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The Stellar Development Foundation released its Q3 2023 report highlighting major progress on its roadmap, including Soroban's advancement toward Mainnet launch, security partnerships with Certora, enhancements to the Anchor Platform and Wallet SDK, and significant ecosystem milestones like Circle's EURC stablecoin launch and MoneyGram's planned wallet integration.

Beans App and Boss Money wallet have integrated with the Stellar Disbursement Platform, enabling global bulk payments and financial access across 185+ countries and 10+ African nations respectively.

Qolaq opens final beta testing for its community-driven health insurance platform on Stellar. Users can enroll in Critical Illness or Life programs with QLQ tokens, participate in community voting on claims, and access full wallet functionality. Beta participants earn rewards in XLM and USDC.

MoneyGram plans to launch a noncustodial cryptocurrency wallet on Stellar in Q1 2024, offering zero fees until June 2024. The wallet will leverage MoneyGram's 350,000 global payment locations for fiat on- and off-ramps, enabling USDC transfers and cash conversions across 180+ countries.

The Stellar Development Foundation announced the Wallet SDK at Meridian 2023, a self-service tool that enables fintechs to build Stellar network-enabled wallets with interoperability features without requiring deep blockchain expertise. The SDK supports deposit/withdrawal services, KYC, and web authentication across Flutter, Kotlin, and Typescript.

A comprehensive guide to Stellar wallets covering types, features, and best practices for storing and sending lumens. The article explains wallet functionality, custodial vs. non-custodial options, and answers common questions about wallet usage and security.

Vesseo is a wallet app built on Stellar by Sunship, Inc. (a Stellar Development Foundation subsidiary) that enables Argentines to easily purchase and hold USDC stablecoins to protect against peso inflation. The app leverages Stellar's speed, low fees, and integrations with anchors like Settle and Circle to provide a simple user experience for accessing dollar-backed value.

The Stellar Newsletter highlights upcoming events like Meridian 2023 in Madrid with Idris Elba, MoneyGram's USDC case study on Stellar, and Coinbase's integration with USDC on the network. It covers improvements to the Anchor Directory, wallet on/off-ramp integrations, Soroban infrastructure projects, and a new Soroban security bug bounty. Developer updates include proposed transaction changes and SCF submission best practices.

Source of Tales releases early access for Windows, Linux, and Android, featuring Stellar wallet login via Albedo. Funded by Stellar Community Fund #10 grant from Stellar Development Foundation, it implements blockchain-based authentication using a custom Mana Stellar Bridge. Further Stellar integrations for character data storage are planned.

BP Ventures has launched three new open-source crypto wallets to facilitate company integration with the Stellar Blockchain. These include a white-label retail wallet supporting key SEPs, a compact command-line wallet, and documentation for Stellar Anchor integration. The initiative underscores BP Ventures' commitment to open blockchain networks.

Wirex has integrated XLM and USDC on Stellar into its non-custodial wallet, marking the first such wallet without seed phrase vulnerability to support Stellar. The integration expands Wirex Wallet's blockchain support to nine networks.

BPV announces its Spring 2023 events schedule, highlighting attendance at major fintech and blockchain conferences in Stockholm and beyond. They promote their enterprise non-custodial Stellar wallet, Anchor in a Box, and invite meetings or demos. Events include STHLM Fintech Week, MONEY Live, Pay 360, and Paris Blockchain Week.

The Stellar Development Foundation published a step-by-step guide for aid recipients to register with Vesseo wallet, receive USDC through Stellar Aid Assist, and cash out funds via MoneyGram globally or to bank accounts.

Coinbase Wallet will delist XLM and three other major cryptocurrencies effective Dec. 5, citing low usage. Users can withdraw balances after the deadline using recovery phrases.

Stellar Quest Learn launches Level Three with XLM rewards (up to 100 XLM total), introduces a Pioneer Quest for wallet onboarding, and removes wallet connection requirements to reduce friction for new users.

Stax, an African fintech app, received $500,000 from the Stellar Development Foundation's Matching Fund to build a non-custodial USDC wallet on Stellar, enabling offline payments via USSD for users with limited mobile data.

Beans, a non-custodial wallet enabling zero-fee international payments on Stellar, shares insights on winning the Stellar Community Fund Round 10. The app leverages Stellar's fee sponsorship and on/off ramps to simplify cross-border transactions for mainstream users.

This article explains how to integrate the Stellar Network into SME businesses, focusing on public-key cryptography, federation for human-readable addresses, and QR code support in Stellar wallets. It highlights Stellar's advantages over Ethereum ENS and compares it to Bitcoin's bip 0021 payment URIs. Examples include smart anchors like Flutterwave for simplified bank integrations.

USDC on Stellar is now live on Ledger Live, enabling users to securely send, receive, and buy USDC through Ledger hardware wallets. This integration expands network participation and brings low-cost cross-border payments to Ledger's millions of users.

Wyre integrated with MoneyGram's new crypto on- and off-ramp service on Stellar, enabling its 15 million users to convert between fiat and digital currencies. MoneyGram is offering the service fee-free for the first 12 months.

Freighter 2.0, the Stellar browser wallet, now enables users to create, sign, and submit transactions directly from the extension, including trustline management and payments. The update features a refreshed UI built on the Stellar Design System and sets the foundation for future capabilities like asset swaps and claimable balance management.

SDF spotlights two women building on Stellar: Mercedes Madanire in business development and Jeesun Kim in frontend development. They discuss their roles at Vesseo, a USDC wallet for Latin America, and share insights on representation and career growth in blockchain.

tZERO Crypto app now supports XLM alongside Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, Compound, and Uniswap, expanding its cryptocurrency offering to 15 coins on iOS and Android.

Leaf Global Fintech, a Stellar-backed digital wallet for migrants and refugees in East Africa, shares insights on winning the Stellar Community Fund. The company emphasizes clear communication, user experience prioritization, and empathetic growth strategies.

THORWallet now supports Stellar asset management with single and multisig wallets, enabling XLM and USDC swaps on mobile. The integration includes Blend protocol access for yield generation, bringing institutional-grade DeFi security to Stellar.