José Fernández da Ponte introduces Stellar's Market Development team — senior leaders driving institutional adoption across Latin America, Brazil, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and APAC.

Bringing Stellar to the Regions That Matter

Stellar’s Q1 2026 quarterly update: $2B+ in onchain RWAs, $5.5B in payment volume, 86% developer growth, and key protocol upgrades across privacy, agentic payments, and security.

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Protocol 26 "Yardstick" brings precision to Stellar: a governed onchain freeze mechanism (CAP-77), checked 256-bit arithmetic, precise TTL control, and more. Live on mainnet May 6, 2026.

Yardstick, Stellar Protocol 26

Learn how Soroban on Stellar enables flexible, detachable authorization with auth trees, sponsored transactions, smart wallets, and composable DeFi contracts.

Stellar’s composable auth model

Denelle Dixon's seventh anniversary reflection on Stellar's bet that traditional finance had to be part of the work, not the target—and what comes next.

Seven years to meet this moment

CAP-77 introduces the first protocol-native, onchain account freeze mechanism on a major L1 blockchain—executed through validator consensus, auditable, and reversible.

Quorum Freeze (CAP-77): A Governed, Onchain Incident Response on Stellar

Explore how native tokenization on blockchain enables true asset ownership, instant settlement, real-time yields, and broader investor access.

Not all tokenized securities are created the same

Nicolas Barry on what it takes to evolve from passive validator participation to active, opinionated governance—and why CAP-77 (Quorum Freeze) is a step in that direction.

From Passive Upgrades to Active Governance on Stellar

Nicolas Barry on why decentralization is not a node-count contest—and why geo-political resilience, security, and mission alignment matter most when the real world pushes back.

Decentralization in the Real World: Security, Politics, and Purpose on Stellar

Explore how AI agents, micropayments, and blockchain are reshaping the attention economy, challenging ad-driven models and redefining online value.

The $236 billion economy that doesn't need your attention

Discover why leading financial institutions choose Stellar for privacy-preserving, compliant, and auditable onchain settlement and tokenized assets.

Why most blockchains still fail institutions (and what to do about it)

What the DeFi is happening on Stellar?

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There are moments when entire industries shift — from laying the foundation to accelerating the climb. For blockchain and digital assets, that moment is now. And the person stepping in to help lead that next chapter for Stellar is José Fernández da Ponte.

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