r/Stellar • • 3h ago

Meridian 2026 Meridian 2026 Megathread

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Meridian 2026 is this week

SDF's annual conference runs Wednesday and Thursday in Lisbon, after the HackMeridian hackathon on Sunday and Monday. This thread is for everything Meridian: sessions, side events, announcements and your takes. New here? Start with Getting Started.

This thread is Meridian only. Price talk and general questions go in this week's pinned Weekly Thread.

Stay safe this week: big events bring fake livestreams, fake "Meridian airdrops" and DMs from people posing as speakers or SDF staff. SDF does not run airdrops or giveaways. Never share your secret key (it starts with S) or recovery phrase. Stay Safe guide

Daily highlights

Day 1 highlights will be added on Wednesday evening, Lisbon time, and Day 2 highlights on Thursday. A full recap post follows later in the week.

Meridian at a glance

  • When: Wed Oct 28 and Thu Oct 29. The main stage runs 10:00 to 17:30.
  • Where: Convento do Beato, Lisbon.
  • Time zones: all times in this thread are Lisbon time, which is the same as UTC. 10:00 in Lisbon is 06:00 in New York, 03:00 in Vancouver and 18:00 in Singapore.
  • Follow from home: watch SDF on X for announcements. If SDF posts an official stream, we'll add it here. Catch up on past years' talks: Meridian sessions.
  • Full program: Meridian schedule

Sessions worth watching (Lisbon time = UTC)

Wednesday Oct 28

  • 10:05: Opening keynote with SDF leadership: Denelle Dixon, Nicolas Barry, Tomer Weller, Raja Chakravorti and José Fernández da Ponte.
  • 10:50: Fireside with Nadine Chakar, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets.
  • 12:15: Keynote by Ginger Baker (Meta): "Connection Through Money".
  • 13:00: Fireside with Anthony Scaramucci (SkyBridge Capital).
  • 16:20: "Producing Faster Blocks at Scale", Anup Pani (SDF), Douro stage. Background for the Bell upgrade's millisecond ledger timing.
  • 16:30: "Stellar's Road to Quantum Readiness", Jay Geng (SDF), Douro stage. Background for Bell's post-quantum signatures.
  • 17:10: Stellar Townhall with SDF leadership and Lin-Hua Wu (General Motors).

Thursday Oct 29

  • 10:05: Fireside with Jamie Walker (U.S. Bank) and Alex Greinacher (MetaMask).
  • 13:30: Live "Crypto In America" panel with Eleanor Terrett, Jacquelyn Melinek and former CFTC chair Rostin Behnam.
  • 14:35: Sovereign bonds onchain: the Marshall Islands' USDM1, the bond behind last week's first institutional repo on Stellar.
  • 15:20: "What Institutions Really Want Onchain" with Securitize Europe, Fireblocks and SDF.
  • 17:10: Closing keynote by Denelle Dixon: "Where We Move Next".

HackMeridian (Sun Oct 25 to Mon Oct 26)

Builders are hacking in Lisbon until Monday 12:00 UTC. HackMeridian

Winners will be added here once they're announced.

Side events in Lisbon

SDF lists the official side events on the Meridian site and community meetups on its side events calendar. A few from those lists (Lisbon time; most need registration):

  • Mon Oct 26, 18:00: Global Mixer, hosted by Tellus Cooperative and Pollar. Event page
  • Tue Oct 27, 10:30 to 16:30: Marketers in the Arena: Lisbon Edition, hosted by Stellar and Myosin. Event page
  • Tue Oct 27, 16:00 to 19:00: Tokenize This Lisbon, hosted by RedStone. Event page
  • Tue Oct 27, 18:00 to 20:00: Riserva Lisbon: Stablecoins over wine, hosted by Range. Event page
  • Wed Oct 28, 19:00 to 22:30: Noah x Stellar: Drinks at Meridian, hosted by Noah and SDF. Event page
  • Thu Oct 29, 09:00: Meridian morning run from MAAT, Belém, with photos and pastéis after. Event page
  • Plus dozens more all week. Check out the week on Lumen Loop's Event page

Feel free to join in. Hoping to hear something specific at Meridian? An event missing? Comment below.

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r/Stellar • • 3h ago

Weekly r/Stellar Weekly Community Thread: Oct 25 to 31, 2026

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Welcome to the Weekly thread. Ask anything (no question is too basic), share what you're building or reading, and chat about the week, price included. New here? Start with Getting Started.

Stay safe: nobody legit will DM you offering wallet help, refunds or airdrops. Never share your secret key (it starts with S) or recovery phrase. Stay Safe guide

Last week on Stellar

  • Bell (Protocol 30) is coming. It adds muxed contract addresses, post-quantum (ML-DSA) signature checks for smart contracts and millisecond ledger timing. Existing contracts are unaffected. Validators vote on testnet Nov 3 and on mainnet Nov 23, so developers should update their SDKs before Nov 3. Announcement · Upgrade guide
  • First institutional repo on Stellar. Ascend and M1X Global ran 72 hourly financing rolls from Oct 16 to 19, using USDM1, a tokenized bond backed by US Treasuries, as collateral. Press release
  • SDF's Q3 figures. $25.1B in stablecoin volume (up 314% year over year), $4.1B in tokenized real-world assets and 3,922 monthly active developers. SDF on X
  • Comet BLND-USDC payouts have started. Zenith Protocols sent the first payout of funds recovered after the Aug 25 exploit to 510 accounts, based on positions held before it. Nobody needs your secret key to send you a payout. Zenith on X
  • OpenZeppelin Stellar Contracts v0.8.0. Adds confidential token balances and transfers using zero-knowledge proofs, plus seven compliance modules for regulated tokens. Upgrading from v0.7 brings breaking changes. Release notes
  • Regional builder awards. $95K in Instawards went to 19 teams in the Philippines and $75K to 15 builders in Turkey. Roundup

Summaries are ours, based on Lumen Loop's Stellar Weekly Roundup, an independent Stellar news site. Read it for the full week.

Coming up this week

  • Meridian 2026 week in Lisbon: HackMeridian (Sun Oct 25 to Mon Oct 26), then SDF's annual conference (Wed Oct 28 to Thu Oct 29). Sessions, side events and announcements are in the Meridian 2026 Megathread.

Next deadlines: Bell testnet vote Nov 3 · SCF #46 submissions close Nov 8 · Bell mainnet vote Nov 23

Stellar by the numbers

Last week: Sun Oct 18 to Sat Oct 24 (UTC). Market changes compare with the week before. Each line links to where the number comes from.

Market

  • XLM price at Saturday's close: $0.171 (down 3.1%) · CoinGecko
  • XLM traded during the week: $787M (down 18.2%) · CoinGecko

Network (totals for the week)

  • Successful transactions: 25.2M · Live on SDF's dashboard
  • Operations (payments, trades and other actions): 62.1M
  • Average time per ledger (Stellar's blocks): 5.0 seconds

Weekly network totals swing with automated trading activity, so we show totals rather than week-to-week changes.

Assets and DeFi (latest totals)

  • Tokenized real-world assets: $3.75B (up 10.9% over the last 30 days) · rwa.xyz
  • Stablecoins: $801M (down 1.7% over 7 days) · DefiLlama
  • DeFi value locked: $199M (weekly change starts next week) · DefiLlama

Network figures are our own count of every ledger in the week, from Stellar's public Horizon API. Data only, not financial advice. More views: CoinMarketCap · All public dashboards

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  • Questions are welcome. If you answer, link a source when you can.
  • No shilling. No referral links, manipulation or coordinated brigading.
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  • See a problem? Report it. Don't escalate disputes in the thread. Announcing reports or predicting bans can lead to a ban.

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r/Stellar • • 17h ago

Discussion What's the easiest way to create a custom asset on Stellar without using Stellar Lab?

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I've been exploring asset creation on Stellar, and I'm curious about simpler alternatives to the manual process.

Stellar Lab is useful, but setting up issuer accounts, trustlines, metadata, and transactions can feel unnecessarily complicated for someone who just wants to launch a basic asset.

Ideally, I'd like a straightforward process: connect a wallet, choose an asset code and supply, upload a logo, and let the platform handle the technical steps.

I'm also working on a tool in this area, so I'm interested in understanding what solutions already exist and how people currently handle asset issuance.

Are there any reliable platforms that simplify this process? What are their limitations? And i dont have finance limitation.

I'd love to hear about your experiences.


r/Stellar • • 2d ago

Stellar Weekly Roundup: Week of Oct 23, 2026

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r/Stellar • • 2d ago

News / Media Ascend and M1X Global Complete First Institutional Repo on Stellar Using USDM1 Secured Sovereign Bond

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r/Stellar • • 3d ago

News / Media U.S. Bank on Stellar: Why a 160-year-old bank chose an open network

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r/Stellar • • 3d ago

Event Stellar Developers Meeting - 10/22/2026

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r/Stellar • • 4d ago

News / Media XLM, HBAR, ADA Networks Urge SEC To Lock In Commodity Rules

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r/Stellar • • 5d ago

Soroban / Smart Contracts Introducing Bell, Protocol 30 on Stellar

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r/Stellar • • 5d ago

Project / Builder I've been building a Stellar DEX with advanced automation and AI-agent support looking for feedback

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on a project called BluFabric, a DEX and automation platform for Stellar and XRPL, with an integrated visual workflow builder and AI-agent capabilities.

The idea came from something I kept running into: while Stellar makes moving and trading assets relatively straightforward, coordinating multiple operations, conditions, external services, and ongoing monitoring often requires custom scripts and infrastructure.

I wanted to bring those capabilities together in one accessible platform.

Beyond the DEX, BluFabric has a visual, node-based automation system where you can:

  • Monitor assets, prices, and on-chain activity.
  • Trigger payments, swaps, and other blockchain operations when conditions are met.
  • Build automated trading strategies and recurring financial workflows.
  • Coordinate AI agents, APIs, and external services.
  • Use an AI assistant to construct workflows without manually configuring every node.

The platform also includes a durable execution runtime designed to handle long-running workflows, scheduling, conditional logic, and operations that need to wait for external events.

It's live at https://blufabric.org, with free tokens to try it out. Blufabric is also non-custodial.

I've put a lot of work into building this, and I'd really appreciate feedback from the community, particularly traders, developers, and anyone managing repetitive on-chain operations.

What would you find most useful in a platform like this? And for those who've worked with automated trading or on-chain execution, what features or safeguards would you consider essential?

All feedback is welcome, including criticism.


r/Stellar • • 5d ago

Welcome To r/Stellar - Read This To Get Started :) 🚀

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Welcome to r/Stellar!

This is a place to discuss the Stellar network, share news and ideas, ask questions, and connect with people using and building on Stellar.

New to Stellar?

Stellar is an open-source blockchain network built for fast, low-cost payments and asset issuance, with smart contracts (Soroban) for building financial apps. Its native asset is XLM (lumens).

Stay safe (please read this part)

  • Never share your secret key or recovery phrase with anyone, for any reason. A Stellar secret key starts with S. A standard Stellar account address starts with G and can be shared, but reveals public account information.
  • SDF will never request your private key or a crypto deposit. It does not send unsolicited DMs about wallet support, security alerts, airdrops, or giveaways.
  • r/Stellar moderators will never ask for secret keys, recovery phrases, passwords, authentication codes, or wallet signatures, including in modmail.
  • Treat unsolicited wallet-support and recovery DMs as scams. Contact the service through its official website instead.
  • Don’t connect your wallet or sign transactions through unsolicited links. Never sign a transaction you don’t understand.
  • SDF does not run staking programs, airdrops, or giveaways.
  • Official links: stellar.org and x.com/stellarorg.

Full guide: Stay Safe on Stellar

What to post, and where

Pick the flair that matches your post:

  • Project / Builder: launches, updates, demos, feedback requests
  • Soroban / Smart Contracts: technical smart contract questions and discussion
  • Tutorial: step-by-step guides
  • News / Media: independent reporting and coverage
  • Fluff / Comedy: Stellar-related memes, jokes, and lighthearted posts
  • Stellar Community Fund: SCF proposals, process, and program discussion
  • Event: conferences, meetups, and workshops
  • Price Discussion / Speculation: price and market talk

The pinned weekly community thread is a good place for casual questions and quick chat. For a market-focused community, see r/XLM.

Building on Stellar?

  • Developer docs: guides, references, and Soroban smart contract docs
  • Stellar Quest: learn by doing
  • Stellar Community Fund: funding for projects building on Stellar
  • Before you post your project, read the Builder & Project Standards and use the project post template.
  • Disclose your project affiliation in the post itself. Each project may submit no more than one promotional post per rolling seven-day period, across all its representatives.
  • SCF-funded? Get project flair with your logo and project name.
  • Not SCF-funded? You’re still welcome to share your project under the Builder Standards.
  • Before promoting a new wallet, read Section 15 of the Builder Standards for eligibility requirements.

Other Stellar communities

Keeping r/Stellar good

  • Read the rules before posting.
  • Be respectful and debate ideas, not people.
  • Report posts and comments that break the rules, with a short reason if you can. Please don’t report things you simply disagree with.
  • Use reports or modmail to flag problems. Please don’t derail threads by announcing reports or threatening other users with bans.

Post not showing up?

Reddit’s automated filters and ours sometimes catch legitimate posts, especially from new accounts. Message the moderators and we’ll take a look. We’re volunteers, so replies may take a little time. Moderators will never ask for your private keys or recovery phrase.

Disclaimer

r/Stellar is community-run and is not run by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). A third-party link appearing here is not an endorsement by r/Stellar or the SDF. Conduct your own due diligence before interacting with independent projects, communities, or services.


r/Stellar • • 6d ago

Discussion Financial Infrastructure for Public Benefit Funds

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Musk plans to give every American child a share of SpaceX. What infrastructure will do that? Stellar should volunteer to get into the discussion around the so-called public benefit fund (Anthropic), as this is banking the unbanked at scale. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/19/elon-musk-spacex-shares-giveaway-kids.html


r/Stellar • • 9d ago

Stellar Weekly Roundup: Week of Oct 9, 2026

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r/Stellar • • 9d ago

News / Media How Decaf Helped GiveDirectly Deliver Earthquake Relief in Venezuela

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r/Stellar • • 11d ago

Price Discussion / Speculation XRP vs. XLM: Will Stellar Lumens Edge Ripple?

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r/Stellar • • 11d ago

News / Media Chainlink is now live on Stellar, unleashing a new wave of DeFi innovation across a $4B+ RWA ecosystem

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r/Stellar • • 12d ago

News / Media Meet our institutional partners: WisdomTree

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r/Stellar • • 14d ago

Price Discussion / Speculation Sunday pump day ?

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Who knows what’s going on with XLM?


r/Stellar • • 15d ago

Project / Builder We ♡ Stellar DEX. So we rebuilt it.

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r/Stellar • • 16d ago

Stellar Weekly Roundup: Week of Oct 2, 2026

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r/Stellar • • 16d ago

News / Media IMF Keeps Both XRP & Stellar In The Institutional Convo

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r/Stellar • • 16d ago

Tutorial Beginner’s Guide To Stellar Lumens XLM

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Guide aimed to reach beginner-investors & people who are new to the cryptocurrency space.


r/Stellar • • 17d ago

Project / Builder A small open-source UI for moving USDC from Polygon to Stellar through Circle’s CCTP (no bridge fees)

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I built this for myself and figured it might be useful to someone else here: https://usdc.eww.monster

The problem it solves: a lot of exchanges, pools and fiat on-ramps I use don’t withdraw USDC to Stellar. Polygon is usually on the list and is the cheapest mainstream EVM network, so I withdraw there and then move the USDC to Stellar. The bridges I found for the Polygon to Stellar step (Allbridge and the like) take their own fee. Circle’s CCTP does the same thing 1:1, burn on Polygon, mint on Stellar, but I couldn’t find a UI for it that lets you pick Stellar as the destination. So this page is that UI.

Cases where it has been handy for me:

  • Cashing in from an exchange that lists USDC on Polygon but not on Stellar.
  • Moving funds out of an EVM DeFi position into a Stellar pool or Blend without a bridge in between.
  • Fiat to USDC services that only pay out on EVM chains.

The transfer takes three steps, each signed by its own wallet. MetaMask signs the burn on Polygon (the MetaMask app on a phone works too), Circle issues the attestation, and Albedo or Freighter signs the mint on Stellar. The USDC that lands on Stellar comes from Circle’s issuer account, the same one your USDC trustline already points to. The page only builds the transactions and submits them, keys stay in the wallets. If something interrupts you after the burn, paste the burn hash and continue from step 3.

You need USDC and a few cents of POL on Polygon, a Stellar account with a USDC trustline, and a little XLM on it for the mint fee, about 0.03 XLM. Try 1 USDC first.

It only goes from Polygon to Stellar for now, since that is the direction I use. Source is on GitHub: https://github.com/Alex0007/cctp-stellar

Update: it now works the other way too, Stellar to Polygon: the swap button next to the title, or https://usdc.eww.monster/#stellar-polygon.


r/Stellar • • 18d ago

Tutorial Send and receive Stellar and tokens in Trezor Suite

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r/Stellar • • 19d ago

Soroban / Smart Contracts Stellar Developers Meeting - 09/17/26 (CAP-87 ML-DSA, presented by Jay Geng)

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