Stellar Adoption Surges! DTCC Tokenization, MoneyGram's Stablecoin & Bermuda Onchain! | Denelle Dixon
June 30, 2026
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5 min readThe US clearing giant DTCC selected Stellar as the first public blockchain for tokenizing securities, including ETFs and money market funds. DTCC settles trillions of dollars daily, so even a fraction of that volume moving onto Stellar would be significant. This announcement came alongside MoneyGram launching its own stablecoin, MGUSD, on Stellar after five years of collaboration, and the government of Bermuda announcing plans to put its payments and financial services onchain using the Stellar network.
Why Institutions Choose Stellar
Stellar was built from its inception with asset issuance and payments in mind, and that orientation made it attractive to regulated institutions long before most of them were ready to participate. The network includes features at the base layer that institutions require: clawback functionality, the ability to freeze assets, and controls for when Know Your Customer (KYC) checks happen. As Denelle Dixon put it, "We built for institutions. We built for them even when they weren't here." This means that when a regulated entity wants to put securities on a blockchain, it can control those assets in ways similar to the traditional financial system — maintaining books and records onchain without giving up the compliance tools regulators expect.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:11) **Defining the Core Value of Open Public Blockchains** - Denelle explains why immutable history on a permissionless network is the foundational advantage for financial applications.
- 2 (04:33) **DTCC Partnership: Tokenization on Stellar** - The US clearing giant selects Stellar as the first public blockchain for tokenizing securities, including ETFs and money market funds.
- 3 (05:39) **Why Stellar Was Built for Institutions (Definitions & Design)** - Denelle explains the specific features that make Stellar suitable for regulated assets, differentiating it from other chains.
- 4 (07:11) **Scalability: Ready Now, Planning for the Future** - Addressing whether Stellar can handle the demand from major partnerships like DTCC.
- 5 (11:21) **MoneyGram's MGUSD Stablecoin Launch** - After five years of collaboration, MoneyGram launches its own stablecoin on Stellar for treasury management and wallet infrastructure.
- 6 (13:00) **Current State of Adoption: Crossing the Chasm (Warning Signs)** - Denelle assesses where the industry is, noting we are past the experimental phase but still need key elements.
- 7 (15:54) **The Browser & Agentic Web Vision (Recovery & Future Application)** - Denelle connects her past at Mozilla to the future of AI agents and micropayments on blockchain.
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Show Notes
Topics:
- DTCC picked Stellar as the first public blockchain to connect to its upcoming tokenized securities settlement platform
- MoneyGram launches MGUSD, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin on Stellar
- Bermuda Taps Stellar Network to Build the World’s First Fully Onchain National Economy
- Crypto's impact on Web Monetization
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