Love this program from our partners at Circle. Best of luck to ALL of the entries -- especially ClickPesa (and ClickPesa Debt Fund), Decaf ☕ and CoalaPay.org, who all build on Stellar. Just like when Dante Disparte spoke at #Meridian2024, this really highlights a Venn diagram

New-ish year, new-ish world. Guess I’m back on this thing.

Blockchain for public payments just makes sense. Nearly instant, traceable all over the world, no leakage, just as efficient for micropayments as megapayments. Excited about this work with Stellar and UNDP! chicagostarmedia.com/trending_from_…

The decision was between "somewhere expected" and "somewhere legendary." Rio de Janeiro, Brazil won. See you at #Meridian2025 👉 meridian.stellar.org

TOMORROW: Stellar's Director of Product, Tori Samples, joins Around the Block, Validation Cloud's new podcast hosted by Aaron Cottrell. 💫 Tori and Aaron will demo the Stellar Disbursement Platform, an innovative bulk payments platform. Live: 10:15 AM ET on Validation Cloud

Got a sneak preview of SDP's single click deployment today. Conclusions: - You can automate the setup of a complete self hosted, enterprise grade, mass payout system in a single command - Y'all don't know what's coming - Stellar enterprise eng are a bit weird

Too busy building to brush my hair 😜 Perfect moment created by Reece — anyone can now set up a payouts platform with ZERO technical knowledge and start sending disbursements on Stellar.

New look. Same mission. Greater impact.

Introducing MoneyGram Ramps — a developer-first API bridging cash and #crypto. Embed cash ↔️ crypto functionality in your app with just a few lines of code. With #MoneyGramRamps you can get started in minutes: ✅ No banking integrations required ✅ Instant API credentials and

We're bringing the full Wirex Pay experience to Stellar! 🚀 That means stablecoin-linked Visa cards, business accounts, and Web3 BaaS, built natively on one of the most scalable blockchain networks. Get the full details 👇

We’re excited to share PayPal is bringing its stablecoin, PYUSD, to Stellar. When you need infrastructure that works beyond the hype—real payments, real merchants, real global reach—you build where millions already transact daily. stellar.org/press/paypal-p…

This is how you distribute money to people from all over the world in < 5 mins! 🌎 Here is Tori Samples from Stellar doing a live disbursement at a side event for the United Nations's #FFD4: ✅ Bulk sent 5 USDC to all attendees ✅ They got an email, downloaded @decaf_so, &

cash bundles → digital wallets. this is what Stable Summer looks like in real life. buckle up kids, it’s story time. meet Bryan Weaver, affectionately nicknamed “Narco Santa” due to his propensity for carrying large amounts of cash while having a giant white beard. 25 years

The GENIUS Act just passed. Crypto in the U.S. just got its clearest win yet. Thanks to years of work from voices that never gave up, stablecoins are officially on the map. History made. Let’s build.

It just keeps getting better. Welcome to the club, Visa.

The Visa announcement is a big deal. Stablecoin settlement means that card issuers need less float to account for nonsense like bank holidays which means more available capital for the business. And if you go one step further and charge the user in stablecoins then you

“Remittances aren’t just for survival — they can be investment.” At FfD4, Tori Samples of Stellar shared how institutions are exploring ways to optimize large-scale financial flows 👉 dvx.cm/Blockchain4Dev Sponsored by Stellar

In this industry, trust has taken a back seat. But it’s more important and more valuable than ever. And the Stellar network is powered by trust. Tori Samples this afternoon at FEST:

Easy to feel stable at a place like #FWBFEST25. Spent the weekend talking about trust at Stellar, swinging in hammocks, giving away girls gone stable tanks, and learning about what makes web3 work for creators. Friends With Benefits

Trustless doesn’t mean trust-free. This weekend at Friends With Benefits FEST, we explored how protocol design, engineering, and community work together to make “trustless” systems work — and why trust matters for blockchain adoption.