In a future where value moves at the speed of trust, can Stellar’s consensus model scale to support global financial infrastructure without compromising decentralization or regulatory alignment?

Stellar is an open-source, decentralized blockchain network designed to facilitate fast, low-cost cross-border payments. It enables digital representations of any currency—dollars, pesos, bitcoin, pretty much anything—and allows users to send and trade them.

Soroban is Stellar’s smart contract platform, designed to bring scalable, secure, and developer-friendly smart contracts to the Stellar ecosystem.

Given Stellar’s rapid, near-free transactions and institutional ties, is XLM’s sub-$1 price a deliberate, long-game suppression by whales and the SDF, letting them accumulate vast amounts before an engineered pump to $1+ once global adoption is undeniable?

Can Stellar’s mission to bridge traditional finance and blockchain truly scale without compromising on decentralization, given the growing demand for regulatory integration and institutional control?