The inaugural day of Meridian 2024 in London featured the Dev Underground stage, hosting over 80 Stellar Community Fund winners showcasing their projects. In a lively atmosphere marked by the use of pom-poms and cowbells, quick project pitches fostered collaboration and innovation among developers. The event highlighted Stellar’s potential to transform the financial system throughContinue reading “Stellar | A Peek at Meridian’s Dev Underground, the Hyper-Speed Stage”
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ODHack 10.0
ODHack 10.0 is an open-source hackathon starting on November 21st, 2024, offering opportunities to contribute, collaborate, and earn rewards. The event introduces Alephium, a scalable L1 blockchain project, and features projects on Stellar and Starknet targeting innovative solutions like escrow services, decentralized marketplaces, and privacy tools. The hackathon aims to foster collaboration and accelerate innovationContinue reading “ODHack 10.0”
Understanding Stateful Policy Signers: A Deep Dive into Smart Wallet Protocols with Kalepail
This video delves into the integration and functionality of stateful policy signers within smart wallets on the Stellar Blockchain. It examines the implementation of policy signers that allow certain actions, like performing operations based on preset conditions, providing a layered security approach to wallet management. The discussion includes various use cases and technicalities of usingContinue reading “Understanding Stateful Policy Signers: A Deep Dive into Smart Wallet Protocols with Kalepail”
Stellar | Horizon: Accelerating Reingestion Performance With CDP
The blog post discusses how Horizon reingestion was made 9 times faster using the Composable Data Platform (CDP). CDP utilizes a data lake of precomputed ledger metadata that significantly accelerates data processing and reduces resource demands. With CDP, the time to reingest Stellar’s full history is reduced from 66 days to about 7 days, highlightingContinue reading “Stellar | Horizon: Accelerating Reingestion Performance With CDP”
Félix Pago Expands to Central America With Support From Mastercard
Stellar Backed Félix Pago has partnered with Mastercard to expand its chat-based digital remittance services into Central America, covering El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. The collaboration aims to enhance financial access in underserved regions, using blockchain and AI to provide secure money transfers via WhatsApp. In 2023, remittances from the US toContinue reading “Félix Pago Expands to Central America With Support From Mastercard”
VNX Expands Global Reach with VEUR and VCHF Listings on PointPay, Powered by Stellar Blockchain
VNX, a leading European platform for tokenized assets, announces the listing of VNX Euro (VEUR) and VNX Swiss Franc (VCHF) on PointPay, utilizing the Stellar blockchain for enhanced cross-border transaction speed and security. VEUR and VCHF are fully backed by reserves and are designed for low-cost transactions, providing stable digital financial solutions. This collaboration aimsContinue reading “VNX Expands Global Reach with VEUR and VCHF Listings on PointPay, Powered by Stellar Blockchain”
Mastercard: Building Trust Into the Blockchain Unlocks Potential
Mastercard is working to simplify blockchain interactions through its Crypto Credential initiative in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation, allowing users to send digital assets across networks as easily as sending texts. This initiative includes integrating email addresses into blockchain systems to remove the need for long wallet addresses. Mastercard also emphasizes compliance with globalContinue reading “Mastercard: Building Trust Into the Blockchain Unlocks Potential”
Chain Letters: Uptober is a State of Mind – The Tea on Stellar Meridian 2024
The Stellar Meridian 2024 conference in London, held from October 15th-17th, focused on transformation and equitable financial access, highlighting global collaborations and innovations introduced by the Soroban Platform. The event presented Stellar’s commitment to real-world applications, featuring speakers and new projects like UNHCR, Benji, Decaf and Etherfuse aiming to democratize financial tools.
LF Decentralized Trust Adds Stellar, HKMA, Mastercard, and More as Members
The Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust announced new members including Gala Games, Mastercard, Qila, and Stellar, with HKMA joining as an associate member. These members will help define technical requirements for Central Bank Digital Currencies and contribute to various projects worldwide. The new memberships were announced at the LF Decentralized Trust Member Summit, where development updatesContinue reading “LF Decentralized Trust Adds Stellar, HKMA, Mastercard, and More as Members”
Stellar: Announcing the Stellar i³ Award Winners
The Stellar Development Foundation announced the inaugural i³ Award winners at Meridian 2024, recognizing projects for impact, innovation, and interoperability. The winners were LOBSTR for impact, Blend for innovation, and Allbridge for interoperability, showcasing excellence in the Stellar ecosystem. The award process began with nominations, followed by voting and judging to select the top projectsContinue reading “Stellar: Announcing the Stellar i³ Award Winners”