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Quantum computing progress has accelerated the timeline for cryptographic threats to blockchain. Research shows qubit requirements to break elliptic curve cryptography fell 44%, Google targets 2029 for quantum-safe systems, and major chains face a race condition during migration that leaves zero margin for error.

Space and Time released a guide for using SXT Studio to query, visualize, and analyze Stellar Network data. The tool supports SQL and natural language queries, dashboards, and custom explorer building for tracking wallets, transactions, and smart contracts.

LumosCore launches Whale Holder Rewards, distributing 50M $LUMOS tokens over 25 months to holders of 5M+ tokens across Stellar and XRPL networks, with estimated APR of 20-25% and no staking required.

A Stanford study of 41 million USDC transactions on Airtm, a Stellar-based digital wallet, demonstrates that stablecoins are already outperforming the G20's 2030 cross-border payment targets, with 96% of transactions settling in under an hour and proving digital payments work at scale for everyday users.

A technical deep-dive into Zero-Knowledge Proofs as a solution for blockchain scalability and privacy, featuring Noir DSL for circuit design and Soroban integration on Stellar. The author demonstrates production-ready ZK implementation through Cosmic Coder, a game that validates player progress on-chain using cryptographic proofs.

Rango Exchange unveiled its 2026 roadmap, expanding cross-chain infrastructure with gasless swaps, intents-based execution, one-click DeFi, and AI-assisted trading. The platform plans to integrate Stellar and XRPL in Q1 2026 while scaling to $10B+ volume.

Untangled Loop enables delta-neutral vault strategies on Stellar by combining lending (Blend) and spot trading (Aquarius) to capture basis spreads between staking rewards and borrowing costs, with empirical analysis showing maximum vault capacity of ~500,000 XLM and execution limits of 50,000/day based on liquidity constraints.

Coinbase has released x402, an open protocol that leverages the long-unused HTTP 402 status code to enable native web payments. By integrating Stellar's fast, low-cost settlement layer, x402 enables micropayments and direct machine-to-machine transactions without intermediaries.

A financial institution executive argues that blockchain adoption faces a critical barrier: the tension between transparency (blockchain's core value) and institutional privacy needs around competitive intelligence. The article explores how cryptographic privacy solutions at the application layer could preserve blockchain's integrity while protecting sensitive business data.

This article explores the privacy paradox on public blockchains, examining how transparent networks can enable confidential transactions while maintaining compliance. It identifies 'self-doxxing' as the core privacy problem and discusses potential solutions involving issuers and privacy providers.

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.

CME Group launched Stellar futures in February alongside Cardano and Chainlink, now providing access to over 75% of crypto market cap. The exchange reported $25 billion average daily open interest in its crypto suite during 2025.

This article explains why vaults are critical DeFi infrastructure for Stellar's evolution toward institutional adoption. It covers vault mechanics, the rise of curation as a financial discipline, and how Untangled is building vault infrastructure on Stellar to enable yield generation and asset management.

Freighter, a Stellar wallet browser extension, improved initial load times by 63% from 3.5s to 1.27s through optimized data loading, aggressive caching, and smarter asset icon fetching via Stellar RPC and Horizon. Key changes include loading only essential data first, preloading others in the background, and batching requests. Future plans involve a custom wallet backend and sidepanel mode for even faster access.

A comprehensive technical exploration of privacy-preserving trading mechanisms on Stellar, comparing zero-knowledge proofs, multi-party computation, fully homomorphic encryption, and trusted execution environments. The authors built working prototypes using MPC and TEE approaches, with TEEs emerging as the most practical solution for production systems.

Hoops Finance released a major authentication update enabling passkey-controlled smart accounts on Soroban, allowing users to authorize DeFi operations via biometric authentication without seed phrases or browser extensions. The founder detailed months of foundational work building the custom authentication layer, demonstrating a complete DeFi lifecycle from account creation through multi-protocol atomic deposits and withdrawals.