Bitcoin Crashes to $73,000 While Stellar (XLM) Defies Downturn With a 19% Surge: Market Watch
Bitcoin's price declines as almost the complete entirety of altcoins is trading in the red.
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The post XLM Jumps 14% as Stellar Reclaims Long-Term Channel Midline appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Stellar (XLM) surged more than 14% in the past 24 hours. The move reclaimed the midline of its long-term parallel channel. Price also broke above a key descending trendline. The Layer 1 network is now trading near $0.169 with a market capitalization above $5.6 billion. Multiple charts point to follow-through. X traders are already calling for a path to $0.60 on the weekly timeframe. Four-Hour Chart Breaks Descending Trendline The four-hour XLM chart shows a clean break above a descending trendline. That trendline ran from the April 21 swing high near $0.185. The move came on a sharp volume spike. The largest green candle of the recent range pushed price back above $0.165. XLM 4-hourly chart / Source: TradingView The Relative Strength Index (RSI) reads close to 75. That sits in overbought territory and suggests the rally may be short-term extended. The Moving Average Convergence Div
Read full articleBitcoin's price declines as almost the complete entirety of altcoins is trading in the red.
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DTCC’s tokenization plans on Stellar put XLM back in focus as Wall Street tests public blockchain rails for regulated assets.
The post Why XLM Is Back on Derivatives Desks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. XLM has quietly re-entered the conversation on derivatives desks. Not because of a meme cycle, but because Stellar’s original pitch—fast, compliant-friendly payments—has edged back into the crypto spotlight alongside new smart-contract capabilities. For professional traders, that combination means liquidity, narratives, and event catalysts. For builders, it means real-world rails like USDC cash-in/cash-out and anchors. For everyone else, it means revisiting a payments chain that never chased maximum hype, yet kept shipping. This piece unpacks why XLM is back on the risk desk, how to evaluate the setup without rose-tinted glasses, and what to monitor on-chain and in derivatives markets if you’re considering exposure. Point Details Payments narrative returns Stellar’s low-fee, fast-settlement design and real-world on/off-ramps have renewed relevance as stablecoin transfers and remittances grow.
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Bitcoin trended downward on Wednesday, dropping beneath the $75,000 threshold to trade at $74,570 at the time of writing. This slide erased nearly 3% of its weekly value and dragged its market capitalization back below $1.5 trillion. Onchain Metrics Signal Fading Momentum For the second consecutive day, bitcoin trended downward, slipping below the $75,000 threshold […]
Stellar and DTCC have partnered to bring tokenized securities on-chain. DTCC processed approximately $4.7 quadrillion in securities transactions last year. XLM price rose to above $0.16. Stellar’s native token XLM rose more than 8% after the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced plans to connect its tokenised securities platform to the Stellar blockchain. The […] The post XLM price jumps 8% as Stellar and DTCC partner to bring tokenized securities on-chain appeared first on CoinJournal.
The post-trade giant plans to make DTC-custodied assets available on the Stellar public blockchain in the first half of 2027, adding a second network to its growing tokenization strategy