DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
DTCC and Stellar Development Foundation announced plans to tokenize DTC-custodied assets on the Stellar blockchain in the first half of 2027. DTC received SEC approval in December 2025 to operate a tokenization service, initially targeting highly liquid assets like Russell 1000 constituents, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries while maintaining existing investor protections.
Private credit minimums have collapsed from $250k-$1M to $25, driven not by risk changes but by smart contracts eliminating 200-350 basis points of intermediation friction. WisdomTree Prime and Metafyed exemplify this structural shift; the 8-14% yield spreads reveal why the window closes fast.
DTCC and Stellar Development Foundation announced plans to tokenize DTC-custodied assets on the Stellar network, approved by an SEC No-Action Letter. The service will enable faster settlement and greater asset mobility while maintaining investor protections. Expected launch in H1 2027.
21X, the EU's first regulated DLT trading and settlement system, is now live on Stellar, hosting $2 billion in tokenized real-world assets. The multi-chain venue enables institutional trading and settlement of digital securities across blockchain networks.
Figure Technology Solutions launched YLDS, an SEC-registered, USD-pegged stablecoin with yield on Stellar. The product combines stablecoin liquidity with money market returns for regulated fintechs and neobanks, marking the first yield-bearing dollar product on the network.
Franklin Templeton's tokenized money market fund (FOBXX) hit $2 billion in assets and 5-year anniversary. CEO Denelle Dixon and head of innovation Sandy Kaul …
The SEC now distinguishes between wrapped and native tokenization. Native tokenization keeps assets directly onchain as the single source of truth, enabling r…
Ascend and the Stellar Development Foundation announced a strategic partnership with $1 million in investment to build compliance-first credit infrastructure for regulated real-world assets on Stellar, combining Ascend's ERC-3643 standard with Stellar's institutional settlement capabilities.
Franklin Templeton and Stellar mark five years of BENJI, the first U.S.-registered money market fund using a public blockchain as its system of record. Now representing over $650 million in value, BENJI pioneered tokenized funds with peer-to-peer transferability and intraday yield, spawning a multi-billion-dollar tokenization market.
Stellar Development Foundation and CV Labs launched a 12-week accelerator program supporting 10 early-stage startups building payments infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets, and DeFi applications across EMEA. Selected teams receive up to $150,000 in XLM funding, technical support, and investor access, with the program running August-October 2026.
OctoLend introduces collateral vaults as a bridge enabling RWAs to work with DeFi lending protocols. By delegating liquid XLM collateral, institutional borrowers can access RWA-backed leverage while maintaining compliance with redemption windows and KYC requirements.
Metafyed, backed by the Stellar Development Foundation, argues that most stablecoin holders miss yield opportunities by keeping capital idle. The platform tokenizes private credit in Asia, enabling USDC holders to earn 8-15% returns on regulated, asset-backed instruments without institutional minimums.
Securitize Fund Services and Upshift partner to bring institutional-grade reporting and fund administration tools to onchain vaults across Stellar, Solana, and other chains. The partnership delivers audit-ready performance data, investor-level allocation transparency, and full reconciliation of complex onchain activity, removing reporting barriers for institutional capital deployment.
Franklin Templeton's BENJI, the first U.S.-registered money market fund on a public blockchain, has grown to $654M AUM on Stellar five years after launch. The fund leverages Stellar's native issuer controls for SEC compliance, enabling continuous yield accrual, low fees, and peer-to-peer share transfers.
Space and Time, a Layer 1 blockchain for verifiable financial data, has moved from mainnet launch in May 2025 through major integrations with Microsoft Fabric, Chainlink, and Stellar. The project's Proof of SQL coprocessor enables sub-second ZK-proven queries across millions of rows, now securing everything from tokenized assets to 30,000 Indonesian students' academic credentials.
Stellar's native compliance features like clawback, asset freezing, and privacy controls address why institutions haven't moved onchain. With $1.4B in tokenized real-world assets and partners like Franklin Templeton, Stellar positions itself as institutional settlement infrastructure rather than DeFi.
Splyce closes a strategic round backed by Sui, Stellar, and Solana foundations plus institutional allocators Lucid, Sarson, and Kin Capital. The company launches Single Asset Vaults, fixed-rate lending markets with zero oracles, plus splyceUSDC, a 7-8% yield token. The thesis: $300B+ tokenized RWAs need credit infrastructure, not DEX liquidity, to become productive capital.
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.
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.
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.
Amundi and Spiko launched SAFO, a tokenized overnight swap fund with shareholder registers on Ethereum and Stellar, using Chainlink oracles for NAV data. The dual-chain structure leverages Stellar's low-cost transfers alongside Ethereum's smart contract ecosystem.
Tokenized real-world assets surpassed $12 billion by March 2026, more than doubling from $5 billion at the start of 2025. Tokenized U.S. Treasuries lead at $5.8 billion, while private credit tokenization grew 180% year-over-year. Ethereum hosts over 60% of all tokenized RWAs, with DeFi protocols like MakerDAO integrating billions in RWA collateral.
RedStone launched its oracle infrastructure on Stellar to support DeFi and RWA applications. Stellar's RWA value surpassed $1.3 billion, with Franklin Templeton's BENJI fund representing $678 million of that total.
