Stellar (XLM)

2025 was massive for DeFi on Stellar, with TVL increasing 284% 🚀 Shout out to the builders at @blend_capital, @AquariusDeFi, and more for driving the growth. https://t.co/IssxhpYx9r

Stellar keeps showing up where tokenization becomes actual financial infrastructure. Amundi is the latest example. @Amundi_FR and Spiko have launched SAFO, a tokenized fund designed for treasury and collateral needs of corporates and financial institutions. Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager managing over $2 trillion in assets, has launched a $100M tokenized fund on Ethereum and Stellar. This is a serious step in the institutional tokenization story. SAFO is not being framed as a speculative product. It is a cash equivalent instrument structured to offer 24/7 transferability, near instant settlement, and real time transparency of the shareholder register. That matters because tokenization only becomes meaningful when it improves how real financial products move, settle, and operate. This is exactly the direction SAFO is taking. Amundi serves as delegated investment manager, while CACEIS acts as depositary bank and fund administrator. Spiko handles the transfer agent function, tokenization platform, and brokerage of fund shares. The shareholder register is hosted on @ethereum and @StellarOrg That is an important detail. It shows that both networks are being used as infrastructure for a regulated financial product, not for narrative value. @chainlink provides the infrastructure to record SAFO’s NAV onchain. So this is not just about token issuance. It is about connecting fund operations, transparency, and programmable financial infrastructure. What makes this interesting is the use case itself. Treasury and collateral management are not flashy sectors, but they sit close to the core of how institutional capital moves. That is why this launch deserves attention The broader takeaway is clear. Tokenization is moving further into regulated financial products, and Stellar continues to appear in environments where settlement, transferability, and financial utility matter. This is what institutional blockchain adoption looks like. Not noise. Not theory. But regulated products finding practical onchain infrastructure. 👉🏻 https://t.co/MP6eLntoMC

Stellar Selects Zebec for Real-Time, Streaming Payroll Stellar has chosen Zebec to bring real-time, streaming payroll to its ecosystem—the first native deployment of Zebec’s infrastructure outside Solana. Businesses can now pay employees and contractors in USDC by the second, with funds accessed instantly and used globally via wallets, cards, or local pickup. Stellar processes hundreds of thousands of transactions daily—including 250,000+ USDC—with stablecoin volumes in the tens of millions. Settlement is near-instant, costs are under a cent, and the global Anchor network ensures broad fiat connectivity. Through MoneyGram, workers can convert digital dollars to local currency at 450,000+ locations across 170+ countries, enabling payroll without banks or delays. Zebec on Stellar delivers real-world, enterprise-grade payroll at global scale. @Zebec_HQ @StellarOrg ZBCN XLM

The @Spiko_finance Amundi Overnight Swap Fund is live on Stellar. https://t.co/PymCNOFF4P