Almost all future usecases of the blockchain (AI, Gaming, Identity, Real World Assets etc) will require some amount of external data attested onto chain. Decentralisation (without it there is no safety), scalability and low latency are key. Flare is the blockchain for data. #connecteverything

🧵 Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are reportedly close to launching a joint stablecoin platform. Most investors will focus on the announcement itself. The more interesting question may be: Which networks are already connected to this emerging stablecoin infrastructure? That question leads to @StellarOrg Stablecoins are no longer a crypto side story. They are increasingly becoming financial infrastructure. The world’s largest payment companies are not chasing speculation. They are building new settlement rails for moving money globally. Stripe’s connection to Stellar runs deeper than many realize. @stripe was an early investor in Stellar, and its relationship with the network dates back more than a decade. Today, Stripe’s crypto strategy increasingly overlaps with areas where Stellar has long been active: payments, stablecoins and global settlement. Stripe also integrated Stellar for crypto payouts. The goal was not trading. The goal was moving value efficiently across borders. Fast settlement, low fees and global accessibility remain central to that vision. Then came Bridge. @stripe acquired the stablecoin infrastructure company for $1.1 billion. Bridge has leveraged Stellar infrastructure for enterprise payouts and global money movement, connecting businesses with stablecoin-based payment rails. @Visa has been moving steadily toward stablecoin settlement for years. What began with early $USDC settlement initiatives has evolved into a broader strategy focused on blockchain-based payments, cross-border transfers and programmable money. The direction of travel has become increasingly clear. The Wirex partnership pushed that vision further. Visa-linked settlement in USDC and EURC went live on Stellar, enabling settlement without relying on traditional correspondent banking infrastructure. This was not a pilot. It was production infrastructure. @Mastercard has also established ties with @StellarOrg The network joined the Mastercard Crypto Credential ecosystem, an initiative focused on identity, compliance and trusted blockchain-based transactions. An important step toward regulated digital asset adoption. Meanwhile, Stripe and Paradigm launched Tempo, a blockchain focused on next-generation payment infrastructure. Many immediately assumed this meant competition with Stellar. The reality may be more nuanced. Stellar’s own developer docs now include Agentic Payments, with dedicated sections for x402 and MPP on Stellar. That matters because the stablecoin story is no longer just about human payments. It is also about programmable, machine-driven payment infrastructure. Tempo brings modern payment architecture and AI-native applications. Stellar brings more than a decade of experience in stablecoins, settlement, tokenized assets, compliance frameworks and global on/off-ramp infrastructure. Those capabilities are complementary. The takeaway is not that Stripe, Visa and Mastercard will build everything on Stellar. The takeaway is that as stablecoins move deeper into mainstream finance, Stellar keeps appearing in the infrastructure stack. Stripe. Visa. Mastercard. MoneyGram. Franklin Templeton. At some point, that stops looking like coincidence and starts looking like infrastructure. stellar.org/press/stellar-jo… 👉🏻 stellar.org/press/wirex-and-… 👉🏻 developers.stellar.org/

🚨 STELLAR CEO DROPS BOMBSHELL: Compliance and Privacy was the #1 reason DTCC chose Stellar! Institutions are demanding real privacy on public ledgers 🔥 Now XRPL is about to flip the game. Confidential MPTs ZK proofs dropping soon = hidden balances & transfers with full compliance. Add @DNAOnChain’s privacy layer on XRPL where the data is secured through their portable token XDNA, using zero-knowledge proofs. JP Morgan (the same bank that connected XRP Ledger with Interbank Settlement) dropped a massive Web3 digital identity page: Private, Self-sovereign identity ownership that lets people truly own and control their data. Yes, the exact protocol being built on XRPL. Stellar and XRPL are about to OWN tokenized RWAs, DeFi & global payments. $XRP, $XLM and $XDNA will be the biggest assets in the utility season… Buckle TF up🔥🌊

🔥 BIG! In yesterdays session on Global Money Movement with @StellarOrg, The CEO of @MoneyGram confirmed the push to serve SME's atop of its retail clients; highlighting the firm is "bullish on having a digitized unified platform powered by a digital payments network." $XLM 🔥

Smart Accounts give XRP holders a cleaner path into FXRP-based DeFi while keeping the experience anchored to XRPL wallets. Track FXRP activity here: dune.com/flare/fasset-overvi…

Can XRP be used in strategies involving lending and vaults? Absolutely. @HugoPhilion breaks down how XRP can be used as collateral to access yield strategies. That includes wrapping XRP as FXRP on @FlareNetworks, borrowing stablecoins against it, and deploying those assets into other protocols, alongside vault-based strategies on XRPL and Flare. XRP in a Minute 👇 on.ripple.com/4vm2fjm

Can XRP be used in strategies involving lending and vaults? Absolutely. @HugoPhilion breaks down how XRP can be used as collateral to access yield strategies. That includes wrapping XRP as FXRP on @FlareNetworks, borrowing stablecoins against it, and deploying those assets into other protocols, alongside vault-based strategies on XRPL and Flare. XRP in a Minute 👇 on.ripple.com/4vm2fjm

Why nowadays major financial infrastructure keeps ending up in the Stellar conversation