Meridian 2024, Stellar Development Foundation’s annual conference, wrapped up three days of sessions highlighting the growth in the Stellar network’s ecosystem and featured exciting announcements from a number of partner organizations. Meridian 2024 brought together developers, founders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and leaders who are making real-world change with blockchain technology.
“Our community of builders is the true strength of the Stellar network. Meridian is our chance to get together and celebrate the growth of the Stellar ecosystem and all the ways Stellar is making everyday financial services available to people across the globe,” said Stellar Development Fund CEO Denelle Dixon. “This year’s Meridian demonstrated that Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world and that the next decade of Stellar is going to be even more transformative.”
Over the past decade, the Stellar ecosystem built a network with seamless cross-border payments, powerful asset tokenization tools, unrivaled cash-to-crypto gateways, a first-of-its-kind blockchain solution for aid disbursement, and a smart contracts platform purpose-built for developers who want to build with speed and scalability.
Some of the highlights from Meridian 2024 include:
- Tala unveiled a non-custodial crypto wallet. Built on the Stellar blockchain, the wallet enables Tala customers to have autonomy over their digital currencies.
- Stripe announced crypto payouts on Stellar.
- MoneyGram International announced its new wallet built on Stellar.
- Dune announced that Stellar is now fully integrated into Dune. This integration gives Dune users access to powerful analytics tools for exploring the rich ecosystem of Stellar data, helping developers, analysts, and blockchain enthusiasts unlock new insights.
- Actor, Filmmaker & UN Goodwill Ambassador Idris Elba debuted the Akuna Wallet, a crypto wallet targeted towards African creators in partnership with Chipper Cash and the government of Ghana.
- The Stellar Development Foundation announced a new partnership with Mastercard to integrate the company’s Crypto Credential solution with the Stellar network. Mastercard Crypto Credential, which helps verify interactions among consumers and businesses using blockchain networks, will be embedded in the Stellar ecosystem as the exclusive credentialing solution to enable a range of secure, compliant use cases for crypto wallet providers including Coins.ph, Mercado Bitcoin, and Wirex.
- Etherfuse CEO David Taylor announced that Etherfuse will join the Stellar network in 2025.
- Paxos announced it will integrate with the Stellar network, bringing its USDL stablecoin to a wider audience. This represents another expansion of Paxos’ regulated tokenization platform to a trusted and growing blockchain.
- Blockaid announced its security technology is coming to the Stellar ecosystem.
About Meridian
Meridian is a 3-day annual conference that brings together developers, founders and entrepreneurs, leaders from traditional and decentralized finance, policymakers, and more to share, learn, build, and engage on the theme of Transformation.