Jed McCaleb had this vision for $XLM that still feels underrated.
He described it like an email protocol, but for money. Link up the banks, institutions, and currencies in the background so anyone can just send value and it arrives, no extra steps, no friction.
The part that gets lost in the noise is how deliberate this was.
Not another layer of speculation, but actual infrastructure built for real transactions and wider access.
In 2026, as more real-world assets and payments shift on-chain, that quiet approach might end up mattering more than the flashy stuff.
Do you think the industry is finally catching up to ideas like this, or are we still stuck chasing the next big narrative?
Stellar votes on its next big upgrade Wednesday
Validators vote July 8 on Protocol 27, named Zipper, which makes authentication delegation a native @StellarOrg feature. One account can officially authorize another to act on its behalf.
That unlocks social recovery without seed phrases, delegated signing, and modular multisig, while bundling signers into single entries to cut transaction costs. It also lays the groundwork for stellar:native's Protocol 28.
๐ค Thirty-five nations have signed on to the US initiative to build trusted and resilient supply chains to power AI technologies.
At the second Pax Silica Summit held in Washington on Thursday, 35 nations signed the Joint Statement on AI Opportunity, aligning behind a pro-growth, pro-innovation regulatory approach for the AI era.
"A future where we ACCELERATE INNOVATION AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT is welcomed. Together, we aspire to build an AI future that serves our peoples, strengthens our economies, and empowers entrepreneurship, innovation, and the rule of law," said Jacob Helberg, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. ๐ค
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Onchain privacy means giving developers the tools to build tooling for institutions.
X-Ray established support for two key primitives and provided the foundation for creating privacy solutions without compromising transparency.
Via @RektHQ and @DefiantNews.
๐บ๐ธ US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to look into gasoline prices, which he says arenโt falling fast enough.
โThe big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil,โ he said in a post on Truth Social. โGasoline prices better start going down a lot faster than what Iโm seeing!โ
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๐จ Price tells you what people feel today.
Network usage tells you what's actually being built. ๐
On #Stellar right now: RWAs up 21% in a month, $5.5B in stablecoin volume, developer activity at record highs.
The chart hasn't caught up yet.
Fundamentals lead. $XLM follows.
๐จ Circle turned on native USDC for #Stellar. ๐
CCTP is live: USDC moves to and from Stellar across chains.
No wrapping, no bridges, no synthetics. The real thing.
When the largest regulated stablecoin picks your rail, that's not hype. That's infrastructure. $XLM
$3 billion in real-world assets, now live on the Stellar network.
Since the beginning of 2026, Stellar has crossed the $1B, $2B, and now $3B RWA line โผ๏ธ
Keep moving.
Investing in American quantum leadership like never before.
President Trump signs executive orders on quantum, supercharging a national effort inย innovation in quantum technologies,ย ensuring national security and continuingย American growthย in a criticalย industry.ย ๐ป๐บ๐ธ
๐จ CONFIRMED: DTCC just confirmed it's approaching a LIVE tokenization demo, using real assets held at DTC. ๐
The $100,000,000,000,000 clearinghouse is about to show tokenization in action.
And the network they chose to do it on? #Stellar.
It's happening. stellar:native
Numbers that leave an impression.
@The_DTCC is the "premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry," and it's coming onchain with Stellar.
Bermuda is making history as the worldโs first fully on-chain economy with $XLM! ๐ง๐ฒ
The island nation is building this vision on the Stellar network, setting a new global standard.
This move supercharges $XLM adoption and pushes ISO 20022 compliance to the next level.
Governments and institutions are now watching how $XLM powers real nation-scale Web3 infrastructure. ๐
Could $XLM become the backbone for more countries going on-chain and ripple across $BTC and $ETH too? Whatโs your take? ๐๐
#XLM #Stellar #OnChain #Bermuda #ISO20022