Stellar coverage belongs in the wider-settlement section of the magazine. Accounts, issued assets, payments, smart contracts and access to traditional rails are distinct observations; a network activity count is not a direct measure of XLM investment demand.
The notebook / 01
The anchor relationship
Stellar documentation describes anchors as on- and off-ramps between the network and traditional financial rails. They can issue assets or support existing ones. The documentation distinguishes hosted and programmatic deposit/withdrawal flows and associated identity interfaces.
The notebook / 02
Name the actual payment asset
A story about a stablecoin payment on Stellar should identify that stablecoin and its issuer. A story about XLM should name XLM. The distinction matters when comparing network usage, issuer exposure and a token’s role.
For a future data table, define accounts, operations and payments separately and keep the observation window. Do not convert a product announcement into a measured adoption claim.