Mesh Makes Stellar Core Settlement Layer to Scale Global Stablecoin Payments

New updates have been reported about Mesh.

Mesh is deepening its crypto payments infrastructure by integrating the Stellar network as a core settlement layer, a move designed to give enterprises trusted, production-grade rails for stablecoin and cross-border payments. The integration aligns Mesh’s orchestration network with Stellar’s high-uptime, low-fee blockchain, which natively connects more than 30 fiat currencies and has operated with 99.99% uptime since 2014.

Under the agreement, Mesh will route stablecoin and crypto payment flows over Stellar for settlement, while both organizations pursue joint development in areas such as institutional settlement, AI-driven commerce, and real-time cross-border transfers. Executives from both sides emphasized that stablecoins are becoming default infrastructure for global commerce and that Mesh’s enterprise reach and network, which already touches over 900 million users, make it a strategic distribution channel for Stellar-based settlement.

The partnership formalizes Stellar’s role inside the Mesh ecosystem, giving financial institutions and enterprises using Mesh a clearer path to deploying stablecoin payment products that meet compliance and reliability expectations. By combining Mesh’s payment orchestration capabilities with Stellar’s proven rails, the companies aim to narrow the gap between what blockchain technology can do and what enterprises are willing to run in production, particularly for high-value and cross-border flows.

This integration follows Mesh’s recent $75 million Series C round and $1 billion valuation, which the company has been using to scale into Latin America, Asia, and Europe while strengthening its global payments footprint. For Mesh, positioning Stellar as a core settlement backbone supports its strategy to standardize global crypto payments and to serve institutional clients that require trusted connectivity between digital assets and traditional fiat systems, with the expectation that demand for stablecoin-based settlement will continue to accelerate.