6.7 million $XLM linked to Mercado Bitcoin's $48.5 million security breach. 🔐 Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin confirmed a security incident on November 2, with blockchain investigators tracking suspicious transfers across 10 networks. According to Bitquery's onchain investigation: ⭐️ 6.71M XLM traced to a Stellar address linked to the incident. 💵 979,527 USDC also identified at the same Stellar address. 🌐 $48.5M in total outflows across 10 blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Stellar, and Solana. 🔎 Exchange wallet compromise: Investigators identified unauthorized transfers involving hot wallets and customer deposit addresses. 🛡 Asset recovery: Tether and Paxos have frozen approximately $7.3M in assets linked to the incident, according to Bitquery. Mercado Bitcoin says customers will not suffer financial losses and that personal data was not compromised. An important distinction: this was not a breach of the Stellar network itself. The incident highlights a critical challenge for digital asset infrastructure: securing private keys, transaction signing systems, and institutional custody across multiple blockchains. Blockchain security matters. But the infrastructure controlling access to digital assets matters just as much. 🔐🌍

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Stellar and Ethereum are now connected through VIA Labs. 🌐 Announced at #Meridian2026, VIA Labs has launched cross-chain messaging between Stellar's Soroban smart contracts and Ethereum - live on mainnet in both directions. This goes beyond simply bridging tokens. 👇 🔗 Cross-chain communication: Smart contracts on Stellar $XLM and Ethereum can exchange messages and trigger actions across networks. 💸 Token transfers: Developers can build applications that move supported assets between chains using VIA's infrastructure. 🏦 Stablecoins & tokenized assets: New possibilities for coordinating payments, tokenized real-world assets, and financial applications across ecosystems. ⚙️ Already deployed: Mainnet contracts are live, with VIA's reference VIAT token demonstrating cross-chain transfers in approximately 1–3 minutes. The bigger picture? Stellar isn't just expanding what developers can build within its own ecosystem. It's gaining infrastructure that lets Soroban applications interact with Ethereum's smart contract ecosystem. More connectivity. More possibilities for builders. A more interoperable Stellar ecosystem. 🌍

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Taurus expands institutional asset infrastructure on Stellar. 🏦 @taurus_hq has announced live support for smart contract-based assets on the Stellar $XLM network, extending its institutional custody and tokenization capabilities. The expansion covers two key platforms. 👇 🔐 Taurus-PROTECT: Institutional-grade custody infrastructure for digital assets. 🏗 Taurus-CAPITAL: Tokenization infrastructure for issuing and managing digital assets. 🌐 Stellar smart contracts: Expanded support for assets built using Stellar's programmable infrastructure. Taurus already works with major financial institutions, including Deutsche Bank and State Street. This is an important step for Stellar's institutional ecosystem. The more infrastructure institutions have to custody, issue, and manage tokenized assets on Stellar, the easier it becomes to bring real-world financial products on-chain. 🌍

The world's largest tokenized fund is built primarily on Stellar. 🏆 Just seven months after launch, the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO) has become the world's largest tokenized fund by assets under management, surpassing BlackRock's BUIDL and Circle's USYC. And Stellar $XLM is at the center of it. 👇 💰 $2.38 BILLION in total fund assets. ⭐️ $1.65 BILLION on Stellar - more than two-thirds of the entire fund. 👥 90% of SAFO investors hold their tokenized fund shares on Stellar. 🏦 10,000+ investors, including thousands of businesses managing their cash through tokenized financial products. ⚡️ 38-second median withdrawal time for more than 10,000 instant withdrawals since launch. 📈 31 consecutive weeks of asset growth since launching in March 2026. Managed by Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager, SAFO demonstrates how tokenization is moving beyond experimentation into everyday financial operations. Businesses are using blockchain infrastructure to manage liquidity, access yield-bearing assets, and move capital more efficiently. $1.65 billion on Stellar. One fund. Seven months. This is what real-world asset adoption looks like. 🌍⭐️ #Stellar #RWA

USDT0 on Stellar $XLM surpasses $500 MILLION in total volume! 💵 The growth of @USDT0_to on Stellar $XLM is accelerating. Launched on September 2, 2026, USDT0 has already crossed a major milestone, according to @StellarOrg. 💰 $500M+ in cumulative volume on Stellar. 📈 More than 2.5x the previous $200M milestone. 🌐 Unified USDT liquidity: Connecting Stellar with liquidity across multiple blockchain ecosystems through LayerZero. ⚡️ Fast, low-cost settlement: Stellar provides infrastructure designed for efficient global payments and digital asset transfers. 🏦 Real-world utility: USDT0 expands the possibilities for cross-border payments, treasury operations, and DeFi applications. And the bigger picture is becoming clearer. Stellar isn't just adding new stablecoins. It's expanding access to global dollar liquidity while building infrastructure for moving value across borders. Over half a billion dollars in reported USDT0 volume in less than two months. 🌍

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