ChainCatcher news, Coinbase's derivatives trading platform Coinbase Derivatives announced that it will launch silver (SLR) and Stellar (XLM) futures on November 11.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Paxos has announced its integration with the Stellar network. Stellar is an open-source blockchain for various payment and remittance applications, and Paxos plans to bring assets to the Stellar network by the end of 2024.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-border trading fintech company Puntored announced the completion of a $2 million financing, with the Stellar Development Foundation participating through its Stellar Enterprise Fund.Puntored will use this new funding to expand its technological capabilities and enable accurate cross-border transactions in Latin America through the Stellar blockchain network, primarily exploring financial transaction services for users in rural, metropolitan, and remote areas of Mexico, Colombia, and Puerto Rico, focusing on digital wallets, embedded payment services for businesses, and credit for small and medium-sized enterprises.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 social PvP game platform MonkeyBit launched the Interstellar Pass on August 13, initiating a $3 million $MONK reward program. Holders can enjoy various benefits such as profit sharing from the platform, exclusive airdrops, double commissions, and referral rewards. The price will increase every 200 passes sold, with a total of 1,000 passes available per batch, and a limited total of 8,000 passes.MonkeyBit has recently opened registration to the public, and new users can receive airdrop rewards. The platform was led by Abu Dhabi Web3 fund 3KBTC Capital, with follow-on investments from Hongyi Labs, completing a $2 million seed round financing.

ChainCatcher news, Ben Grossman, head of the Stellar Development Foundation, stated on his social media platform that he has joined Ondo Finance, responsible for marketing.According to his LinkedIn profile, Ben Grossman served at the Stellar Development Foundation from 2021 to June 2024, responsible for ecosystem marketing. Additionally, he has 4 years of experience as a product marketing lead at Amazon.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Deutsche Bank-backed infrastructure provider Taurus has expanded its digital asset custody and issuance services to the Stellar network. The Swiss fintech company's digital asset custody platform "Taurus - PROTECT" and its digital issuance and tokenization platform "Taurus - CAPITAL" launched on the open-source public blockchain of Stellar starting Monday.Taurus currently supports over 20 public and permissioned blockchains through its digital asset custody products.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi Data, Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp, SpaceX, conducted the fourth test flight of its large interstellar rocket "Starship" today. During the last test flight, the Starship lost contact during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.During this test flight, a few minutes after takeoff, the Super Heavy booster, which is used to propel it into Earth's orbit, separated as planned and fell back to Earth. Subsequently, the booster ignited its engines for the last time to slow its impact speed, and then the Starship successfully achieved a soft landing in the Gulf of Mexico, marking a new milestone in the company's test flight operations.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptoslate, Franklin Templeton has tokenized $380 million of U.S. Treasury funds on the Polygon and Stellar blockchains to enable peer-to-peer (P2P) transfers without intermediaries.The company launched the Franklin On-Chain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), issuing shares in the form of BENJI tokens. Each token represents a portion of FOBXX and can be traded on the public Polygon and Stellar blockchains. This innovation aims to simplify transactions and broaden access, allowing investors to manage their assets more flexibly through direct trading.Franklin Templeton is integrating blockchain technology into its financial operations to enhance the liquidity and efficiency of asset management. The company is responding to the growing demand from financial institutions to merge traditional financial structures with modern technological solutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to market data, MobileCoin (MOB) suddenly surged starting at 4 AM today, with a maximum increase of 450% within 4 hours, rising from $0.058 to a peak of $0.286, and is currently quoted at $0.137.Previously, Binance announced that it will delist the USDT and BTC trading pairs for MOB at 11 AM on April 3 (which means all spot trading pairs for this cryptocurrency, and this cryptocurrency has not launched contracts), and has been displaying risk warnings in real-time on the relevant trading pages.It is reported that MobileCoin is a privacy token built on the Stellar blockchain, allowing for instant P2P transactions in a decentralized and private manner through desktop or mobile applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to VentureBeat, Stellar has launched the smart contract platform Soroban, and the Stellar Foundation has initiated a $100 million ecosystem incentive program to encourage developers to create applications for its platform.Previously, Stellar was only used for processing cryptocurrency payments, and the launch of Soroban allows developers to create blockchain applications on-chain. Soroban will conclude its two-year testing phase in January 2024.

ChainCatcher message, OKX will support the mainnet upgrade of the Stellar network, which is expected to take place on January 30, 2024, at 11:00 PM (UTC+8). At that time, OKX will suspend the deposit and withdrawal of XLM tokens and related tokens on its network starting from January 30, 2024, at 10:00 PM (UTC+8), and will reopen them after the network upgrade. During the upgrade, users are advised not to deposit or withdraw XLM tokens and related tokens on its network, but trading of XLM network tokens will not be affected.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget launches the Interstellar Voyage Battle event. This event features various fun sections, such as the mission hall, check-in rewards, energy leaderboard, interstellar arena (participate in price guessing), spaceship charging station, and more. The event runs from 2023.12.22 14:00 to 2024.1.3 23:59, with a total prize pool of $30,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official blog, Stellar announced plans to introduce smart contract functionality in its upgrade, which will be rolled out in phases in the first half of 2024.Validators on the Stellar network will vote on the upgrade on January 30. To ensure a high-quality experience for developers at launch, Stellar will evaluate experimental contract deployments and communicate with developers when the smart contract platform (referred to as Soroban) reaches user-available transaction processing levels per second.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase International Exchange tweeted that it will add support for Cardano, Chainlink, Dogecoin, and Stellar perpetual futures contracts on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced. The ADA-PERP, LINK-PERP, DOGE-PERP, and XLM-PERP markets will open for trading at or after 18:00 Beijing time on November 30.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Zebec and Stellar have reached a deep strategic cooperation, and its ecosystem will fully integrate the Zebec payment system and Zebec's compliant sub-service wagelink. Furthermore, the profits generated from this cooperation will be used to buy back and burn $ZBC.It is reported that Stellar ($XLM) is a decentralized open-source network that serves as an open payment network for transferring and storing money. As of the time of writing, its market capitalization has reached $3.3 billion, ranking 24th overall.The Zebec ($ZBC) protocol is supported by the Solana Foundation and invested in by Coinbase Ventures, Republic, and Circle. Since its establishment in 2021, it has become the world's first on-chain salary flow payment product with tax functionality and is the first ecological project approved to join the Visa program. In the United States alone, there are 50,000 salaried users using Zebec to receive their wages weekly, with a 7-day increase of 22.5%.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, at the Stellar annual conference Meridian 2023, Circle and Stellar announced the launch of the euro-pegged stablecoin EURC on the Stellar network.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 payment infrastructure Airswift announced that it will be invited to attend the Stellar Annual Conference Meridian 2023 on September 26, 2023. During the event, Dr. Yan Zhang, CEO and founder of Airswift, will give a speech on topics such as Airswift's cryptocurrency supply chain financing platform, a groundbreaking solution aimed at unlocking supply chain liquidity.It is reported that this year's Meridian 2023 theme is Unlocking Human Potential and will be held in Madrid, Spain from September 26 to 28, expecting to attract over 400 participants from more than 50 countries, including over 100 speakers.Airswift is a fintech company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2022, providing cryptocurrency payment solutions for businesses and consumers worldwide. It offers services such as decentralized payment protocols and on-chain supply chain finance platforms to connect businesses with cryptocurrency consumers.