[LIVE] Stellar Meridian 2025: Rio’s Blockchain Revolution Unfolds Before Your Eyes

Rio de Janeiro becomes the epicenter of crypto innovation as Stellar's flagship event kicks off—and the energy's electric.

Networking on Steroids

Thousands of developers, investors, and blockchain enthusiasts flood Copacabana. They're not here for the beaches—they're chasing the next big disruption in cross-border payments.

Tech Demos That Actually Deliver

Watch real-time settlement demonstrations that make traditional banking look like sending smoke signals. Stellar's protocol handles thousands of transactions per second while Wall Street still struggles with T+2 settlement cycles.

Adoption Metrics That Shock Traditional Finance

Partnership announcements with major Latin American banks drop throughout the day. Each revelation proves decentralized finance isn't coming—it's already here, quietly eating traditional banking's lunch while VPs debate dress code policies.

The bottom line? While legacy finance worries about quarterly earnings, Stellar's building the infrastructure for the next generation of global payments—and frankly, it's not even a fair fight anymore.