Akuna Wallet entered the Bank of Ghana’s VASP sandbox to test Stellar-based cross-border payment tools for creators and freelancers. The platform targets payment costs in Sub-Saharan Africa, where cross-border transfers…
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Stellar added x402 support to enable AI agents and apps to pay for APIs and digital services through direct stablecoin transactions. x402 enables machine-t0-machine payments to settle instantly and at…
Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon says banks have stayed away from blockchains because most chains can’t offer privacy by design. She says privacy and openness are a spectrum, and…
Axelar Network has integrated Stellar, connecting its tokenized assets with the latter’s trading venues and yield-farming products. At launch, Stronghold, Solv and Squid are building products spanning yield markets, liquidity…
Stellar releases Open-Source Private Payments PoC using Groth16 zk proofs for private deposits, transfers, and withdrawals. Stellar adds ASP membership and non-membership Merkle trees, allowing pools to enforce allow/block rules…
Stellar has struck a new partnership with TopNod to increase wallet access in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The two partners will target real-world assets and stablecoins, with TopNod’s key…
Stellar Community Fund-backed IRL check-ins let attendees create Stellar wallets via Privy or Meridian Pay and earn onchain IRL Points. IRL logged 1,320 Checkpoint photo booth portraits at Meridian 2025…
The Stellar Foundation announced that it had moved 2.7 billion XLM from the Growth 3 account to an Assets and Liquidity account. The Growth accounts still hold 6.3 billion XLM,…
Stellar Development Foundation aims to increase network asset value by $1 billion by expanding asset utility across payments, treasury, and finance. At least 15 new enterprise partners, including global firms…
Stellar launches SCF Growth Hack Cohort 1 to help Stellar mainnet teams run go-to-market and user acquisition for real-world adoption. Cohort includes stablecoin payments, cross-chain, and Soroban ZK-ready projects as…
The X-Ray upgrade by Stellar is already on mainnet and includes native BN254 operations to verify on-chain zk-SNARKs. CAP-0075 adds Soroban host functions exposing Poseidon and Poseidon2 permutation primitives for…
Stellar has partnered with MIT and other leading blockchain projects including Chainlink, Wormhole and Canton on a new whitepaper addressing interoperability. The whitepaper proposes new standards that enable any issuer…
CME will roll out regulated futures in ADA, LINK, and XLM on February 9 to await CFTC approval, and add to its range of crypto derivatives. The contracts will come…
U.S. Bank tests custom stablecoin on Stellar, citing uptime, fees, fast settlement, regulatory asset controls. Rising stablecoins, Visa support, and tokenized Treasuries push Stellar toward mainstream on-chain settlement. U.S. Bank…
Hedera led Santiment’s RWA GitHub development ranking, while Chainlink slipped as Avalanche and Stellar held their positions. The top 10 list also featured upward moves for Chia and OriginTrail, with…
tZERO has announced support for Stellar, Algorand, and the XDC network on its multi-chain tokenization infrastructure. The new integrations give issuers more choice and add to asset flexibility in their…
The Marshall Islands has completed the much-anticipated disbursement of universal basic income (UBI) via the Stellar blockchain. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Finance has clarified that the program is…
Stellar is testing a Privacy Pools prototype. The network reports about 2 billion transactions in 2025 and 2 99.99% lifetime uptime. Stellar has started testing a Privacy Pools prototype on…
Stellar Lumens (XLM) has reported that its network has so far processed 2 billion transactions in 2025. It has also sealed a high-profile collaboration with a US bank to test…
Space and Time adds Stellar indexing, giving developers smoother access to trusted onchain and external data. Upcoming X Ray upgrade brings zk features that support privacy tools while keeping activity…