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XLM Stellar Development Foundation webinar: Review progress in the second quarter of 2025 and look forward to the roadmap for the second half of 2025
Stellar Development Foundation held a live webinar at 3 p.m. EST, inviting multiple executives to review recent online performance and share their outlook for the second half of 2025. Present at the conference were CEO Denelle Dixon, Chief Product Officer Tomer Weller, Chief Technology Officer Raja Chakraborty, and Vice President of Products Jose Da Ponte.
Second quarter network growth and product progress
The leadership team reported steady progress throughout the second quarter, with a strong emphasis on growth in payments, advances in tokenization technology, and upgrades to developer tools. As an open blockchain focusing on fast, low-cost global payments, Stellar Network continues to attract real-world asset issuers and stablecoin projects.
Although the foundation did not disclose specific growth indicators for the second quarter, it regarded the increase in the number of active accounts and the increase in newly issued assets as the main indicators of the increased adoption rate of Stellar Networks in the institutional and fintech fields.
Stellar Network has been committed to expanding network participation by lowering the threshold for tokenization and payment solutions, making it easier for companies and developers that integrate real-world assets with regulated digital currencies to participate.
Leadership Insights and Ecosystem Priorities
Guests including Dixon, Da Ponte, Weller and Chakraborty elaborated on the current strategy, which combines new protocol capabilities with real-world business applications. The team discussed the ongoing integration of Soroban smart contract and regulatory compliance tools. These tools are increasingly favored by companies seeking to issue regulated assets and streamline digital operations.
In addition to improving the underlying infrastructure, the foundation also plans to develop user-friendly products for cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians and traditional financial institutions. This initiative aims to help customers adapt to the dynamically changing global regulatory environment and make Stellar a viable settlement network for institutional customers.
The foundation also mentioned product priorities for the coming months, focusing on real-world asset tokenization, cross-border payments, and new incentive plans for the ecosystem. These initiatives are in line with a broader industry trend-institutions are increasingly interested in blockchain-based settlement and asset digitization, and platforms such as Ethereum and Polygon are also driving development in this area.
Small Dictionary: Soroban is a smart contract platform built specifically for the Stellar Network, allowing developers to deploy decentralized applications that support advanced logic and programmable functions. Soroban is designed for large-scale applications, supports customization of assets along the chain and meets regulatory compliance requirements.
By focusing on compliance infrastructure and ecosystem incentives, Stellar Network aims to accelerate its own network usage and adoption as traditional financial institutions enter the digital asset space.
Comparison of the network's main concerns with the progress in the second quarter
Stellar Network: Payments, real-world asset tokenization-active accounts and asset issuance increased; new smart contract tool (Soroban)
Ethereum: Smart contracts, decentralized finance-institutional settlement platforms continue to expand and upgrade
Polygon: Scalability, side chains-settlement volume increases, business partnerships expand
