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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

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Stellar Earned a Seat at the Table for the Next Big Stablecoin

A New Stablecoin Shakes Up the Industry On June 30, 2026, a coalition called Open Standard introduced Open USD, a new dollar-backed stablecoin built for global payments. More than 140 companies signed on as partners, including Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, Stripe, and Coinbase. Stellar made the list too, and that detail matters more than it might […]

Jul 7, 2026

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Stellar Landed a Major Institutional Stablecoin, and RWA Fans Should Be Watching

A New Stablecoin Lands on Stellar On July 1, 2026, STBL launched USST on Stellar, backed by a direct partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation. This isn’t just another stablecoin entering a crowded market. USST holds real-world assets like tokenized treasuries and money market funds as collateral, giving institutions a fresh way to tap into […]

Jul 6, 2026

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Stellar Hit $3 Billion in Real Assets

Here’s Why That Actually Matters Institutional money just took a major step into blockchain. In the first half of 2026, Stellar crossed $3 billion in tokenized real-world assets, hitting the $1 billion, $2 billion, and $3 billion marks all within six months. This is not hype. This is institutional adoption. Major asset managers trust Stellar […]

Jun 25, 2026

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Real Assets Need Real Liquidity: deJTRSY and deJAAA Come to SushiSwap

The Moment: Institutional Assets on Established Venues deJTRSY (tokenized US Treasuries) and deJAAA (tokenized AAA-rated CLO exposure) are now live on SushiSwap. For Stellar users, this means institutional-grade fixed-income assets are now tradeable on one of DeFi’s most established venues. This isn’t just another token listing. It signals that blockchain infrastructure can authentically bridge traditional […]

Jun 18, 2026