Won Crypto Project of the Year honors.

Stablecoin market cap reached $243M+, representing 53% year-over-year growth.

Processed 1.5 billion transactions in 2025 with average fees below $0.001.

Privacy testnet launches on 2026-01-07.

Stellar tokens receive full support in Trezor Suite desktop app version 25.12.2, including activation and deactivation features to reclaim the 0.5 XLM reserve.

Becomes the blockchain for Marshall Islands' distribution of universal basic income through USDM1 sovereign bonds, marking the first country to distribute UBI on-chain.

Stellar perpetual futures contracts go live on Coinbase Derivatives with 24/7 trading access for both retail and institutional participants.

Solv Asset Pools go live on Aquarius, a leading liquidity infrastructure in Stellar, enabling native Solv liquidity and seamless exchange of assets within the ecosystem.

XLM gains top 10 position in 7-day DeFi social mindshare metrics.

Stellar ranks 4th among crypto Real World Asset projects by development activity according to Santiment's github data, maintaining its position from the previous month.

Franklin Templeton adds XLM to their EZPZ ETF regulated digital asset fund with a 0.3% allocation as of December 1, 2025.

Stellar gets categorized as a centralized cryptocurrency alongside XRP, BNB, and HBAR in a public warning about crypto risks.

Partnership expansion announced with the largest onchain BTC treasury to introduce DeFi strategies for BTC-backed yields through Stellar's USDC rails, targeting BTC and RWA-denominated yields.

24/7 trading for Stellar monthly futures goes live on Coinbase Derivatives, with altcoin US perpetual-style futures launching December 15.

The IRL wallet soft launches on Stellar at Stellar House Miami, integrated with Privy for wallet creation and featuring a points system for art collection. Attendees can collect artworks using Meridian Pay wallet exclusively at the event.

Stellar indexing goes live on Space and Time, providing verifiable data infrastructure to institutions and developers for onchain finance applications.

Stellar drops in RWA chain rankings by TVL, moving lower within the top 10 and out of the top 5 positions.

Franklin Crypto Index ETF ($EZPZ) now includes Stellar Lumens in its newly expanded lineup of 8 cryptocurrencies.

Stellar receives verification on the European Ledger, Europe's unified blockchain-based financial platform that upgrades the T2S securities settlement system to DLT-based infrastructure for tokenized central bank money and digital assets.

A Stellar House Panel is scheduled for December 4 in Miami.

US Bancorp's stablecoin pilot involves an institution with $664B in assets under management and extends to research on tokenized assets for 24/7 settlement functionality.

U.S. Bank's stablecoin testing on Stellar involves collaboration with PwC and the Stellar Development Foundation.

U.S. Bancorp tests its own stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain, with the bank's head of digital asset products citing asset-freeze capability as a key institutional feature for on-chain stablecoin adoption.

Wirex, a global fintech serving 7 million users and processing $20 billion annually across 130 countries, adds Stellar chain support through Crossmint smart wallets to power new crypto and stablecoin products.

XLM ranks #1 on LunarCrush AltRank today, a metric combining social and market activity to identify outperforming assets.

DeFi TVL rises 20.97% over 7 days to $166.26M, the biggest weekly gain among listed networks.

CoinMarketCap adds new implementation to showcase ISO 20022 compliant projects, listing XLM alongside other standard-compliant cryptocurrencies.

Coinbase Derivatives adds 24/7 trading and perpetual-style futures for XLM alongside 10 other cryptocurrencies.

Stellar announces December 4 event at Stellar House Miami to discuss MoneyGram payment integration and upcoming stablecoin infrastructure developments.

LayerZero Foundation announces new integration with Stellar for cross-chain interoperability and ecosystem connectivity.

SolvProtocol expands to Stellar and Canton.

XLM breaks key $0.25 support level amid broader altcoin drawdown.

Stellar participates in institutional discussion with Mastercard, Standard Chartered, Bain & Company, OKX, Fireblocks, Zodia, 21X, and Seturion (Boerse Stuttgart Group) on tokenization as the future of finance.

Wirex and Stellar launch dual-stablecoin Visa settlement in USDC and EURC for 7 million+ users.

RedSwan Digital tokenizes commercial real estate via SEC-compliant security token offerings on Stellar and now accepts stablecoins for the platform.

Fireblocks, Solana, Polygon, Stellar, and TON form stablecoin alliance.

XLM records $109M in 24-hour trading volume, ranking third among RWA performers by trading volume.

Stronghold announces ISO 20022 support within its $SHx ecosystem on the Stellar network.

Franklin Templeton expands tokenized fund platform "Benji" to Canton Network, with deployment already active on Stellar alongside eight other blockchain networks including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Aptos, Solana, Vechain, and BNB Chain.

Thorwallet launches Stellar cross-chain swaps powered by NEAR Intents, enabling non-custodial swaps of XLM and Stellar USDC to/from Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain with access to Blend lending markets.

Spain's Turbo Energy pilots tokenized debt financing for solar projects with first installation at a supermarket in Spain.

Stellar and Taurus selected for tokenized clean energy financing pilot program in Spain.

Core Engineer details the Whisk upgrade featuring parallelism for guaranteed performance, low-MEV design via protocol-level DEX, and privacy roadmap for institutional use.

Competitive security audit for Reflector protocol ends November 11th with $20,000 prize pool, conducted in collaboration with Stellar organizations and Code4rena.

NEAR Intents integration with Stellar handles approximately $20M in daily volume.

Stellar Development Foundation joins alliance with Fireblocks, Polygon Labs, Mysten Labs, Monad Foundation, Solana Foundation, and TON Foundation to standardize cross-chain payments.

Thorwallet launches NEAR Intents integration enabling cross-chain swaps with Stellar supported among dozens of networks including Sui, Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB Chain, live on mobile and web.

Solv partners with Stellar as the ecosystem's yield partner for global RWA adoption.

Following October 28 launch of three crypto spot ETFs, XLM identified as potential candidate for additional spot ETFs expected in coming months under new generic listing standards.

Stellar joins the Chainlink Scale program and adopts Chainlink Data Feeds, Data Streams, and CCIP to enable cross-chain applications and interoperability infrastructure for builders.

OpenZeppelin releases v0.5.0 contracts for Stellar, introducing Smart Accounts on Soroban SDK, RWA 3643 institutional tokenization standard, and Tokenized Vaults for DeFi yield-bearing assets.

MIRAI-X launches as Stellar-based decentralized escrow platform by AAC_Japan, enabling fractional access to real estate and collectibles with live UAE-Japan pipeline supporting USDC/JPY.

XLM lists on rails_xyz platform with 5x leverage trading available for long and short positions.

Mastercard integrates Stellar through its Crypto Credential, connecting 3.3 billion cardholders to the network.

IBM partners with Stellar to disrupt cross-border payments, covering 72 countries and 47 currencies.

Reflector, a decentralized price feed oracle for Stellar DeFi smart contracts, launches a 15-day security audit competition in collaboration with Stellar Org, Build On Stellar, and Code4rena.

Q3 Review Webinar scheduled for October 30 to present metrics, milestones, and momentum from Q3 progress.

Stellar joins Centrifuge V3's hub-and-spoke multi-chain architecture for unified asset management across multiple blockchains.

VISA expands stablecoin settlement support on the network to four currencies. Space and Time integrates Stellar indexing into their blockchain data ecosystem.

Transaction volumes grow +18% this week, the highest among major blockchain networks including Bitcoin, Aptos, Avalanche, and NEAR.

ProShares files for CoinDesk Crypto 20 ETF on NYSE that includes XLM as one of 20 cryptocurrencies in the tracked index.

Smart Wallets V2 goes live on Stellar, designed to launch stablecoin apps and trusted by MoneyGram for global fintech operations.

Stellar partners with Reflector for a 15-day competitive security audit of the Reflector codebase to help secure ecosystem projects.

Stellar ranks #4 in Real World Assets projects by development activity but shows a downward trend from last month's ranking.

Protocol upgrade vote planned for October 26, 2025 to address and fix an archival issue.

A 75-day window has started where ETFs for XLM and other assets could be approved if there's no SEC action, with a more realistic timeline of approval within a few weeks once government reopens.

The network is identified as one of 11 totally permissioned chains in the top 100 market cap, described as centralized pretenders that should be rejected.

A platform raises APY on XLM Earn campaign to 333% for new users and launches a $3,333 XLM giveaway.

Stellar integrates with idOS network for decentralized KYC functionality, enabling wallet-based identity verification without requiring special browser extensions or apps.

Stellar ranks #9 among top 10 blockchain ecosystems for new developers in 2025 with 2,226 new developers joining the platform.

RWA market cap on the network reaches $600+ million with 25% year-over-year growth, and access to over $3 billion in RWAs is announced through partnerships with Centrifuge and Etherfuse for permissionless U.S. Treasuries in DeFi.

Stellar team members collaborate with Backpack team on RWA tokenization initiative bridging Wall Street and Web3.

Privacy becomes a renewed focus for the platform, with the CPO stating it will be the best place to experiment with cutting-edge cryptography.

deRWA protocol operates on Stellar, providing DeFi access to real-world asset yields with onchain stable access.

XLM is integrated as one of the core assets on Flare Networks' hub chain, which is building a DeFi ecosystem for major cryptocurrencies including XRP, BTC, DOGE, and LTC.

XLM is listed among chains to be integrated into 'chainnet', a new THORChain fork focused on adding top 100 cryptocurrencies for cross-chain swaps before Christmas.

XLM breaks out of months-long bearish trendline and is currently retesting that level, which aligns with a bullish Fair Value Gap.

OKX announces support for new unified USD spot trading pairs in the European Economic Area, with XLM included among 10 cryptocurrencies receiving these new trading options.

Stellar becomes a Platinum Sponsor of The Bridge event, demonstrating continued business development and marketing investment.

Liquidation data shows XLM has over 85% long liquidations, suggesting bearish pressure with the path of least resistance pointing downward.

21Shares and Rex-Osprey have filed for altcoin ETFs that include XLM among 21 cryptocurrencies listed in their applications.

PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin launches on the network alongside Circle's CCTP V2 cross-chain transfer protocol at Stellar Meridian 2025 conference.

ADA joins the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF under new SEC generic listing standards, with XLM remaining part of the six-token index alongside BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL.

USDY, Ondo Finance's tokenized treasury-backed stablecoin, goes live on the network during September.

Protocol 23 upgrade has been deployed, adding smart contract capabilities to the network.

The SEC approves Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF with XLM included alongside SOL and XRP in the multi-crypto index fund.

CoinList announces XLM markets are now live on their platform.

Network reports one of its biggest 6-month periods ever in H1 2025 with smart contract improvements, live TradFi integrations, and steady transaction volume of approximately 2 million per day.

New partnership between Stellar and Centrifuge focuses on making RWAs seamlessly usable across DeFi to unlock institutional liquidity.

PYUSD stablecoin goes live on the network, adding PayPal's digital dollar to the ecosystem.

MercadoBitcoin announces $200M Real World Asset issuance on the network, marking one of Latin America's biggest blockchain adoption pushes.

Institutional demand builds around $0.38 support as XLM rebounds to $0.39 after 300% yearly gains.

XLM is listed among cryptocurrencies with CFTC regulated futures on Coinbase that are automatically eligible for ETF approval.

MoneyGram launches new app powered by Circle's USDC and Stellar blockchain.

Ondo's USDY yieldcoin launches on the network, while deRWA introduces tokenized US Treasuries and CLO strategies backed by $20M investment.

Meridian 2025 conference takes place September 17-18 with CoinDesk livestream coverage as Stellar gathers innovators and policymakers to set blockchain's real economy agenda.

SUI surpasses XLM in market metrics, marking a relative positioning change alongside AVAX being flipped as well.

WisdomTree launches CRDT tokenized fund on both Ethereum and Stellar networks, bringing the $1 trillion private credit market on-chain with instant settlement (T+0) and a $25 minimum entry requirement.

Stellar ranks #2 among top Real World Assets projects by development activity but has declined in ranking since last month according to Santiment data.

NEAR Intents integration launches on Stellar, bringing cross-chain functionality from a protocol that has processed $900M+ volume and 1.8M swaps.