Axelar Network Integrates Stellar to Accelerate Onchain Finance for Institutions

Solv, Stronghold, and Squid build on Axelar and Stellar from day one, extending cross-chain access, liquidity, and yield across chains.

Axelar Network has integrated Stellar, connecting a critical ecosystem for development and investor adoption in onchain finance. The integration is live, and innovators are already building to connect tokenized assets with trading venues and yield-oriented products on the Stellar platform.

Financial institutions across global markets continue to explore onchain pathways for tokenization, trading and yield. Stellar has become a compelling option for both buy-side and sell-side participants seeking efficient settlement, regulated asset issuance and production-ready infrastructure that is already integrated to existing financial systems, as described in this joint article on onchain retail payments, co-authored by Axelar and Stellar for The Stablecoin Standard.

The Stellar technology stack offers high throughput, low fees, and native compliance tooling. Its ecosystem includes recognized financial brands, payment providers, fintech platforms, and capital-markets initiatives, supported by a long-standing developer community and active institutional partners.

What the integration enables 

With Stellar connected through Axelar, builders can combine the Stellar network's strength in payments and asset issuance with Axelar’s interoperability infrastructure. The result is new optionality for applications that want to reach broader liquidity, unify user experiences across chains, or build institutional-grade digital asset products with compliant, transparent flows. Common Prefix recently outlined a 2026 roadmap for Axelar centered on institutional adoption, strengthening economic security, enabling compliant and privacy-aware infrastructure, and building institutional products up the stack — areas where the Stellar network’s focus on payments, asset issuance, and compliance-oriented infrastructure is well aligned.

At launch, several projects are already live and building with Axelar and Stellar.

Solv: Scaling onchain yield markets

Solv is a leading allocator in tokenized real-world assets and the largest on-chain Bitcoin reserve. Solv’s initiatives, including support for top-tier institutional issuers and deeper RWA-backed liquidity, illustrate how allocators are using onchain infrastructure to expand yield offerings. With Axelar and Stellar, Solv can extend these models into cross-chain markets. Builders can issue or manage yield-bearing products on Stellar, tap into liquidity on other chains and design portfolios that benefit from both the Stellar network’s efficiency and cross-chain composability. Builders can bridge solvBTC to Stellar today via Solv’s cross-chain app.

Stronghold: Cross-chain asset mobility 

Stronghold is bridging SHx between Stellar and Ethereum using Axelar’s interoperability protocol. The bridge allows SHx holders to move assets freely between the two networks while maintaining a unified 1:1 supply. This supports consistent liquidity, broader exchange access, and interoperability with both ecosystems, a true demonstration of how Stellar-based assets can extend into new markets instantly through Axelar connectivity. SHx holders can already bridge between Stellar and Ethereum via Squid.

Squid: Cross-chain access and liquidity routing

Squid is a leading cross-chain routing and liquidity layer built on Axelar, enabling seamless asset transfers across ecosystems. With Stellar connected through Axelar, Squid already supports bridging assets such as XLM and solvBTC, among others, providing immediate cross-chain access and liquidity for Stellar-based assets and demonstrating how Stellar can be extended beyond its native ecosystem without fragmenting assets or developer workflows.

A broader network for institutional adoption

This integration with Stellar reinforces Axelar Network’s mission to support secure, scalable, and compliant cross-chain systems for tokenization, trading, and yield. As financial institutions continue to bring regulated assets and market infrastructure onchain, interoperability is essential to delivering unified workflows and global distribution.

Stellar is now fully available to builders using Axelar. Applications can begin connecting onchain assets and services across both networks today. Link to docs.