The Stellar Development Foundation announced at Consensus Hong Kong that TopNod will add native Stellar support, part of SDF’s push into Asian markets. The integration aims to boost XLM on-ramps amid competition from Solana, TON and XRP.
CME Group has listed futures for Cardano (ADA) and Stellar (XLM), expanding regulated institutional exposure beyond existing Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP products. The listings give asset managers and trading desks new hedging and price‑discovery tools on a cleared exchange.
Visa is broadening its multichain stablecoin network with Ethereum as the security backbone while adding Solana, Avalanche and Stellar to improve speed and cost efficiency. The move aims to blend Ethereum’s decentralization with faster settlement rails for payments.
The Marshall Islands has rolled out a blockchain-based universal basic income using the USDM1 sovereign digital bond on the Stellar (XLM) network, sending instant quarterly payouts to citizens via the Lomalo wallet.
CME Group will launch futures contracts on Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM) in February. The move expands regulated access to major altcoins and responds to growing demand for round‑the‑clock crypto derivatives.
The Marshall Islands has launched ENRA, the first sovereign on-chain universal basic income program funded by a U.S. Treasury-backed digital bond issued on the Stellar blockchain. The pilot aims to increase financial inclusion while adding transparency and automated distribution for citizens.
The Marshall Islands has launched USDM1, a Stellar-based stablecoin backed by U.S. Treasuries, to pilot a blockchain universal basic income for underserved regions. The program introduces a new framework for digital public finance and sovereign-backed tokenization.
Stellar released a dedicated Golang SDK that separates reusable components from service logic, improving clarity and usability for Go developers building on XLM.
U.S. Bank is piloting a custom stablecoin on the Stellar network with PwC and the Stellar Development Foundation, exploring programmable digital banking infrastructure. The bank highlights Stellar's high reliability and 99+% uptime as a core advantage.
U.S. Bancorp has launched a pilot of a dollar stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain to test faster, lower-cost on-chain settlement, joining other major U.S. banks exploring tokenized payments.