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Tether's USDT0 unified stablecoin launched on Stellar, Stellar's tokenized RWAs crossed $4 billion, and Nuvanté Technologies demonstrated stablecoin clearing integrated with the Bank of England's RTGS. SDF's Frontier Labs debuted confidential token mechanics, SODAX shipped cross-network account activation, and the CV Labs Accelerator Cohort Showcase featured 10 fintech teams.

Protocol 27 (Zipper) activated on Stellar mainnet July 9, adding auth delegation and replay protection to Soroban smart accounts. UNDP and SDF extended their digital payments partnership through 2027, and M1X Global raised $8.5 million from Paradigm to scale USDM1, the Marshall Islands' Treasury-backed sovereign bond on Stellar.

STBL's USST tokenized RWA launched on Stellar with nearly 3 million tokens minted in its first day, joined by Open USD (Visa/Mastercard-backed) announcing for Stellar. OpenZeppelin released Confidential Tokens as a testnet preview and Protocol 27 (Zipper) heads to a mainnet validator vote on July 8.

Bermuda announced it will become the world's first fully onchain national economy using Stellar, while Kraken added USDC on Stellar and Normal Finance launched a self-custodial savings app. Rise In also unveiled the largest APAC Stellar Hackathon to date, with a $60,000 prize pool spanning three Southeast Asian countries.