The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) is an open-application awards program that draws on community input to support developers and startups building on Stellar.
Congratulations to all submitters on your achievement. We received 123 submissions, 74 of which were submitted for their first ever SCF awards.
Thank you to all submitters and reviewers for your hard work!
This round of the Stellar Community Fund (SCF 31) builds on the momentum established with the new SCF 6.0 structure. With its focus on fostering innovation, incentivizing project launches, and supporting growth, SCF continues to empower developers and startups to push the boundaries of what’s possible on Stellar. The community’s enthusiasm and contributions remain vital in shaping the future of this ecosystem.
We awarded $2,068,710 worth of XLM to 22 submitters in total for SCF #31.
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Build Award
Projects can request a Build Award up to $150,000 worth of XLM*. The SCF Build Award is for projects which have significant (user) traction OR teams that are experienced in the Stellar ecosystem and have identified a validated need, both with a well thought out plan and architecture to be ready to build upon receiving the SCF Build Award. Learn more in the SCF Handbook.
Mercuryo — $50,000.00 worth of XLM*
Mercuryo is launching a branded crypto debit card with Mastercard, connected to USDC and XLM, enabling users to spend their crypto globally.
AMERO-DeFi Collective Savings — $102,000.00 worth of XLM*
Amero is a platform empowering collaborative savings through decentralized governance and transparent smart contracts on the Stellar network.
PayQin: Blockchain made simple — $100,000.00 worth of XLM*
PayQin offers a USDC wallet powered by Stellar for seamless cross-border payments, enabling users in emerging markets to access global financial services.
Kulipa Debit Card — $150,000 worth of XLM*
Kulipa is a card that enables payments in stablecoin where Visa and Mastercard are accepted, with settlement on Stellar.
Kura — $120,000.00 worth of XLM*
Kura creates transparency and impact in Latin America and the Caribbean by reducing cash usage and enabling merchants to receive direct payments at their points of sale.
B4B.app — $90,000.00 worth of XLM*
B4B.app is a Web3 influencer/KOL protocol providing transparency, escrowed USDC payments, and on-chain history for all social media activities.
Spydra-Low code RWA Tokenization engine — $132,000.00 worth of XLM*
Spydra is a low code tokenization platform to tokenize real world assets for asset owners/issuers without writing a single line of code.
Bebop — $112,970.00 worth of XLM*
Bebop is the future of finance for Africa’s 500 million unbanked and underbanked youth, by building a bank on-chain and leveraging the power of stablecoin technology.
K3 Labs — $75,000.00 worth of XLM*
K3 is a brand new tool that transforms how businesses and developers interoperate with Web 3 technologies — allowing for the orchestration of both simple and complex workflows through the use of a simple drag, drop, and configure interface.
EquitX — $105,000.00 worth of XLM*
EquitX enables portfolio diversification by offering small-cap stocks as crypto assets on the Stellar blockchain.
Rango — $60,000.00 worth of XLM*
Rango enables Stellar multi-chain interoperability by integrating Stellar’s DEXs and bridges, allowing users to seamlessly swap tokens across chains with the best rates and lowest fees.
Untangled Vault — $150,000.00 worth of XLM*
Untangled Vault is a non-custodial, automated asset management protocol powered by Untangled Pool and Credio, enabling data-driven strategies for RWA tokenization, risk monitoring, and tailored investor outcomes.
Trustless Work — $70,000.00 worth of XLM*
Trustless Work provides decentralized escrow services for secure B2B, e-commerce, and marketplace transactions, simplifying payments without intermediaries.
Normal — $70,000.00 worth of XLM*
Normal is a synthetic asset protocol that enables trading of any top 100 cryptocurrency on Stellar, offering low fees and deep liquidity for an optimized trading experience.
xlm.sh — $36,000.00 worth of XLM*
xlm.sh is building a gateway for .xlm websites.
Identity Operating System (idOS) — $125,000.00 worth of XLM*
The idOS is a decentralized identity and storage layer for user data, enabling KYC reusability in a compliant manner.
StreamingFast (The Graph) — $150,000.00 worth of XLM*
The Graph team develops Substreams and Subgraphs, advanced blockchain indexing technologies that deliver a fully programmable, high-performance solution for on-chain data needs. They are bringing this innovative indexing technology to Stellar to enhance data accessibility and usability.
Swift Wallet SDK — $76,800.00 worth of XLM*
The Swift Wallet SDK makes building iOS Stellar-enabled wallets or applications faster and easier than ever.
Soroban Resource Usage Reporter — $18,240.00 worth of XLM*
The Soroban Resource Usage Reporter empowers developers in the Soroban ecosystem to track and optimize resource usage during coding and testing, similar to Hardhat Gas Reporter for Ethereum. By fostering efficient smart contract development, it supports scalability and cost-effectiveness, driving adoption and best practices within the Stellar network.
Cede Labs — $119,800.00 worth of XLM*
Cede Labs streamlines liquidity flow between Centralized Exchanges (CEX) and Decentralized Finance, offering seamless connectivity with over 15 CEX APIs for asset management since 2021.
Stellar Razor and Blazor Suite — $60,000.00 worth of XLM*
Stellar Razor and Blazor Suite provides open-source Razor components for seamless SDEX integration in .NET applications, compatible with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
SiBorg — $95,900.00 worth of XLM*
SiBorg is creating a decentralized monetization protocol that transforms media and creator visibility into a new asset class by tokenizing advertising spaces across various interfaces, enabling buyers to speculate on the future growth of publishers.
A big congratulations to these standout projects! Your creativity and innovation have truly made an impression, and we’re eager to see the positive impact you’ll bring to the Stellar ecosystem. Stay tuned for details on how we will be working together to support and nurture your ideas.
*The USD valuation of the Award in XLM is calculated using the CF Stellar Lumens-Dollar Settlement Price on the day of payment as administered, maintained, and reported by the cryptocurrency index provider CF Benchmarks Ltd. (using the ticker XLMUSD_RR) (available at https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/indices/XLMUSD_RR).
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