DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
Franklin Templeton's OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund, built on Stellar, became the first U.S.-registered mutual fund to process transactions and record share ownership on a public blockchain, surpassing $270 million in AUM.
Stellar introduces asset tokenization capabilities with the Stellar Asset Sandbox, a testnet tool by Cheesecake Labs that enables issuers to create, manage, and control assets using native protocol features like minting, burning, freezing, and clawback operations.
WisdomTree gained SEC approval for nine blockchain-enabled funds that maintain secondary ownership records on Stellar and Ethereum blockchains. The funds, which invest in US Treasurys, equities, and other traditional assets, will launch on WisdomTree Prime mobile app next quarter.
Benkiko, a micropayment protocol building on Stellar, is evolving to a decentralized autonomous organization. Its core innovation is a six-tier tokenization economy where communities create and trade custom tokens representing any item of economic value. The model draws from economic theory around monetary demand and peer-to-peer exchange, enabling micropayments, community economies, and full token-based systems.
Stellar Protocol 17 introduced asset clawback functionality, enabling authorized entities to recover digital securities for regulatory compliance, fraud prevention, and lost key recovery. Co-authored by Securrency, this feature addresses institutional adoption concerns and regulatory requirements for custodying digital assets.
Germany's Bankhaus von der Heydt, established in 1754, is issuing a euro stablecoin on Stellar in partnership with Bitbond, marking the first direct stablecoin issuance by a traditional banking institution on the network.
The Stellar Development Foundation will present at Consensus: Distributed 2020, sharing updates on network growth, strategic investments, and ecosystem success stories focused on interoperability and financial inclusion.
Bank von der Heydt, a 270-year-old Munich bank, partnered with Bitbond to tokenize securities on Stellar and issue a euro stablecoin for institutional private placements, launching a production version in April.
Franklin Templeton will use Curv's MPC wallet solutions to secure tokenized shares of its government money market fund on Stellar, enabling instant access and client autonomy over $700B+ in assets.
Franklin Templeton filed an SEC prospectus for a money market fund whose shares would be recorded on the Stellar Network. The fund would invest in government securities and cash, with shares purchasable through the firm's app starting at $20 minimum.
IBM is expanding cryptocurrency adoption beyond Stellar, meeting with 20 central banks to explore blockchain-based digital currencies and tokenizing assets like securities, commodities, and utilities across enterprises.
