🔗 Blockchain Founder @PaltaLabs, @SoroswapFinance & @DeFindex_ 🚀 Building DeFi protocols on @StellarOrg 💸 Yield, swaps & real-world utility
Santiago - Rio de Janeiro
Joined October 2019
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Esteban Iglesias retweeted
I'm super proud to unveil and open-source Project Thruput. Our mission is to eliminate all practical blockchain scaling limits to make smart contract execution free. thruput.network/ #Blockchain #smartcontracts #Stellar
Congrats!
Huge thanks to all the SCF Pilots who voted for us! We truly appreciate your trust and support.
Excited to keep building for the Stellar ecosystem!
@BuildOnStellar @StellarOrg
I am speaking today at the @StellarOrg Meridian conference.
The topic: Every Business Will Become a Financial Company, And the Infrastructure Will Run onchain, on Stellar.
I will explain why every business that touches end users is turning into a financial company, and how with @defindex_ , @SoroswapFinance and @PaltaLabs we've been building the layer between those businesses and onchain protocols: yield infrastructure for neobanks, fintechs and wallets, so they can offer earn products their users actually use.
Come and see me at the Douro Stage at 14h, in convento do Beato!
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
Josh caught up with @esteblock_dev, founder of our partners at @defindex_. 👀
At Meridian we are having great conversations and connections, especially with teams building toward the same vision for DeFi.
The energy at Lisbon has been incredible so far. More to come!
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
Between the apps that hold people's money and DeFi, there is a layer. @SoroswapFinance routes the swaps, @defindex_ runs the yield, we build the infrastructure underneath.
After Rio, the night comes to Lisbon. Tomorrow, after #Meridian2026 day 1 🥑
luma.com/5nyu8ekr
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
Every business that holds user money is becoming a financial company.
We build the layer that lets them offer it. Tomorrow in Lisbon, after #Meridian2026 day 1: The Layer in Between, with @SoroswapFinance and @PaltaLabs 🍷
@BuildOnStellar @StellarOrg
luma.com/5nyu8ekr
For all the vibecoders out there!
Give your agent Stellar superpowers ⚡
Hacking at #HackMeridian2026 with @BuildOnStellar? Point your AI agent at one link and it can quote, build and send swaps on the best routes across Stellar.
docs.soroswap.finance/llms.t…
Wanna hack and help improve the methodology?
dune.com/paltalabs/stellar-d…
github.com/paltalabs/stellar…
@BuildOnStellar
How many people actually use DeFi on @StellarOrg?
We built an open @dune dashboard: on-chain data only, 8 protocols, weekly since Feb 2024.
📊 dune.com/paltalabs/stellar-d…
@blend_capital @AquariusDeFi @etherfuse @PhoenixDeFiHub @SushiSwap @FxDAO_io @StellarGlobal_
It was great to be with you all!
Straight from the founders: the Stellar x CV Labs Accelerator from the inside 🎥
At the Cape Town bootcamp, they point to the people: building alongside fellow founders and direct access to the Stellar and CV VC teams, already leading to market advice and first partner conversations.
Demo Day is 29 October at Stellar Meridian in Lisbon: meridian.stellar.org/
Can’t make it? Watch the livestream: luma.com/cvlabs-hmnj
@Stellarorg @BuildOnStellar
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
How many people actually use DeFi on @StellarOrg?
We built an open @dune dashboard: on-chain data only, 8 protocols, weekly since Feb 2024.
📊 dune.com/paltalabs/stellar-d…
@blend_capital @AquariusDeFi @etherfuse @PhoenixDeFiHub @SushiSwap @FxDAO_io @StellarGlobal_
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
Stellar's biggest hackathon is coming to Lisbon.
🌟 HackMeridian: October 25–26.
Two days, two tracks, builders flying in from everywhere.
#HackMeridian2026
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
.@esteblock_dev took the stage for @PaltaLabs at the @BuildOnStellar X @CV_Labs Accelerator, and yield was a big part of it.
The message to founders: offering yield does not mean building it yourself.
We are the infrastructure teams can leverage to keep it simple, across DeFi and RWA opportunities on @StellarOrg.
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
$180B in USDT liquidity is now live on Stellar. USDT0 unified across chains on SushiSwap, Freighter, Kraken, and 10+ partners. Emerging markets get their trusted stablecoin on a network built for it.
stellar.org/blog/foundation-…
"The Stellar Stack" ✅ to the founders at @CV_Labs x @StellarOrg. Great conversations on what is possible to build leveraging the Stellar stack.
@PaltaLabs, @defindex_, @remi_ae_, @callyolat, @joona_pay, @defaprimitive, @sortedwallet, @Getsly_ai, @kutanapay, Janus, Saleem
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
The @StellarOrg x @CV_Labs Accelerator is officially underway! 🚀
Earlier this week, the selected cohort landed in Cape Town to kick off a two-week bootcamp. Over the next 10 days, participating startups will take part in workshops and learning sessions covering GTM strategy, leveraging the Stellar tech stack, navigating the legal and regulatory landscape, business development and fundraising in the AI era, how to work with leading institutions, and more.
👋 A big welcome to the ten startups joining CV Labs and the Stellar Development Foundation in Cape Town: Crebit Pay, DeFa by Invoicemate, Janus Solutions, JoonaPay, Kutana Technologies, Remi, Saleem, Sly, Sorted, and Yolat.
Created together with the @StellarOrg Development Foundation, ten high-growth startups across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the US have been selected to build the financial infrastructure layer for the digital and agentic economy.
Discover more about the Stellar x CV Labs Accelerator: cvlabs.com/stellar
@StellarOrg @BuildOnStellar
Esteban Iglesias retweeted
Cape Town, we're here.
@esteblock_dev and @coderipper are on the ground as technical EIR support for the @BuildOnStellar X @CV_Labs Accelerator, ready to meet the founders shaping fintech across the region.
The view is great, but the focus is on the work.
Let's talk: cal.com/esteblock
Arrived in Cape Town with @coderipper ! 🇿🇦
We'll be here for the next 2 weeks supporting teams in the @CV_Labs x @StellarOrg program on their integration with Stellar tech and @defindex_ , and of course helping navigate the ecosystem, meeting other founders and investors!
And yes, the new merch is a DeFindex jacket, perfect for that Cape Town (winter) wind. 🧥💨 @BuildOnStellar