Stellar Development Foundation

Stellar is a decentralized payments-focused blockchain founded in 2014 by Jed McCaleb, using the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) to enable fast, low-cost cross-border transactions and asset issuance. Stewarded by the Stellar Development Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, the network is widely used for remittances, tokenized assets, and financial inclusion initiatives, with roughly $100 million in total value locked within its growing DeFi ecosystem.