Stellar kicks off Meridian 2026 conference in Lisbon

The Stellar Development Foundation's annual gathering puts institutional finance, payments and developer tooling at center stage The Stellar Development Foundation’s annual Meridian conference opened in Lisbon on October 28, 2026. The Defiant is covering the event live from the floor. The setting is the historic Convento do Beato, a former convent now hosting conversations about tokenization and payment rails. The two-day event runs through October 29. Its agenda leans heavily on the practical side of the Stellar network: institutional finance, payments, developer tools and upcoming technology upgrades. What is on the agenda Meridian 2026 is built around keynotes, technical sessions and networking. The stated themes are scaling, ecosystem growth and institutional tokenization. The speaker list reads less like a crypto meetup and more like a finance industry panel. SDF leadership, including Denelle Dixon, is on the bill. So is Nadine Chakar of DTCC Digital Assets. Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge is also slated to speak. Representatives from US Bank and the digital asset custody firm Fireblocks round out the headline names. On the technical side, sessions cover block production speed...