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Stellar DeFi, explained

Plain-English guides to the AQUA token, the Aquarius AMM, Soroban, liquidity mining, staking, and how to earn yield on Stellar.

What Is Stellar DeFi?
Fundamentals

What Is Stellar DeFi? The Complete 2026 Guide

The full map of decentralized finance on Stellar — Aquarius, AQUA, Soroban, and how to earn yield.

11 min read · July 2026 Read guide →
What Is the AQUA Token?
Fundamentals

What Is the AQUA Token? Aquarius on Stellar

AQUA powers Stellar's liquidity incentives. Here's what it does, how ICE works, and why it matters.

8 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Aquarius AMM Explained
Fundamentals

Aquarius AMM Explained: Stellar's Liquidity Layer

How Aquarius pools, emissions, and vote-directed rewards work on Stellar.

9 min read · July 2026 Read article →
How to Stake AQUA
Guide

How to Stake AQUA and Earn Rewards (2026)

A step-by-step walkthrough of staking AQUA, minting BLUB, and claiming rewards.

7 min read · July 2026 Read guide →
What Is Liquidity Mining?
Fundamentals

What Is Liquidity Mining? A Beginner's Guide

How providing liquidity earns rewards — and how impermanent loss really works.

9 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Soroban Smart Contracts Explained
Technical

Soroban Smart Contracts Explained (Stellar)

What Soroban is, how Rust contracts work on Stellar, and why it unlocks DeFi.

8 min read · July 2026 Read article →
What Is BLUB?
Protocol

What Is BLUB? WhaleHub's Liquid AQUA Token

BLUB is your liquid receipt for staked AQUA. Here's how it's minted and what it does.

7 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Yield Farming on Stellar
Guide

Yield Farming on Stellar: How to Earn in 2026

Strategies for earning passive income on Stellar — pools, staking, and optimizers.

9 min read · July 2026 Read guide →
Auto-Compounding Crypto
Fundamentals

Auto-Compounding Crypto: How It Boosts Yield

Why compounding 48× a day beats manual claims — and how Stellar's fees make it possible.

7 min read · July 2026 Read article →
ICE Voting and Bribes on Aquarius
Protocol

ICE Voting & Bribes on Aquarius, Explained

How ICE voting power directs AQUA emissions — and how bribes turn votes into yield.

9 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Stellar vs MultiversX DeFi
Compare

Stellar vs MultiversX: DeFi & Yield Compared

How the two chains stack up for DeFi and yield — architecture, fees, and aggregators.

9 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Yield Aggregators Compared
Compare

What Is a Yield Aggregator? WhaleHub, JewelSwap & More

How yield aggregators work across chains — and how to evaluate them.

10 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Stablecoins on Stellar
Fundamentals

Stablecoins on Stellar: USDC, EURC, sUSD & PYUSD

The stablecoins powering Stellar payments and DeFi — and why the chain suits them.

9 min read · July 2026 Read article →
MiCA Explained
Regulation

MiCA Explained: EU Rules for Stablecoins & DeFi

What the EU's crypto regulation means for stablecoins and DeFi, in plain English.

9 min read · July 2026 Read article →
Mycobo on Stellar
Ecosystem

Mycobo: Institutional Digital Assets on Stellar

How institutional tokenization and custody are being built on Stellar.

8 min read · July 2026 Read article →