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Why MoneyGram, Figure, and Range Are Becoming Stellar Validators

Institutions Are Signing Up for No Reward MoneyGram, Figure, and Range just agreed to join the Stellar network as Tier 1 validators. That sounds like a business decision with an upside. It is not. Validators on Stellar earn no block rewards, no staking yield, and no share of transaction fees. So why would three institutions […]

Aug 17, 2026

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A Global Asset Manager Just Found a New Door Onto Stellar

Institutional finance keeps finding its way onto Stellar. This week’s announcement raises the stakes further. Marketnode, the Asia-Pacific infrastructure operator backed by Singapore Exchange, Temasek, HSBC, and Euroclear, will offer on-chain access to select BNY Investments funds through the Stellar network. Stellar started out known mostly for cheap cross-border payments. Now, regulated asset managers see […]

Aug 14, 2026

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FC Barcelona’s Mobile Arm Just Picked Stellar for Its Digital Wallet

A Football Giant Steps Into Blockchain Payments Barça Mobile is the official telecom service of FC Barcelona. It is now building an in-app digital wallet, and it chose the Stellar network to power it. The announcement came on August 5 from New Era Visionary Group, the operator behind Barça Mobile. Two infrastructure partners joined the […]

Aug 14, 2026

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Stellar’s Next Upgrade Makes Smart Contracts Easier to Build and Faster to Run

Stellar just announced its next network upgrade, and this one is built for developers. Protocol 28, nicknamed Adapter, heads to a mainnet vote on September 16, 2026, following a testnet vote on August 27. It brings three changes that touch consensus and smart contract management alike. For a network pulling in institutional players and RWA […]

Aug 14, 2026

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Stellar Hit Its Highest Transaction Volume in a Week

A Record Day for Stellar’s Network On August 4, Stellar processed more than 11.1 million transactions in a single day, according to data from Chainspect. That is the network’s highest daily throughput of the past week. Volume had held steady above 9 million transactions for days. Then it climbed sharply. For a network built to […]

Aug 11, 2026

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RedStone Brings Ondo’s USDY to Stellar DeFi Through SEP-40

A New Price Feed Opens the Door for USDY RedStone has launched a USDY/USD price feed on Stellar, paired with SEP-40 contract support for Ondo Finance’s yield-bearing dollar token. USDY is backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries and bank deposits. It already carries a circulating supply near 1.9 billion tokens with a market cap above $2.1 […]

Aug 11, 2026

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Stellar Got a New Media Partner, and It’s a Big Signal

Stellar has picked up a new set of eyes. This time they belong to one of crypto’s most trusted investor relations platforms. Token Relations is the ecosystem media outlet built by former TechCrunch reporter Jacquelyn Melinek and investor Anthony Pompliano. It just announced coverage of Stellar. Coverage will run biweekly, and the first edition is […]

Aug 5, 2026

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Stellar Built a Career Path for Its Builders

A Problem Worth Solving Most ecosystem programs treat every newcomer the same way. A curious developer at a weekend workshop and a founding team gearing up for a funding round need very different things. The Stellar Development Foundation just launched the Stellar Ambassador Program to fix that mismatch. Instead of a one-size-fits-all onboarding flow, the […]

Aug 5, 2026

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Why Banks Trust Stellar’s Numbers

Twelve Years In, Institutions Have Arrived Stellar has been running for twelve years. Uptime, notably, sits above 99.99%, and the network just crossed a milestone that took a decade to build toward. In June alone, it settled more than $4 billion in adjusted stablecoin volume. That volume also spread across 13 stablecoins and nine currencies. […]

Jul 29, 2026

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RedStone Brings SEP-40 Price Feeds to Four Centrifuge Assets on Stellar

A New Oracle Link for Stellar’s RWA Market Stellar just gained a stronger backbone for real world asset trading. RedStone has rolled out SEP-40 price feeds for four flagship tokenized assets from Centrifuge: JTRSY, JAAA, deJTRSY, and deJAAA. Stellar apps now get a standardized way to pull pricing data for these assets. That opens the […]

Jul 24, 2026

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MoneyGram Just Became a Stellar Validator, and It Says a Lot About Where Crypto Is Headed

A Trusted Payments Giant Joins the Consensus Layer The Stellar Development Foundation announced a major upgrade to its network security. MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and Range will now operate as Tier 1 validators on Stellar. This isn’t a minor technical update. Tier 1 validators keep Stellar running. Adding three heavyweights from payments, capital markets, and compliance […]

Jul 20, 2026

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Wall Street Just Proved Tokenization Works. Stellar Already Knew.

A Historic Day for Tokenized Markets On July 15, DTCC ran a full day of live, production tokenized trades. This was not a lab test. J.P. Morgan converted the Invesco QQQ Trust and the SPDR S&P 500 Trust into tokenized assets. It then used those tokens to post margin with CME Group. Citadel Securities, BNP […]

Jul 16, 2026

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Stellar Joins the x402 Foundation to Power Payments for AI Agents

Stellar just took a serious step into the agentic payments race. The Stellar Development Foundation is now a Premier member of the x402 Foundation. This is the Linux Foundation body that governs the open x402 payment standard. As a Premier member, SDF holds a seat on the Foundation’s Governing Board. Chief Product Officer Tomer Weller […]

Jul 15, 2026

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Europe Just Raised the Bar for Crypto, and Stellar Is Already Built for It

A Hard Deadline Finally Arrives For years, Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation felt like a distant target. National grace periods kept pushing it back. That era ended on July 1, 2026, when the transitional window closed across every EU and EEA state. Any crypto firm serving European clients without full authorization now operates outside the […]

Jul 10, 2026

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Stellar and UNDP Extend Partnership to Scale Blockchain Payments

From Testing Grounds to Standard Practice The United Nations Development Programme and the Stellar Development Foundation have extended their partnership. This time it is not another pilot. The two organizations signed a new agreement at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. It moves blockchain-based payments from isolated test projects toward a standing tool for UNDP country offices. […]

Jul 8, 2026