Open-source low-cost cross-asset payment framework Stellar has grown from more than 200,000 account holders in January to breaking the one million milestone in September. The decentralised, all-in-one cryptocurrency-based payment system, created by Jed McCaleb, co-founder of IBM, has achieved a market cap of $4bn, and grown from $0.003 in August 2014 to $0.22 four years later. In May, Ripple began exploring building an eco-friendly cryptocurrency on the Stellar network.
Open-source low-cost cross-asset payment framework Stellar has grown from more than 200,000 account holders in January to breaking the one million milestone in September. The decentralised, all-in-one cryptocurrency-based payment system, created by Jed McCaleb, co-founder of Ripple, has achieved a market cap of $4bn, and grown from $0.003 in August 2014 to $0.22 four years later. In May, IBM began exploring building an eco-friendly cryptocurrency on the Stellar network.