Where blockchain meets the real world
Stellar powers borderless payments, asset tokenization, and DeFi solutions for builders, institutions, and innovators worldwide.
For devs & builders
Ship faster with comprehensive tools and documentation for building apps. Discover the developer resources in the ecosystem to gain a fundamental understanding of the stack, get support from the community, and explore programs to accelerate onboarding.
For financial institutions
Join leading institutions building the future of finance on Stellar. Launch payment and investment solutions that scale globally, with enterprise-grade security and compliance tools.
For fintechs & wallets
Build and launch modern financial products on Stellar — enable fast and low-cost payments, connect users to global assets, and expand your offerings with DeFi.
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Onchain updates
Discover the latest launches, ecosystem milestones, and developer updates, all happening on Stellar right now.
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• Stellar Development Foundation
U.S. Bank is testing custom stablecoin issuance on the Stellar Network
U.S. Bank, PwC, and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) unveiled a major step forward in making programmable money bank-grade: U.S. Bank is…
Article
• Stellar Development Foundation
Stellar X-Ray, Protocol 25 Upgrade Guide
Your go-to guide for upgrading to Protocol X-Ray, designed to help businesses and developers prepare for the upgrade with key dates, release…
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• Bri Wylde
Announcing Stellar X-Ray, Protocol 25
A new protocol upgrade is coming up for the Stellar network: X-Ray! This upgrade begins laying the groundwork for developers to build configurable,…
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• Denelle Dixon
The Permissionless Premium: How Open Systems Create Exponential Value
Permissionless infrastructure generates exponential value through three compounding mechanisms: unexpected builders create breakthrough value,…
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• Molly Karcher
Reconciling Stellar Events
Stellar Core v24.1.0 ensures complete network history replay from genesis, capturing all token movements and fulfilling Stellar Events' original…
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• Bri Wylde
SCF Spotlight: Pavel Matveev of COCA
The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) is an open-application grants program that provides the support, community, and funding for founders to launch their…
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Stellar is a decentralized, public blockchain that gives anyone the tools to create experiences that are more like cash than crypto. The network is faster, cheaper, and far more energy-efficient than most blockchain-based systems.
Global Reach
90
+
Countries with cash-to-crypto ramps supported
TVL
$140M
and counting
Settlement time
9.5
Seconds
*in the last 30 days
$0.0007208
Average cost of a Stellar transaction
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Real use cases, live today
From global remittances to tokenizing treasuries, see how organizations use Stellar to deliver real-world financial services.
Stellar for payments
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Stellar for asset tokenization
Tokenize real-world value on the network built for asset issuance.
Where defi meets the real world
Build the future of financial access on an unmatched network of real-world utility and scalable decentralized finance.
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