Was 2025 The Breakout Year for Stellar?
Speakers
Sam Ewen
— Host, Gen C (CoinDesk)
Jennifer Sanasie
— Senior Anchor & Executive Producer, CoinDesk
Summary
CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen review Stellar's 2025 ecosystem growth, including higher developer activity, a large rise in total value locked, a new privacy roadmap, and PayPal stablecoin integration. They frame Stellar as a network to watch, especially for stablecoins, cross-border payments, and wallets.
- Stellar saw 31% developer growth in 2025 despite a broader Web3 developer downturn.
- Stellar's TVL rose 95% last year, which hosts view as a move from proof of concept to activation.
- Stellar introduced a privacy roadmap aimed at programmable privacy for institutional adoption.
- PayPal's stablecoin came to Stellar, expanding reach to wallets and platforms like Bitcoin.com, ChipperCash, and Decaf.
- Hosts say Stellar is a network to watch, especially in stablecoins, cross-border payments, and wallets.
- The segment is partner content tied to Stellar's 2025 ecosystem recap.
Ideas
Privacy roadmap aids institutional adoption
Stellar secured major 2025 partnerships, including PayPal's stablecoin coming onto the network, which expanded Stellar's reach to wallets and platforms such as Bitcoin.com, ChipperCash, and Decaf.
Stellar is a network to watch
Stellar is a network to watch after years of building finally paid off in 2025; he highlights stablecoins, cross-border payments, and wallets as the areas that make it particularly compelling, and says everyone should pay attention to the ecosystem.
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