"If we want securities or currencies to run over a network like Stellar's network, what do we have to do inside the enterprise to start extracting those assets from the old clunky systems of record and put them into a cryptographic medium?" - Adam Ludwin, Interstellar CEO DEX StellarX Live with Fiat Deposits StellarX is live and is offering USD deposits via AnchorUSD as well as federated addresses under the StellarX.com domain. Link ECOSYSTEM Balancing Public and Private Networks On a Crypto Finance Conference panel before the Chain.com acquisition announcement, McCaleb and Ludwin discussed public and private networks. "If we want securities or currencies to run over a network like Stellar's network, what do we have to do inside the enterprise to start extracting those assets from the old clunky systems of record and put them into a cryptographic medium?" Link ANCHORS Stable Coin API Stronghold has released their stable coin platform APIs, "a new way for customers to transact with multiple cryptocurrencies, make deposits and withdrawals, and convert funds back into fiat currencies." Link WALLETS Lobstr to Run StellarTerm Last week, StellarTerm published an update to their site, saying "Development of StellarTerm is unable to keep up with the latest developments of the Stellar network & can't provide the best experience that users all deserve. Unfortunately, due to lack of funding & dev time, StellarTerm will be shutting down." This morning, Lobstr announced that they will now be “leading further development of StellarTerm”. Link TOKENS Security Token Offerings on Stellar Smartlands advisor Viktor Krekotin lays out the advantages of a Security Token Offering (STO) compared to an ICO and why Stellar’s Compliance Protocol and other features make sense for issuing a STO. Link NEWS Lisa Nestor talks about the Chain acquisition, stable coins, and more at a conference put on by Abu Dhabi Global Market. Link



Daniel Swid put together a visual graphic of the regulated asset approval flow for SEP-0008. Link (scroll down)



A major banking group in Thailand is piloting Visa’s B2B Connect platform (powered by Interstellar). Link



New StellarExpert features, including an Open Directory API for developers. Link



“We’re very excited by [the] longterm potential for the payments use cases of crypto." - John Collison of Stripe. Link



Circle Invest lists Stellar Lumens. Link



I put together a Twitter Moment of GIFs explaining assets and anchors on the Stellar network. Link WEEKLY GIF Some incentives for running a validator:

1) Consensus participation

2) Submitting transactions directly

3) Quicker access to ledger data

4) Customized automations

5) Preserving network history

6) Providing your token-holders with a trusted node WEEKLY FACT OrbitLens , creator of ledger explorer Fact provided by, creator of ledger explorer StellarExpert

Total operations processed by Stellar Network shows steady exponential ~x50 yearly growth.

2016 year - 45,729 ops,

2017 year - 2,234,195 ops,

2018 year (first 7 months) - 105,777,179 ops. - Kyle Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up to receive an email like this one every week. I find the most interesting Stellar developments from the week and deliver them to you every Friday morning.