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Airtm, Bridge, and Stellar blockchain have integrated to enable fast, low-cost stablecoin payouts for global freelancers and gig workers. Nearly half of Airtm's stablecoin payouts now use Stellar, processing over 1.2 million transactions across seven continents since March 2024. This partnership leverages Stellar's anchor network for seamless fiat on-ramps and off-ramps, revolutionizing cross-border payroll.

The U.S. GENIUS Act has passed the House, providing regulatory clarity for USD-pegged stablecoins and enabling compliant innovation. This is a major boost for builders on Stellar, especially with USDC and new entrants like PYUSD. It unlocks opportunities in LATAM remittances and programmable payments via infrastructure like Trustless Work.

Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer at the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses how Stellar's fast, low-cost blockchain is enabling financial inclusion globally, with use cases ranging from institutional adoption by Franklin Templeton to UN-backed humanitarian aid delivery in crisis zones.

PayPal is bringing its PYUSD stablecoin to Stellar pending regulatory approval, enabling fast, low-cost cross-border payments and remittances through Stellar's network of on and off-ramps.

PayPal announced plans to launch its PYUSD stablecoin on Stellar, pending regulatory approval from NYDFS. The stablecoin, already live on Ethereum and Solana with nearly $1B market cap, will leverage Stellar's infrastructure for cross-border payments and financing applications.

MoneyGram has reached $30 million in transaction volume through its crypto-to-cash service on Stellar, operating in over 170 countries. The partnership demonstrates real-world blockchain adoption for financial inclusion, enabling users to convert stablecoins to local currency and facilitating humanitarian aid distribution.

Trustless Work launched v1 of its official NPM package (@trustless-work/escrow), enabling developers to integrate escrow infrastructure directly into their applications with minimal code. The release simplifies escrow deployment and is part of the project's roadmap toward mainnet launch.

Trustless Work presents escrow as a critical infrastructure layer for marketplace platforms, enabling non-custodial fund holding between buyers and sellers without requiring platforms to build custom payment systems. The article outlines how escrow solves the coordination problem in marketplaces and details the technical implementation using stablecoins and smart contracts.

Crypto card provider Rain has expanded its stablecoin-linked Visa cards to support Solana, Tron, and Stellar networks. This update enables companies on these chains to launch branded cards for real-world stablecoin spending anywhere Visa is accepted. The expansion highlights growing demand for blockchain-based everyday payments.

The Axelar Foundation and Stellar Development Foundation co-authored an article examining how blockchain interoperability is essential for retail payments to achieve the seamlessness of traditional payment systems. The piece highlights Stellar's payment innovations and argues for decentralized interoperability solutions like Axelar over custodial bridges.

The Stellar Development Foundation shared Q1 2025 ecosystem performance metrics and progress toward three ambitious 2025 goals: top 10 DeFi TVL ranking, top 10 monthly active wallets, and $3B in onchain RWAs. The network demonstrated real-world impact through institutional adoption, new wallet launches, and significant RWA issuance growth.

Stellar is a blockchain network focused on financial inclusion for unbanked populations through low-cost services like remittances and cross-border payments. It offers scalability via the Stellar Consensus Protocol, interoperability across systems, and support from the Stellar Development Foundation. Lumens (XLM) powers transactions and acts as a bridge currency, positioning Stellar as a leader in accessible DeFi.

A Stellar Development Foundation policy hub page featuring articles on payments and digital assets, including discussions on government spending with digital assets, stablecoin standards, and global consensus on stablecoins.

MoneyGram launched MoneyGram Ramps, an API powered by Stellar and Circle's USDC that lets developers embed compliant cash-to-crypto and crypto-to-cash functionality. The service covers 30+ countries for deposits and 170+ for withdrawals.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Stellar blockchain ecosystem, highlighting its key statistics, use cases like cross-border payments, microtransactions, CBDCs, and aid distribution, and unique features such as the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP). It emphasizes Stellar's focus on low-cost, fast transactions for financial inclusion and DeFi innovation. The ecosystem boasts $62.24M TVL, 200 TPS, and partnerships with entities like MoneyGram and IBM.

CompoSecure's Arculus cold storage wallet integrated with MoneyGram to enable cash-to-USDC conversion on Stellar, allowing users to deposit cash at 440,000+ MoneyGram locations worldwide and withdraw local currency. CompoSecure also received an SDF grant to develop Soroban smart contracts for direct stablecoin payments at Visa/Mastercard merchants.

AEON, a next-generation crypto payment framework, has announced a strategic partnership with Stellar to integrate support for $XLM and Stellar-native USDC. This enables seamless crypto payments across AEON Pay's network of over 10,000 brands and 20 million QR-enabled retail stores in Southeast Asia, with expansion planned for Africa and Latin America.

Decaf rebuilt its wallet and payments platform from the ground up to scale stablecoin-powered financial services across 200+ countries. The rebuild adds faster onboarding, zero-fee transactions, Visa card integration, and DeFi access on Stellar and Solana. Decaf aims to impact 1M lives and save $1B+ in banking fees in 2025.

An article advocating for Stellar's adoption by the U.S. government for efficient aid disbursement and public sector payments, highlighting the Stellar Disbursement Platform's proven track record with UNHCR and other organizations.

Stellar's Disbursement Platform and Decaf Wallet offer NGOs and humanitarian organizations a faster, cheaper, and more transparent alternative to traditional cross-border payment methods like cash delivery and prepaid cards.