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Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets. Tokenization platform Tradable plans to bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets onto the Stellar blockchain, expanding institutional access to tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as demand for onchain private markets continues to grow. Tradable said Thursday that $500 million in notional value is expected to be available when the initiative launches, and it will increase the amount to $1 billion over time. The company will use Stellar’s network to support institutional functions, including compliance, investor onboarding and asset lifecycle management. The timing of the initiative’s launch was not disclosed. Read more

The UN Development Programme said blockchain payment pilots in five countries cut costs, improved resilience and will now inform wider use across its humanitarian and development programs. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a new agreement with the Stellar Development Foundation to expand the agency's use of blockchain-based payments after completing pilot projects in five countries, signaling a broader role for public blockchain infrastructure in its development programs. The agreement follows 16 months of research and pilot programs in Haiti, Syria, Kenya, Guatemala and The Gambia, with additional projects in Colombia and Papua New Guinea, the agency said Monday. According to UNDP, the next phase will establish the process for country offices to use blockchain payments across a wider range of programs. UNDP said the pilots produced measurable results. In Syria, a Cash for Work program that recorded payments onchain reduced distribution costs from 10% to 2%, while a pilot in Haiti con...

MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a dollar stablecoin on Stellar, as the remittance company deepens its push into blockchain-based global payments. MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a US dollar stablecoin on Stellar, as the remittance company deepens its push into blockchain-based cross-border payments. The company said Tuesday that MGUSD will be integrated into the MoneyGram app through a self-custodial wallet, allowing users to hold dollar-denominated balances, move funds globally and convert into local currencies. The stablecoin initially launched in the US market, with plans to scale worldwide.  MGUSD is backed by a notable infrastructure stack. The tokens are issued by Bridge, Stripe’s stablecoin platform, which received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate as a federally chartered national trust bank in February.  Read more

DTCC’s decision to connect its tokenized securities platform to Stellar marks a new phase of institutional adoption for public blockchains.

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The U.S. market infrastructure giant targets connecting tokenized stocks, ETFs and Treasuries to Stellar in the first half of 2027.

Bermuda Premier David Burt announced several crypto-related initiatives to bring the island nation closer to the industry, including accepting and investing in digital assets and on-chain financial services. The government of Bermuda announced that it will begin moving payment and financial-services activities to the Stellar network as part of its plans to be a “fully on-chain national economy.” Speaking at the Bermuda Digital Finance Forum on Tuesday, Premier David Burt said that the island nation’s government, after risk assessments, could accept and invest in digital assets. In addition, Stellar announced that Bermuda would move certain financial services onto its network in response to high transaction fees. "The lack of mobile money applications and reliance on legacy payments infrastructure has left Bermudians paying high payment processing fees and hindered additional economic growth opportunities," said Burt. "The use of digital dollars can change that, and the Stellar network’s capacity to support pu...

Stellar’s new marketing chief says crypto’s future hinges on long-term value creation, not hype cycles or technical jargon.

Aave (AAVE), up 1.9% from Monday, joined Stellar (XLM) as a top performer.

Hedera (HBAR) joined Stellar (XLM) as a top performer, rising 1.4% from Thursday.

Aave (AAVE), up 5.8% from Tuesday, joined Stellar (XLM) as a top performer.

The French banking group’s digital asset arm expanded its MiCA-compliant euro-backed stablecoin as part of a multichain strategy for regulated digital asset infrastructure. Societe Generale-FORGE, the crypto arm of French banking company Societe Generale, has deployed its euro-denominated stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain, completing a multichain expansion first announced in 2025. The stablecoin, known as EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), is designed to comply with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework and represents a tokenized euro issued by the company for use in digital asset markets. According to the company, the Stellar deployment is intended to broaden the stablecoin’s use across blockchain-based financial applications and tokenized asset services. Read more

Litecoin (LTC), down 2.8% since yesterday, joined Stellar (XLM) as an underperformer.

Oracle provider RedStone deploys price feeds on Stellar as the network expands DeFi infrastructure and experiments with lending and tokenized assets. Oracle provider RedStone has launched its price feed infrastructure on the Stellar network, introducing a new data layer for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on a blockchain historically focused on payments and stablecoin transfers.  The deployment makes price feeds for major crypto assets and stablecoins available on the Stellar mainnet, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), USD Coin (USDC) and PayPal USD (PYUSD). The rollout also includes pricing data for the Franklin Templeton BENJI tokenized money market fund.  RedStone said the feeds are designed to support financial applications like lending markets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and tokenized real-world asset (RWA) platforms building on Stellar.  Read more

Rails is betting that Stellar‑based smart contract vaults, onchain proofs and segregated collateral can make high‑speed perpetuals more palatable to institutions. Institutional crypto derivatives provider Rails announced the launch of “Institutional-Grade Vaults” on the Stellar network on Tuesday, allowing brokerages, fintechs and other intermediaries to plug into crypto perpetuals via a single backend. The company aims for options trading in Q2 2026.  Satraj Bambra, CEO of Rails, told Cointelegraph that the core idea was to separate matching from money. “The critical difference is custody and verifiability,” he said. Rails runs a centralized matching engine, while client assets will sit in audited smart contract vaults on Stellar. Every 30 seconds of profit and loss (PnL), fees and liabilities are committed onchain, as Merkle roots that institutions can independently reconcile against their own records.  Read more

The era of the crypto industry being seen as a two-asset town is officially over at the world’s largest derivatives marketplace. On Jan. 15, CME Group announced plans to launch futures contracts for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar (XLM) on Feb. 9, pending regulatory review. This move represents a calculated signal from the Chicago-based […] The post Crypto futures legitimized by CME with Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar addition, but retail traders face a massive catch appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The planned altcoins listings will expand CME’s regulated crypto derivatives contracts beyond Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Solana. Chicago-based derivatives exchange CME Group is moving to deepen its exposure to altcoins as demand for regulated crypto products continues to expand in the United States. CME Group said Thursday that it plans to list futures contracts tied to Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM) on Feb. 9, pending regulatory approval. The proposed contracts would broaden CME’s crypto derivatives suite regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which includes futures and options linked to Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL). The exchange said the new offerings are aimed at meeting growing interest from market participants seeking exposure to digital assets. CME plans to offer both standard and micro futures contracts for each altcoin, with position sizes ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 ADA, 250 to 5,000 LINK and 12,500 to 250,000 XLM. Read more

Seven leading providers have launched the Blockchain Payments Consortium to unify cross-chain stablecoin transactions with shared technical and compliance standards, following on-chain volumes that have surpassed major card networks in 2024. The post Fireblocks, Polygon, Solana, Stellar & TON Form $10T Consortium to Standardize Stablecoin Payments appeared first on Cryptonews.

Stellar’s native token weathered sharp intraday swings, buoyed by strong institutional demand and surging volumes tied to WisdomTree’s new crypto ETP

Stellar CEO Denelle Dixon has argued that proprietary blockchains have echoed past monopolies, has urged builders and policymakers to back open, permissionless networks, and has stressed that today’s choices have shaped fees, access, and interoperability across global finance. networks. The post Stellar’s Denelle Dixon Warns Against “Railroad” Monopolies in Blockchain Infrastructure appeared first on Cryptonews.