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Videos

[SPONSORED CONTENT] Lisa Nestor of Airtm discusses how they're using Stellar to power the digital dollar economy

Lisa Nestor, Chief Strategy Officer at Airtm, a digital dollar wallet and payment infrastructure, joins us in the studio to discuss how they’re enabling entrepreneurs and enterprises to easily earn, send and receive digital dollar payments. She explains Airtm’s use of the Stellar network and USDC to offer users worldwide access to digital dollars and her prediction for adoption of crypto-enabled financial services.

The Meridian Conversations

Tech

Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum

The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate "smart contracts," which theoretically could attract new applications and users – and potentially more demand for the XLM token.

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

Videos

[SPONSORED CONTENT] VP of Product at Stellar, Tomer Weller, gives us the inside scoop on Soroban, the developer-friendly smart contracts platform

Tomer Weller, VP of Product at Stellar, discusses the new Soroban smart contracts platform which aims to enable developers to build more financial instruments while keeping the network scalable and sustainable. This update furthers Stellar’s mission of creating equitable access to the world's financial system.

The Meridian Conversations

Videos

[SPONSORED CONTENT] Julian Sawyer and Tori Samples of Zodia Custody and Stellar join us at Meridian 2023 to talk about the Stellar Disbursement Platform

Julian Sawyer, CEO of Zodia Custody and Tori Samples, Senior Product Manager at Stellar, sit down with CoinDesk Studios to talk about the open-source payment solution that allows organizations to send bulk payments across the Stellar network. Zodia Custody shares their announcement about partnering with Stellar and MoneyGram to assist in charitable donations.

The Meridian Conversations

Videos

[SPONSORED CONTENT] CEO of MoneyGram, Alex Holmes shares a big announcement at Meridian 2023

Alex Holmes, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, discusses the newly announced launch of their non-custodial wallet on the Stellar network. Holmes shares how the brand has evolved from focusing solely on cash-to-cash payments to now cash-to-crypto and the necessary evolution of finance and innovation. He also touches on how crypto plays a roll in MoneyGram's future.

The Meridian Conversations

Tech

Circle's Euro-Pegged Stablecoin Is Now Available on Stellar Network

Stellar is the third blockchain available to send and receive Circle’s euro-pegged stablecoin after Ethereum and Avalanche.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle and Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, Coindesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

MakerDAO’s MKR, Ripple’s XRP and Stellar’s XLM Led Crypto Gainers in July

Cryptocurrency giants bitcoin and ether, meanwhile, lost ground during the month.

Crypto leaders in July (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Stellar, Ripple and Solana-Based Investment Funds See AUM Spike in July

The large gains began following Ripple’s partial court victory over the SEC in the middle of the month.

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Finance

Latin American Crypto Firm Bitso Joins Stellar Network to Boost International USDC Payments

Companies from all over the world will be able to make transactions to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)