DeFi, payments, tokenization, Soroban, governance, and project launches — curated daily from publications, project blogs, and community channels across the Stellar blockchain ecosystem.
A developer guide comparing three zero-knowledge proof frameworks for the zkGaming on Stellar hackathon: RISC Zero, Noir, and Circom. Each framework offers different trade-offs in expressiveness, ease of use, and on-chain verification complexity.
Litemint, a gaming studio built on Stellar, demonstrates how NFTs can serve as functional in-game assets rather than speculative collectibles. Its competitive card game Cyberbrawl uses Stellar-based NFTs for playable cards and items, with an integrated Auction House and marketplace enabling real player-driven economies.
A speculative roadmap for crypto trends in 2026, highlighting non-technical founders enabled by AI, prediction markets, tokenized stocks, privacy tech, stablecoins, GameFi, and derivatives. The article predicts explosive growth in these areas driven by speculation and opportunity. It briefly mentions Stellar in a linked article about OpenZeppelin Smart Accounts.
Cyberbrawl, a blockchain-based game built on Stellar, launches on Google Play following policy changes that now permit blockchain content like NFTs. This marks a shift from past rejections by app stores and unlocks early access rewards and the Vanguard Tournament with a $1,000 prize pool. The move enhances visibility, competition, and infrastructure for the game.
KALE is a proof-of-teamwork farming game on Stellar that launched in November 2024 and became a major ecosystem phenomenon, driving significant smart contract activity, stress-testing the network for Protocol 23, and serving as a foundational project for composability experiments at HackMeridian 2025.
The article details the design philosophy behind Cyberbrawl, a blockchain game built on Stellar, emphasizing that fun and core game loops should not depend on blockchain finality. The author argues for prototyping simple loops first, targeting casual-midcore players, and using blockchain solely as a continuity layer for ownership and persistence. Stellar's speed and efficiency enable this seamless integration without disrupting gameplay.
BPVentures and LightEcho announced a new Chainlink-compatible, SEP-40 compliant randomness feed for the Stellar Soroban ecosystem. Identified by the SEP-40 SYMBOL: RANDOM, it provides verifiable 32-byte random words for game developers via a standard oracle interface. This enables easy integration for games, mints, raffles, and procedural generation without custom code.
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #34 round awarded $1,717,287 worth of XLM to 17 innovative projects building on the Stellar blockchain. Projects span DeFi, payments, developer tools, gaming, and infrastructure, showcasing Stellar's growing ecosystem for serious builders. Highlights include Greep Pay for stablecoin POS, NebulaVRF for on-chain randomness, and DappRadar for Soroban tracking.
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) #33 round awarded $1,033,620 in XLM to 14 projects across Build Awards. Highlights include Stellarcarbon for carbon offsetting, CodeLnPay for cross-border payments, and Warmancer: Black Friday for blockchain gaming. The round introduced SCF 6.1 updates streamlining submissions for future rounds.
Cyberbrawl, the rebranded sequel to Litemint.io, introduces enhanced features including seamless asset migration from Stellar blockchain, multi-chain support, in-game auction house, and new game modes. Existing players' blockchain assets like cards and achievements will transfer over, with special rewards for Legend-ranked players. The game emphasizes web3 gaming on Stellar while expanding to other chains for broader accessibility.
RPCiege: Siege 5, Space Continuum launches December 4th with four Soroban smart contract challenges focused on state archival. Players can earn NFT cards and XLM rewards (up to 500 XLM for first place on each skirmish).
The Stellar Development Foundation announced the winners of Sorobanathon: Road to Mainnet, a month-long virtual hackathon held September-October 2023. Four projects were awarded: Cowchain Farm (gaming), Divify (expense management), Kwickbit & Paltalabs (compliance), and Soro-Shark (tokenization), with SDF planning additional hackathons for 2024.
RPCiege: Axe & Ember is a text-based adventure game built on Soroban smart contracts. Getting started guides show how to play via Gitpod, GitHub Codespaces, or local CLI setup, with NFT rewards available for players who connect a Stellar wallet.
Source of Tales, revived via a Stellar Community Fund #10 grant, launched early access on Windows, Linux, and Android with Stellar wallet login via Albedo. The implementation uses a NodeJS-based bridge to securely connect the game to wallet authentication without storing sensitive keys.
Stellar Quest Live Series 6 launches February 15th with monthly Soroban-based challenges. Participants compete across three categories (Fast, Cheap, Out of Control) for USDC rewards and NFT badges, with leaderboards remaining open indefinitely.
Litemint, a Stellar Community Fund winner, shares lessons from applying to SCF twice: identifying community gaps, engaging with the ecosystem, and launching products iteratively. The gaming and NFT platform has grown to 1,400+ NFTs and 65,000+ tradable units on Stellar.
The Stellar Community Fund announced its first Seed Round finalists: LITEMINT, a gaming platform with NFT marketplace on Stellar, and Script3's OptionBlox and YieldBlox, DeFi protocols for derivatives and lending. Voting begins April 26.