Big News for XLM: SWIFT Officially Confirmed Early Testing On Stellar

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A historical piece of SWIFT’s blockchain research has returned to public attention after crypto analyst Steph Is Crypto shared a post highlighting the organization’s early evaluation of Stellar.

In a post on X, Steph Is Crypto said that SWIFT had “officially confirmed early testing on Stellar” and added that XLM was part of the original blockchain settlement experiments.

While the statement is based on comments made during an official SWIFT-hosted webinar, the broader context suggests the discussion relates to historical research rather than a newly announced partnership or network integration.

Webinar Recalls Early Blockchain Evaluations

The claim originates from a video clip shared by crypto researcher SMQKE, who highlighted remarks from a SWIFT representative during an official webinar.

In the presentation, the speaker reviewed SWIFT’s early exploration of blockchain technology, explaining that around 2015 the organization worked with approximately 45 to 50 commercial banks to study distributed ledger technology through sandbox experiments.

According to the webinar, those early evaluations included several public blockchain networks, specifically Bitcoin, Ethereum, Stellar, and XRP. The purpose was to understand how the emerging technology functioned and whether it could contribute to future financial infrastructure. The discussion presented these efforts as exploratory research conducted during the industry’s early development rather than the implementation of production systems.

Steph Is Crypto’s post focuses on Stellar’s inclusion in those original experiments, emphasizing that the network was among the public blockchains assessed during SWIFT’s initial research phase.

Historical Testing Does Not Indicate Current Integration

Although the webinar confirms that Stellar participated in SWIFT’s early blockchain research, it does not announce that SWIFT has adopted or integrated the public Stellar network into its global financial messaging infrastructure.

The testing referenced in the webinar took place roughly a decade ago as part of basic exploratory sandbox research alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The presentation revisited that history and did not reveal a new collaboration or confirm that SWIFT currently routes transactions through Stellar.

SWIFT’s present strategy has moved in a different direction. Rather than adopting a public blockchain, the organization has developed its own private infrastructure for digital asset interoperability.

It recently introduced a blockchain-based shared ledger minimum viable product designed to help financial institutions process tokenized deposits and central bank digital currencies while continuing to use traditional ISO 20022 messaging standards.

Why the Historical Research Still Matters

Despite the absence of a current integration, the webinar confirmed that SWIFT examined Stellar during its earliest blockchain investigations. Supporters of the Stellar ecosystem view this as evidence that the network’s technology attracted institutional interest during the formative years of distributed ledger research.

Steph Is Crypto’s post has therefore brought renewed visibility to that historical milestone. However, the available evidence indicates that the webinar confirms early exploratory testing from around 2015 rather than an active partnership or a modern deployment of the public Stellar blockchain within SWIFT’s global financial network.

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