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EURAU Goes Live on Stellar: MiCAR-Compliant Euro Stablecoin for Institutional Settlement

Dennis GraceApril 14, 202606 mins

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…

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Is There Any Reason to Hold XLM Over XRP?

Dennis GraceApril 12, 202609 mins

There’s a persistent assumption in crypto that similar technologies can coexist simply because they target different philosophies or user segments. In theory, that sounds reasonable. In practice, markets rarely behave that way. Capital does not reward duplication — it compresses narratives, concentrates liquidity, and ultimately gravitates toward a single dominant expression of an idea. This…

Stellar Now Supports MPP for AI Agent Payments Over HTTP

Dennis GraceApril 4, 202606 mins

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…

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Stellar Launches Agentic Hackathon With $10K in XLM for AI Agents, Paid APIs, and Autonomous Workflows

Dennis GraceMarch 29, 2026018 mins

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…

XRP vs XLM: Key Differences Between Two Payment-Focused Cryptocurrencies

James GathechaMarch 14, 2026010 mins

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…

Stellar Lumens (XLM): The Complete Guide to Stellar’s Blockchain and Future Potential

JamesMarch 4, 2026March 4, 2026012 mins

Stellar Lumens (XLM) has emerged as one of the most influential blockchain platforms aimed at financial inclusion, cross-border payments, and decentralized finance (DeFi). Founded in 2014, Stellar has positioned itself as a high-speed, low-cost blockchain network designed to bridge traditional finance with blockchain technology. In this evergreen article, we explore Stellar’s history, technology, use cases,…