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Stellar has integrated RedStone’s institutional-grade price oracles on mainnet, adding 10 live feeds to support lending, trading, and tokenized assets after a recent oracle exploit, enhancing DeFi reliability and helping secure over $8.5B in value across 70+ blockchains and 180+ protocols.

CME Group has rolled out regulated futures for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM), widening its crypto derivatives suite beyond Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP. The move could broaden institutional access to and spur greater adoption of these digital assets.

CME Group plans to introduce regulated futures for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM) on February 9, pending approval. The launch widens institutional access to these altcoins and offers standardized hedging and exposure tools amid growing demand for crypto derivatives.

Stellar (XLM) in 2025 is seeing record development and growing institutional interest — notably U.S. Bank/U.S. Bancorp stablecoin pilots with PwC and the SDF — yet its market price still lags fundamentals as the network tests privacy upgrades and aims to be a programmable, regulated digital-banking infrastructure.

U.S. Bank is piloting the issuance of bespoke, bank-grade stablecoins on the Stellar blockchain in partnership with PwC and the Stellar Development Foundation. The initiative aligns the bank with other major U.S. financial institutions exploring faster, lower-cost, programmable digital money options within a compliant, innovative financial infrastructure.