Stellar Development Foundation


Finance

Marshall Islands launches world’s first blockchain-based UBI on Stellar blockchain

Backed by U.S. Treasuries, USDM1 marks a new model for digital public finance and universal basic income in underserved regions.

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Videos

What You Missed at the Stellar Meridian Conference

The sold-out Stellar Meridian conference brought together developers, enterprises and global institutions to discuss the future of money. Here are three major announcements and breakthroughs you missed from the event in Rio de Janeiro. Watch sessions from Stellar Meridian: https://meridian.stellar.org/sessions Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/sponsored-content/what-you-missed-at-the-stellar-meridian-conference https://stellar.org/blog/foundation-news/the-blueprint-at-meridian-2025

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Opinion

The Banks and the Unbanked: Blockchain’s Biggest Beneficiaries Sit at Both Ends of the Financial Spectrum

Actualizing blockchain's full potential requires intentional design for both audiences, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon says.

Aerial view of Manhattan's financial district (Getty Images/Alexander Spatari)

Finance

Stellar Development Foundation Invests in Archax, Aiming to Boost Tokenization

The UK-regulated digital asset platform has integrated Stellar into its tokenization tool and launched the Aberdeen tokenized money market fund on the network.

Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer at Stellar Development Foundation on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Finance

Stellar Sees $3B of Real World Assets Coming On-Chain in 2025

The Stellar blockchain has made new partnerships with Paxos, Ondo, Etherfuse and SG Forge.

Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon

Videos

Drawing from Web History: Blockchains' Purpose and Stellar's Commitment

Denelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, emphasizes the significance of strategic focus on outcome-driven development in the blockchain community.

Money Reimagined

Tech

Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of 'Soroban' Smart Contracts

The "Protocol 20" upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precautions after a bug was found.

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

Tech

Stellar's Foundation Supports Delay of Smart-Contracts Upgrade After Bug Found

A bug in the upgraded software, identified Jan. 25, was deemed to pose "little risk," but after "robust feedback" from the blockchain's developer community, the Stellar Development Foundation is now recommending a delay beyond the Jan. 30 target date.

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

Videos

[SPONSORED CONTENT] Idris Elba, Actor, Filmmaker and Goodwill Ambassador, sits down with CoinDesk Studios at Meridian 2023

Idris Elba sits down with Sam Ewen from CoinDesk to discuss his partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation and how they are working on developing tools for underserved areas that will benefit creators and educators alike by giving access to new financial rails.

The Meridian Conversations