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LUMOS incentives distributed across Stellar and XRP Ledger networks. Native liquidity providers, ecosystem LPs, and whale holders received rewards totaling millions of LUMOS tokens across both chains.

Arcane Finance is building a compliance-ready privacy layer on Stellar that enables private payments, payroll, and institutional transactions while maintaining auditability and regulatory controls through selective disclosure and pre-transaction compliance checks.

AllUnity, a joint venture between DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy, has launched EURAU, a regulated euro-backed stablecoin, on the Stellar network. The integration enables banks, corporates, and fintechs to access compliant, fast, and low-cost euro settlements at scale.

LumosCore launches Ecosystem LP Rewards program with 240M $LUMOS allocated over 10 years to incentivize liquidity provision across Stellar and XRPL. Liquidity providers earn rewards every 15 days with no minimum deposit required.

LumosCore launches a 10-year LP rewards program allocating 240M $LUMOS tokens across 20 liquidity pools (10 on Stellar, 10 on XRPL). Participants earn rewards proportional to their liquidity share, with 2M $LUMOS distributed monthly starting April 15, 2026.

OpenZeppelin's Role Manager uses SubQuery's decentralized indexing to provide a unified interface for managing smart contract access control across 30+ networks, including Stellar mainnet and testnet, eliminating fragmented manual processes.

Stellar Hacks Agents hackathon runs until April 13th. This guide covers 8 essential tips for building agentic AI projects on Stellar, from validating your idea and creating demo videos to setting up USDC trustlines and testing payment flows.

RedStone shipped its integrated Stack for pricing, liquidation, and credit risk with Lotus Finance and Real Finance already live. The platform expanded to Stellar, Canton, and other networks with real-time oracle infrastructure now supporting institutional-grade DeFi and real-world asset applications.

x402 and MPP agentic payment protocols enable micropayments for any web resource using Stellar's infrastructure, unlocking new revenue models for AI agents and humans across APIs, data feeds, content, and services without subscription friction.

Guide comparing payment platforms for Latin American freelancers receiving international payments in 2026, highlighting Meru as a Stellar-based solution designed for the region with low fees, real US bank accounts, and DeFi savings features.

OpenZeppelin Stellar Contracts v0.7.0 released with governance voting support, ZkEmail DKIM registry, smart accounts rework, and reorganized RWA module with compliance guidelines and examples.

Cashlink Technologies, FINEXITY Group, and Tangany launched a regulated tokenized capital market infrastructure on Stellar, backed by the Stellar Development Foundation. The system was validated through a €3 million tokenized bond issuance for Germany's Ratekau Solar Park, demonstrating institutional-grade efficiency for real-world infrastructure financing.

LUMOS incentives for April 1st have been distributed across Stellar and XRP Ledger networks, with liquidity providers earning 9.6M+ LUMOS on Stellar and 11.5M+ on XRPL, plus 1M LUMOS allocated to whale holders on each network.

Normal Finance, a non-custodial on-chain investing protocol on Stellar, secured investment from DraperU Ventures led by the legendary Draper family. The protocol enables users to access cryptocurrencies, real assets, and index baskets with full key ownership and audited security.

SCF #41 awarded 34 projects across three tracks (Open, Integration, RFP) with a total of $3,941,744 worth of XLM, the highest awarded round to date. The round marked the first under SCF 7.0's restructured framework and achieved perfect alignment between community voting and delegate panel decisions.