Stellar (XLM)

stellar:native XLM is still testing micro support for wave 2 but there is no sign that a low has formed at this stage. This is a key spot. https://t.co/I7t02cjkBq

Stellar's recent developments quietly connect three major pieces of the puzzle • DTCC's subsidiary DTC custodian of roughly $87+ trillion in securities selected Stellar for tokenization initiatives. • Bermuda expanded Stellar into a live national payment infrastructure supporting retail payments, merchant settlement, and government disbursements. • CME and Nasdaq-linked futures products are bringing XLM exposure into regulated markets accessible to traditional institutions. That means. Tokenized securities. Real world payments. Regulated institutional access. This is how adoption happens.

$XLM is quietly doing something interesting. While price has been consolidating beneath resistance, the RSI continues making higher lows. That's hidden bullish divergence, which often appears during continuation patterns rather than tops. The pullback from the recent high looks corrective, not impulsive. Meanwhile, the $0.20 area continues to attract buyers every time price approaches it. What stands out most is the difference between price and momentum: - Price = consolidating - RSI = strengthening - 3.5 month basing structure prior to big move up To me, this looks more like a bull flag or falling wedge than a bearish setup. The measured move of this structure still takes price to the upper rail of the macro structure around .40. If bulls can break the descending trendline and reclaim the $0.23-$0.24 area, a retest of the $0.26 structure level becomes increasingly likely. Remember: momentum often turns before price does. #XLM #Stellar #Crypto #TechnicalAnalysis #Trading #PriceAction #ChartAnalysis #Investing

🚨 What pushes crypto token prices up? It was no surprise why SEC took a position that crypto tokens are indeed securities of the underlying project. When a project does well, price goes up, and founders benefit. Sheit they even called it an ICO. The major exchanges didn't mind this, as they could easily provide "stock exchange" like platforms that allowed people to analyse, chart and speculate on tokens. BUT, what most lack to understand is the fundamental difference between a stock and a token. A stock represents a stake in a revenue generating company. The price goes up either via its valuation (market cap) or based on its dividend yield (and risk). Generally calculated as an EPS. There is an "opportunity" multiplier that pushes a price of a stock much higher than it's worth, SpaceX being a classic example. This is fine, it is the market pricing in a future (higher) value. Now, ask yourself, what is the driver of crypto prices? Is it the project? Is it Stellar announces DTCC? Ripple announcing partnership with MasterCard. The answer is yes and no. That is the new class of animal that most people really don't get. I will explain. Crypto is two very distinct parts: 1. The blockchain or distributed ledger technology 2. A token which for our example we will focus on the native token Now most native tokens are used to pay for network fees, but lots of others have really utility, either store of value, bridge asset, tracking ships, etc. BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IS INDEPEDNENT OF TOKEN PRICE, read that 40 times. In most cases, institutions incorporate the blockchain into the solution, and that is the value, not necessarily the native token. This is largely the reason why price doesn't go up (anymore) on positive news, cos it's NOT A SECURITY. How did we get here? Well, exchanges like Binance and Coinbase have provided tools and familiarity that has attracted many stock investors, who learn after losses, that a token is not a security. So, now what? Ok, apart from speculation and market manipulation, the only thing that,will drive a tokens price upward is 100% demand, and the best form of demand is utility, not some bearded clam telling you to "never sell". Utility means "we collectively accept digital liquidity in order to solve our problems". So next time you feel the urge to ask "why didn't price of XRP go up", that's your answer.

🧵 Stellar + MoneyGram 🤝 500,000 locations worldwide. Stablecoins are often described as digital cash. But what happens when digital dollars can be converted into physical cash almost anywhere in the world? That is exactly what @StellarOrg and @MoneyGram are building. 👇 Through MoneyGram’s integration with Stellar, traditional cash infrastructure and blockchain-based finance begin to merge. For millions of people, access to financial services still starts with banknotes, not bank accounts. With MoneyGram Access on Stellar, users can walk into a MoneyGram location, deposit cash and receive $USDC or $MGUSD in their wallet within minutes. The process also works in reverse. Someone can send stablecoins anywhere in the world, and the recipient can collect local currency in cash from a nearby MoneyGram location. No bank account required. No exposure to crypto volatility. Just digital dollars moving across Stellar and cash available almost immediately. @MoneyGram operates more than 500,000 retail locations worldwide. For perspective, that is more locations than Walmart, 7-Eleven, McDonald’s and Subway combined. And Stellar transactions settle in seconds for a fraction of a cent. For years, crypto promised to bank the unbanked. Stellar may be taking a different approach. Instead of replacing cash, it is connecting cash to the digital economy. Stablecoins. Remittances. Tokenized assets. Machine payments. And now one of the largest physical cash networks on the planet. @StellarOrg is quietly assembling the rails for people today and, perhaps one day, autonomous machines.

Franklin Templeton cut transfer agency costs from $75,000 down to $1.13 for 50k transactions using Stellar's blockchain. Real world assets are moving fast on-chain. $XRP and @Ripple have been pushing this same narrative for years — the infrastructure was always there. https://t.co/aGUXgJdRc3

⚙️ Another Reminder of Stellar's $XLM Quiet Influence Across Crypto Many people don't realize it, but one of the world's largest blockchain communities isn't running on Proof-of-Work. Pi Network, with millions of users worldwide, relies on the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) as the foundation of its network architecture. ✨ Pi has just urged Mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol v25 to remain connected to the network. While the news itself is about maintenance, it highlights something bigger: 🔹 Stellar $XLM technology is already powering other ecosystems. Instead of energy-intensive mining, SCP uses trusted validator groups to reach consensus efficiently. The result: ⚡️ Fast transaction settlement 💰 Low operating costs 🌍 Scalable global participation 🔒 Energy-efficient network security As blockchain adoption continues to grow, infrastructure matters more than hype. And Stellar's technology keeps quietly proving its value far beyond its own ecosystem. Sometimes the biggest impact happens behind the scenes. 🚀 #Stellar #XLM #PiNetwork #SCP #Blockchain #Crypto #Payments #Web3

Real World Assets (RWAs) are going vertical on Stellar network. Also, Franklin Templeton cut transfer agency costs from $75,000 down to $1.13 for 50k transactions by using Stellar. XLM DTCC approaches… https://t.co/zo50hk8T01