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Stellar (payment network) Stellar, or Stellar Lumens, is an open-source, decentralized protocol for digital currency to fiat money low-cost transfers which allows cross-border transactions between any pair of currencies. [2] The Stellar protocol is supported by a Delaware nonprofit corporation, the Stellar Development Foundation, though this ...
jedmccaleb.com. Jed McCaleb is an American programmer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and ex-CEO of aerospace startup Vast [1][2] and a co-founder and the CTO of Stellar. [3] Prior to co-founding Stellar, McCaleb founded and served as the CTO of the company Ripple until 2013. McCaleb is also known for creating the ...
USDC was first announced on 15 May 2018 by Circle, [6] and was launched in September 2018 by a consortium called Centre, a joint venture between Circle and Coinbase. [8]On March 29, 2021, Visa announced that it would allow the use of USDC to settle transactions on its payment network.
Ripple (payment protocol) Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network that is open to financial institutions worldwide and was created by Ripple Labs Inc., a US-based technology company. Released in 2012, Ripple is built upon a distributed open source protocol, and supports tokens representing fiat ...
Tether (often referred to by its currency codes, USD₮ and USDT, among others) is a cryptocurrency stablecoin, launched by the company Tether Limited Inc. in 2014. [3]As of August 1, 2024, it was reported that Tether has $118.4 billion in reserves, with excess reserves of $5.3 billion, after reporting a $1.3 billion profit in the second quarter of 2024, putting Tether at a profit of $5.2 ...
TV One (2015–2018) BET (2019–present) A Stellar Award is an award presented by SAGMA to recognize achievements in the gospel music industry. [1] The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent gospel artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. [2] The Stellars are the first of the Big ...
Polygon. Polygon (formerly Matic Network) is a blockchain platform which aims to create a multi-chain blockchain system compatible with Ethereum. As with Ethereum, it uses a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism for processing transactions on-chain. Polygon's native token is named POL. POL is an ERC-20 token, allowing for compatibility with other ...
Orion Nebula. The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, [b] and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent ...