentorship, high participant satisfaction (4.86/5), and a focus on building real on-chain value in the Stellar ecosystem.

Stellar expanded into the Turkish market in 2025 through a strategic four-phase plan by Rise In, starting with developer education workshops and a mini-hackathon. This led to Hack Pera, Turkey's largest Web3 hackathon with 72 projects and $25K prizes, followed by a massively popular Stellar Sunset Party and a prominent booth at Istanbul Blockchain Week. The initiative resulted in 1,646 learners, 130+ projects, and projects advancing to Stellar's $150K Build Grant Program.

An analysis debunking common blockchain decentralization myths, arguing that proof-of-stake systems concentrate power through wealth rather than validator count, and contrasting this with Stellar's Consensus Protocol (SCP), which grants power through explicit, community-chosen, and revocable trust rather than capital.

Cursor, an AI-powered code editor, is promoted for students worldwide, offering free Pro access with a university email. It accelerates coding, problem-solving, and project execution, with a livestream tutorial demonstrating a dApp build using Next.js and Stellar Wallet Kit. The article highlights its benefits for students in Latin America building on Stellar, from smart contracts to DeFi protocols.

The article argues that Web3, including blockchain technologies, may succeed like cloud computing by becoming invisible infrastructure for developers rather than a consumer-facing product like ChatGPT. It outlines key barriers to adoption such as poor UX, fragmentation, unclear regulations, and onboarding challenges, and emphasizes the need for unique value propositions like trustless coordination. A linked post highlights Stellar's role in bridging assets with Near intents, tying into broader interoperability discussions.

Stellar's resources hub showcasing whitepapers, reports, and guidebooks on blockchain, crypto, fintech, and CBDCs. The page also promotes Stellar's newsletters for ecosystem updates and developer resources.

Flipside Quests launches on Stellar, offering an interactive way to earn rewards while learning DeFi through simple tasks and guided onboarding.

Women Biz shares July activities and announces August opportunities including English club, legal workshops, stablecoins education, and a Stellar Ideathon hackathon in Lima.

This article argues that USD Coin (USDC) is the best stablecoin to hold in 2025 due to its transparency, regulatory compliance, multi-chain availability including Stellar, and growing adoption in emerging markets. It contrasts USDC with alternatives like USDT and DAI, highlighting risks in less transparent or volatile stablecoins. USDC's institutional support and real-world utility in remittances and DeFi make it a standout choice.

@StellarOrg and @Giveth launched a $50,000 matching grant program using Quadratic Funding to support community-led Stellar educational events worldwide. The initiative aims to identify new community leaders and ambassadors while fostering global adoption through workshops, hackathons, and localized content.

A developer shares her firsthand experience winning a track at Casa Builder México 2025 hackathon, building a Stellar/Soroban smart contract project with a mixed Web2/Web3 team despite having no prior Rust or Stellar experience. She details the technical stack, timeline, challenges, and key lessons learned about participating in hackathons.

This article provides a deep technical exploration of Federated Byzantine Agreement (FBA), the consensus mechanism used by Stellar and Ripple, contrasting it with Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake. It examines FBA's architecture, the philosophical differences between Stellar's bottom-up approach and Ripple's managed model, discusses inherent risks like bootstrapping trust and quorum centralization, and explores emerging applications beyond cryptocurrency.