DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
This article explains how to use the Stellar network for everyday payments and remittances, emphasizing its speed, low cost, and ecological benefits over traditional banking. It covers wallet options like Keybase, Lobstr, Freighter, and hardware wallets, security best practices, and methods to spend XLM via exchanges or crypto debit cards. The author shares personal experiences sending XLM to family members.
BitGo becomes the first major custody provider to support Stellar USDC, enabling institutions to securely hold the stablecoin while leveraging Stellar's fast settlement and negligible transaction fees for moving funds between exchanges.
The Stellar Development Foundation submitted a formal comment letter to FinCEN opposing a proposed rule on convertible virtual currency transactions, arguing the regulation misunderstands blockchain architecture and would harm innovation, financial inclusion, and law enforcement effectiveness.
Ultra Stellar LLC acquired StellarX, a popular decentralized exchange on Stellar, expanding its product portfolio alongside LOBSTR wallet and StellarTerm. StellarX enables peer-to-peer trading of digital assets and fiat conversions directly from user wallets.
SDF redesigned the Stellar Account Viewer with improved security features, hardware wallet support, and a new browser wallet called Freighter. The updated AV now emphasizes key management best practices and offers a better mobile experience.
SendIt is a user-friendly wallet built on the Stellar blockchain that enables sending and receiving payments via email addresses, eliminating the need for public keys or technical blockchain knowledge. It supports stablecoins, XLM, and asset swaps like USD to NGN for instant cross-border transfers via Stellar anchors. The testnet is live, with mainnet launch planned in two months to drive mass adoption and financial inclusion.
Stellar ecosystem leaders debate custodial vs. non-custodial key management approaches in a roundtable discussion, exploring how CAP-27 and SEP-30 support different solutions and which the SDF should prioritize for financial inclusion and adoption.
SEP-30 enables user-friendly non-custodial wallets by eliminating recovery phrases and passwords. Users log in with just a phone number while maintaining full account control through device keys and distributed recovery servers. Vesseo, a USD savings app on Stellar, demonstrates this approach in production.
Part two of a key management series explains how Stellar accounts work, covering public/secret keys, master keys, multi-signature capabilities, and common wallet strategies. The post introduces SEP-30 as a better approach to user-friendly key management and account recovery.
Stellar Development Foundation introduces SEP-30, an ecosystem standard for non-custodial wallets that simplifies key management and recovery using multi-signature technology. Users can recover accounts through identity verification rather than managing backup keys, making blockchain more accessible to mainstream users.
StellarTerm announces major updates including a redesigned onboarding process, renewed Send form with SEP-0029 support, full Deposit/Withdraw functionality via SEP-0024, improved trading interface, desktop builds, hardware wallet support, and a new Help Center.
Samsung Galaxy smartphones now support Stellar blockchain through integration with Samsung Blockchain Keystore, enabling users to store Stellar private keys and developers to build blockchain apps for Galaxy devices.
Stellar has been integrated into Samsung Blockchain Keystore, becoming the fifth cryptocurrency supported alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and Klaytn. Samsung Galaxy users can now securely store private keys and sign transactions on Stellar dapps.
Ledger Wallet offers a secure way to buy over 80 cryptocurrencies, including Stellar, directly into users' non-custodial hardware wallets using fiat or crypto. It aggregates providers like Moonpay and Ramp for competitive pricing and ensures self-custody from the start. The feature emphasizes ease-of-use, clear transaction signing, and hardware-level security to prevent common risks associated with centralized exchanges.
Stellar Development Foundation invested $550,000 in SatoshiPay via convertible loan notes to support development of B2B cross-border payments solutions and digital wallets, marking the foundation's third investment in the London-based company.
Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb stated at Consensus: Distributed that no crypto projects are currently making a real difference in people's lives beyond speculation. He argued crypto startups should focus on building useful products rather than bank partnerships and business development deals.
The Stellar Development Foundation invested $5 million in crypto wallet provider Abra to expand its products and services on the Stellar network. Abra plans to build next-generation banking infrastructure on Stellar, with product details coming in the coming months.
The Stellar Development Foundation invested $5 million in Abra, a crypto wallet service, to integrate Stellar's blockchain into Abra's payment and investment products. The partnership aims to expand financial services on Stellar and improve access to on and off ramps for traditional finance.
SEP-29 enables exchanges and wallets to solve the "forgotten memo" problem on Stellar. Exchanges can now require memos by setting a simple data entry flag, while wallets upgraded to the latest SDK will automatically prevent memo-less payments to those addresses.
StellarTerm is an open-source trading client for the Stellar Decentralized Exchange (SDEX) with local key storage for enhanced security. It offers instant login via secret key, Ledger hardware wallet support, multisig accounts, and advanced trading features like real-time charts and notifications. Desktop apps are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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.
Interstellar v4.0 (Voyager Update) released with major wallet improvements. New All-Spark feature enables asset transfers without trustlines or funded accounts. Comprehensive SEP6/24/10 anchor integration lets users deposit and withdraw directly in-app. Adds 11 new languages and enhanced security.
Adam Ludwin is stepping down as CEO of Interstellar to lead Pogo, a new mobile wallet interoperability spin-out. Mike Kennedy, co-founder of Zelle and former Stellar Development Foundation advisor, takes over as Interstellar CEO effective September 15.
Stellar Development Foundation announced a partnership with Keybase for a 2 billion XLM airdrop over 20 months, distributing 100M XLM monthly to authenticated Keybase users. Keybase has integrated Stellar into its chat platform with features like inline XLM sends and phone number payments.
Binance discovered it earned 9.5 million XLM in staking rewards since 2018 and will now officially support XLM staking, distributing accumulated rewards to users starting in 42 days with September payouts worth 10-12 months of typical monthly rewards.
Crypto.com listed Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its Wallet & Card App, enabling users to purchase XLM fee-free via credit card or bank transfer and spend it globally through the MCO Visa Card at 40+ million merchants.
Gab CEO Andrew Torba announced plans to fork Keybase and replace its Stellar wallet integration with Bitcoin Lightning Network, positioning the move as part of Gab's broader strategy to fork open-source projects and remove what he calls 'shitcoins' in favor of Bitcoin.
Coinsquare acquired StellarX, a Stellar-native decentralized exchange, and will rebrand its previously acquired BlockEQ wallet as StellarX's anchor wallet. StellarX will operate as a Bermuda-based subsidiary while continuing development under its own brand.
