Stellar Hits $4B+ in RWA's: Why Wall Street Institutions Are Choosing Stellar | Denelle Dixon

Tokenized real-world assets on Stellar are nearing $4 billion, up about 360% this year. Camila Russo sits down with Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation, to unpack what's driving it: Franklin Templeton's BENJI, Spiko's fast-growing funds, and a wave of institutions moving on-chain. They cover U.S. Bank's stablecoin pilot on Stellar (mint, cross-border transfer, redemption, clawback and freeze), MoneyGram's stablecoin card in Colombia, and DTCC's tokenization plans targeting the first half of 2027. Plus: why so few RWAs are used in DeFi, how RedStone is filling the 24/7 pricing gap, and why open public networks are beating permissioned chains. 00:00 – Intro: U.S. Bank's stablecoin test 00:28 – Welcome Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation 00:59 – Stellar hits ~$4B in tokenized RWAs: what's driving the growth 02:44 – The top issuers: Franklin Templeton's BENJI and Spiko 04:08 – Should issuer concentration be a concern? 06:27 – Why so few RWAs are being used in DeFi 07:34 – RedStone and 24/7 pricing for RWAs 09:40 – U.S. Bank's stablecoin pilot on Stellar 11:57 – MoneyGram's stablecoin card in Colombia 14:27 – The "barbell": retail and institutional on one network 15:23 – Why institutions choose Stellar 16:50 – Composable privacy for institutions 17:38 – DTCC and the 2027 tokenization timeline 20:05 – What institutions need: uptime, compliance and privacy 23:16 – Open public networks vs. permissioned chains 26:10 – Institutions as validators 28:00 – Boom, bust and why builders build in bear markets 30:20 – What's next: perps, native equities and payments [MEDIA PARTNERSHIP] Explore The Defiant ✨ 📰 Website https://thedefiant.io/ ✉️ Free Daily Newsletter https://thedefiant.io/newsletter/defi... 🤑 Weekly Premium Newsletter https://thedefiant.io/newsletter/defi... ✊ Follow The Defiant X/Twitter: https://x.com/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom [email protected] 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships [email protected] #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3