DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
x402 embeds HTTP payment directly into the web, enabling AI agents to pay for API calls with USDC on Stellar. Developers can monetize endpoints with 30 lines of code, turning the web into a marketplace of programmable services.
x402 is an HTTP status code that enables AI agents to autonomously pay for API resources using Stellar blockchain payments. The protocol allows servers to request payment without accounts or infrastructure, with agents deciding whether to pay based on budget constraints.
Agnostic launches its Stellar Analytics platform, offering developers and analysts comprehensive on-chain data access through SQL queries, open datasets in Apache Iceberg format, and AI-powered visualization tools.
OctoPos is a unified API that enables wallets and applications to fetch real-time DeFi positions across Stellar protocols like Blend, Aquarius, SoroSwap, and Phoenix with a single call, handling protocol-specific data parsing and consistent USD pricing.
Alchemy now supports Stellar with JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoints and WebSocket support, enabling developers to query the network and build production applications using the js-stellar-sdk.
Alchemy now supports Stellar with full infrastructure including RPC, indexing, and developer tools. The announcement highlights Stellar's unique features: sub-5-second finality, Soroban smart contracts in Rust/WebAssembly, native institutional financial integrations, and active ecosystem building across payments, DeFi, RWAs, and neobanking.
HTTP 402 Payment Required is enabling machine-to-machine payments at scale. Stellar's fast, cheap settlement layer is positioned as the ideal backbone for agentic AI systems to transact autonomously through x402 and MPP protocols.
OpenZeppelin's Role Manager uses SubQuery's decentralized indexing to provide a unified interface for managing smart contract access control across 30+ networks, including Stellar mainnet and testnet, eliminating fragmented manual processes.
x402 and MPP agentic payment protocols enable micropayments for any web resource using Stellar's infrastructure, unlocking new revenue models for AI agents and humans across APIs, data feeds, content, and services without subscription friction.
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.
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.
ApiCharge, a Stellar-based API monetization platform, announces x402 compatibility and positions itself as a metachain abstraction layer for stablecoin payments. The service unifies server and facilitator roles, enabling AI agents and lightweight clients to purchase API access with just a signing key.
Trustless Work explains how milestone-based escrow contracts solve the cash flow and trust problems in outsourced software projects. Instead of binary upfront/final payments, funds are held in escrow and released incrementally as deliverables are approved.
Stellar Core v24.1.0 addresses a state archival issue that caused some Stellar Events to be omitted from ledger metadata between Protocol 23 and 24. Infrastructure operators running Galexie, Horizon, or RPC need to take specific remediation steps to ensure complete historical data, while consumers of Stellar Events should audit affected ledger keys.
Bitbond launches TokenTool API, an enterprise-grade platform for creating and managing digital assets across multiple blockchains including Stellar, without requiring deep blockchain expertise. The API offers pre-audited smart contracts, multi-chain support, and comprehensive token lifecycle management for businesses and developers.
Spiko details their custom blockchain infrastructure for handling indexing, real-time queries, and transaction relaying across multiple networks including Stellar. They moved away from off-the-shelf solutions like The Graph due to reliability issues, building a robust system using RPC servers. This architecture improves efficiency, reduces bugs, and speeds up expansion to new chains.
The Stellar Development Foundation introduces the Token Transfer Processor (TTP), a Go package that simplifies tracking token movements on Stellar by automatically generating clean, standardized events for payments, DEX trades, smart contracts, and fees.
Trustless Work launches Vibe Coding, a new documentation section that provides AI-ready prompts and global context for developers to build escrow-powered applications using AI tools like GPT-5 and Claude. The guide includes step-by-step workflows, coding standards, and verification checklists to ensure production-ready code.
Trustless Work presents a modular toolkit for integrating escrow functionality into products, featuring an API, Next.js SDK, Back Office dApp, Demo Lab, and Escrow Viewer that can be combined to launch escrow flows in a day.
Protocol 23 introduces CAP-67 events that can emit data for both new and historical ledgers. Operators must enable two new core flags—EMIT_CLASSIC_EVENTS and BACKFILL_STELLAR_ASSET_EVENTS—to build a complete unified events feed covering classic operations and Soroban transactions.
Trustless Work has released a major update introducing two escrow contract types: Single-Release for one-shot payouts and Multi-Release for milestone-based payments. The API has been restructured with type-scoped endpoints, and a new React library is available in beta. Upgraded Backoffice and Demo dApps provide enhanced UX and examples for developers building on Stellar.
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.
Goldsky offers a migration package for SimpleHash customers after its acquisition by Phantom, with services ending March 27, 2025. They provide priority onboarding, white-glove support, and 3 months free service. Stellar is listed among Goldsky's key clients relying on their high-performance infrastructure for token balances and transfers.
TokenOps offers a powerful API-first platform for Web3-native token vesting, cap table management, and compliance tracking. It provides specialized APIs for issuers, investors, and developers to automate token distribution, monitor portfolios, and gain real-time insights. Projects like Nuant have benefited from its seamless integrations and automation features.
Stellar RPC, formerly known as Soroban RPC, has been rebranded with Protocol 22 to serve as the unified data access layer for all Stellar developers. The rename reflects the tool's broader applicability beyond smart contracts and positions it as the recommended entry point for new builders, moving away from the increasingly impractical Horizon infrastructure.
DappLooker reviews its remarkable 2024 growth, highlighting 3x revenue increase, expansion to 25+ chains, and over 1000 protocols onboarded. Key launches include AI-powered Loky analyst and innovative tools like DataBots and AI Studio. Partnerships span Arbitrum, Stellar Community Fund, Manta, HAQQ, and others, with active participation in Web3 events.
Stellar-core 22.1 will drop SQL support for ledger state and transaction history tables. The release introduces a new high-throughput HTTP query server with the `getledgerentryraw` endpoint as the replacement for direct SQL access.
Protocol 22 is now live on Stellar Mainnet. This guide provides developers and businesses with upgrade instructions, key dates, release links for all Stellar infrastructure and SDKs, and important changes including the Soroban RPC rebrand to Stellar RPC and upcoming Horizon transaction meta defaults changes.