The video explains how Stellar, an original blockchain focused on payments, has emphasized real-world stablecoin applications. The Stellar network supports global transactions, such as refugee aid distribution and health worker payroll in conflict zones, showcasing its practical utility. Stellar’s partnership with MoneyGram allows extensive on and off-ramping of USDC, leveraging MoneyGram’s vast network for cashContinue reading “Stablecoins with Tomer CPO of the Stellar Development Foundation | Borderless.xyz”
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How Franklin Templeton’s $800 Million Tokenised Fund is Spurring Its Blockchain Strategy
Franklin Templeton, a major asset management firm, launched the first-ever tokenised fund in 2021 to incorporate blockchain into its business model. The firm’s $5 billion Government Money Fund, FOBXX, initially issued on the Stellar blockchain, has served as a testing ground for crypto initiatives. Innovation head Sandy Kaul envisions global public blockchains as future financialContinue reading “How Franklin Templeton’s $800 Million Tokenised Fund is Spurring Its Blockchain Strategy”
The Stellar Development Roadmap Paves Way for Expansion and Network Scalability
Stellar’s recent roadmap outlines a plan to expand and scale the network, aiming to become a significant player in DeFi. The roadmap introduces new tools such as Lab 3.0 and its successor Lab 4.0, enhancing developers’ abilities to test transactions and smart contracts. By 2025, Stellar plans to significantly increase its TPS to 5,000, aimingContinue reading “The Stellar Development Roadmap Paves Way for Expansion and Network Scalability”
Stellar Summer Rewards: Second Encore
Stellar Summer Rewards is back with an encore, rewarding top participants weekly through July 28 with prizes up to $1000. Participants must rank in the top 50 on the leaderboard by maintaining their Stellar collateral or loan positions and accumulating XP. By using @hanawallet, participants add $XLM collateral on Balanced and can mint $bnUSD toContinue reading “Stellar Summer Rewards: Second Encore”
Stellar Ecosystem Highlights – June 2025
June saw Stellar’s active engagement across Europe, spotlighting events like Berlin Blockchain Week, where Stellar Europa’s ambassador chapter launched. In Istanbul, a 36-hour hackathon offered $25,000 in prizes, sparking innovative blockchain projects. Major product launches such as Beans Earn and Defindex simplified the cash-to-DeFi experience. PayPal announced plans for its $PYUSD stablecoin on Stellar, aimingContinue reading “Stellar Ecosystem Highlights – June 2025”
Scaffold Stellar: Get Started Building
The video offers a detailed walkthrough of Scaffold Stellar, a tool designed to simplify decentralized application (dApp) development on the Stellar network. Viewers are guided through the installation of the Scaffold Stellar CLI, a plugin for the Stellar Command Line Interface, assuming familiarity with tools like Rust and Docker. Key aspects include setting up aContinue reading “Scaffold Stellar: Get Started Building”
Stellar Hack Pera: Turkey’s Largest In-Real-Life Web3 Hackathon with 200+ Participants, 70+ Projects
The Stellar Hack Pera during Istanbul Blockchain Week in June 2025 was a 36-hour hackathon, the largest IRL Web3 event in Turkey, managed by Stellar and Rise In. It drew over 200 developers from over 500 applicants who submitted 72 projects, with 10 teams awarded a share of $25,000. The hackathon aimed to foster localContinue reading “Stellar Hack Pera: Turkey’s Largest In-Real-Life Web3 Hackathon with 200+ Participants, 70+ Projects”
Normal Partners with Halborn for Comprehensive Security Audit, Backed by Stellar Development Foundation
Normal Finance has partnered with Halborn, one of blockchain’s most respected security firms, for a comprehensive audit of its protocol smart contracts. The audit is backed by the Stellar Development Foundation through its Audit Bank program and covers the Soroban and Rust code powering Normal’s on-chain crypto index funds. This engagement is a key stepContinue reading “Normal Partners with Halborn for Comprehensive Security Audit, Backed by Stellar Development Foundation”
How Stellar’s Lightning-Fast Blockchain Makes Money Move Like Magic
Stellar’s blockchain offers a fast and cost-effective solution for global payments, processing transactions in 3-5 seconds for only a fraction of a cent. Created 11 years ago by Jed McCaleb, Stellar focuses on financial inclusion and has attracted major partners like Franklin Templeton and the United Nations. Raja Chakravorti of Stellar Development Foundation explains howContinue reading “How Stellar’s Lightning-Fast Blockchain Makes Money Move Like Magic”
Dev Diaries S01E03 – User Feedback & The Pivot That Saved The Project
The video demonstrates how the Freely team adapted their startup strategy based on real-world feedback. Initially, a chatbot was developed for remittance payments using Stellar in the Philippines, a major remittance market. User hesitation towards using a chatbot for financial transactions led to a pivot. Freely shifted focus from individual to business clients by developingContinue reading “Dev Diaries S01E03 – User Feedback & The Pivot That Saved The Project”