Stellar (XLM)

One of the biggest misconceptions in crypto is that institutions “aren’t here yet" They’re here Most are just looking in the wrong places While CT argues over memecoins and TVL… Governments, banks & F500s have quietly been building on Enterprise DLT infrastructure for years The first mistake people make is treating every blockchain as if it’s competing for the same job. They’re not. The institutional market isn’t searching for “the best chain" It’s searching for the best infrastructure for each specific problem. Payments Trade finance Capital markets Identity AI Tokenization Interoperability Different networks have quietly become specialists in different industries. Take Stellar. Most people know Stellar as a payments chain. Institutions see something much bigger. PayPal selected Stellar as only its third blockchain. MoneyGram launched its own regulated stablecoin. Stripe-backed Bridge issues MGUSD. Today Stellar has become one of the strongest regulated stablecoin & payments ecosystems anywhere in DLT Then look at Quant. Years ago people thought Oracle inviting Quant into its accelerator was simply another startup partnership. Fast forward… Quant now powers Oracle’s digital asset interoperability layer. And of course, it's not just Oracle, but financial infrastructure from FinTechs like Murex to central banks. Then there’s XDC. Probably one of the clearest examples of a network that barely resembles traditional crypto. Its focus has always been trade finance. Electronic trade documents. Tokenized receivables. Cross-border commerce. Today it’s the only public DLT participating across multiple global trade finance consortiums and think tanks. And we can't forget about Hedera Hedera tells a different story. Its value isn’t just the governing council… It’s what those companies are actually building. Dell is working with EQTY Labs on Verifiable Compute alongside NVIDIA. Dell’s Data Confidence Layer writes directly to Hedera Consensus. That's much more than Governance Council relations. And of course it expands to other core sectors like payments & RWAs on Hedera as seen with the likes of Archax or Dropp & many others. –––––– Notice the pattern. These organizations aren’t asking: “Which coin will outperform?” They’re asking: Can this reduce settlement times? Can this digitize trade? Can this support regulated assets? Can this integrate with existing systems? Can this meet compliance requirements? These are real world industry grade solutions. And this is just the surface, there are countless others that are building in this area. Enterprise DLT was never designed to dominate headlines. Infrastructure rarely does. Nobody gets excited about internet cables. Or payment messaging standards. Or data centers. Until one day… You realize the entire modern economy runs on them.

🇺🇳Everyone's talking about the new UNDP x $XLM partnership But nobody's connecting the 3+ year story behind it This isn't Stellar's first UN rodeo Let's go back in time and take a look through history. This all begins back in 2022 with Stellar & UN's initial touch point, that's led to today. As war broke out in Ukraine, the UNHCR needed to get aid to displaced people fast No bank accounts. No infrastructure. Millions fleeing. They chose Stellar. Through Stellar Aid Assist, UNHCR delivered USDC directly to recipients' phones Cashable at 4,500+ MoneyGram locations across Ukraine, and even worldwide. Built with the UN's own tech arm (UNICC). The pilot wasn't just feasible, it was award-winning UNHCR won recognition for best use of blockchain for social impact & it was clear this was one of the first DLT payments that proved real world utility & benefit. While everyone chased hype, Stellar quietly built the one thing the UN actually needed: Financial inclusion infrastructure that reaches the unbanked

Tokenized active strategies represent onchain exposure to actively managed strategies like hedge fund trades, basis trades, and delta-neutral vaults Total value currently sits at $1.58B, up 9% over the past 30 days Below are the top 10 networks by tokenized active strategies value: 1) @StellarOrg: $633.4M 2) @Ethereum: $337.5M 3) @Mantle_Official: $115.6M 4) @avax: $109.3M 5) @0xPolygon: $81.7M 6) @Arbitrum: $69.1M 7) @Monad: $61.5M 8) @Base: $40.4M 9) @plumenetwork: $36.9M 10) @Solana: $26.7M

SCF Demo Day is where shipped projects take center stage. July's Mainnet Demo Day featured five live Stellar projects across formal verification, ecosystem intelligence, wallets, payments, commerce, and multichain UX. A recap ↓

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🚨ANOTHER BULLISH CATALYST JUST WENT LIVE FOR $XLM 👇 And it fixes crypto's most painful problem. Everyone knows the horror story. One lost seed phrase, life savings gone forever. No recovery. No second chance. It's the reason millions refuse to self-custody. Protocol 27, "Zipper," just hit Stellar mainnet, and it makes social recovery and advanced wallet designs native to the network. Lose access? Trusted contacts help restore it. No seed phrase funeral. It goes deeper. Delegated signing bundles into single authorizations, so transactions get smaller and cheaper. Smart contract accounts become first-class citizens. Replay vulnerabilities in Soroban get sealed. Translation: wallets on Stellar can finally feel as smooth as your banking app while staying fully non-custodial. The barrier keeping normal people out is dissolving. Dips are gifts. This one came wrapped.

$XLM is in a strong buying zone. However, strong selling pressure remains upper side. A strong support line has formed since $0.173. https://t.co/k3BBOqSEOb