The expansion of the partnership between MoneyGram and the Stellar Development Foundation marks a significant milestone in the evolution of stablecoin utility, shifting the narrative from experimentation to real-world financial infrastructure. Announced in Mexico City, the multi-year extension builds on over five years of collaboration aimed at bridging digital assets with everyday financial services. At…
Stellar Q1 2026: A Data-Driven Breakdown of Real Growth The latest quarterly data from Stellar (XLM) reveals a network transitioning from a payments-focused blockchain into a multi-layer financial infrastructure stack. The shift is not theoretical—it is measurable across RWAs, stablecoins, DeFi, and transaction activity. This is not a narrative-driven ecosystem. It’s one defined by metrics….
Stellar has announced the launch of EURAU on its network, marking a significant step in the expansion of euro-denominated digital liquidity on-chain. Issued by AllUnity, the fully backed, MiCAR-compliant euro stablecoin is designed to facilitate fast, low-cost cross-border payments and institutional-grade settlement at scale. The rollout strengthens Stellar’s positioning as a payments-focused blockchain, with an…
Franklin Templeton is making it increasingly clear that the future of tokenized finance may not belong to a single blockchain. In a recent message from Franklin Templeton Digital Assets, Head of Digital Assets Roger Bayston emphasized that tokenizing across multiple chains allows institutions to tap into the distinct features, utility, and communities of what he…
Stellar has taken another step into the future of internet-native payments by adding support for the Machine Payments Protocol, or MPP, an open standard developed by Stripe and Tempo that allows AI agents and software applications to pay for services directly over HTTP. The update positions Stellar as a more practical settlement layer for machine-to-machine…
The AI agent hype cycle has reached an awkward truth: today’s “autonomous” software is often only autonomous until it needs to pay for something. It can reason, search, plan, call tools, and generate outputs — but the moment it hits a paywall, premium API, dataset, or paid service, the whole illusion tends to collapse into…
Two of the most notable examples are XRP and Stellar (XLM). At first glance, these two projects appear strikingly similar. Both focus on fast cross-border payments, both offer low transaction fees, and both were created by developers with a shared history. In fact, Jed McCaleb, one of the original architects behind XRP, later founded the…
