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Stellar Lumen

#22
XLM
$0.16154
24h-0.69%
7d+2.27%
30d+4.09%

Stellar Lumen Price Performance

Low
High
$0.16109
$0.16340

Stellar Lumen Key Metrics

Market cap
$5.41B
FDV
$8.07B
Volume (24h)
$26.77M
Vol/Mkt Cap (24h)
0.00%
Total supply
50B XLM
Circulating supply
33.46B XLM
Profile score
88%
Updated May 09, 2026Rank #267

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Stellar Lumen Overview

24h High
$0.16
24h Low
$0.16
24h Change
-0.69%
7d Change
+2.27%
30d Change
+4.09%
Volume 24h
$26.77M
Market Cap
$5.4B
Circulating Supply
33.46B XLM

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About Stellar Lumen

Stellar is an open-source, decentralized blockchain network designed to facilitate the transfer of money and other assets between people and institutions. It was created by Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim in 2014 and is overseen by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). Stellar can support a wide range of use cases, including remittances, micropayments, mobile money, and mobile banking, and is an attractive option for those looking to transfer funds across borders quickly and efficiently. The network's native cryptocurrency, the lumen (XLM), serves as a digital asset for denominating network requirements, and is required to meet minimum balance requirements and pay transaction fees. In addition, it can act as a medium of exchange between otherwise illiquid assets, making it easier to move money between users.
Stellar is used for a wide range of use cases, including remittances, micropayments, mobile money, and mobile banking. Its unique features, such as its ability to facilitate cross-border transactions in multiple currencies, make it an attractive option for individuals and institutions looking to transfer funds across borders quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Stellar can support the creation of new assets, including digital currencies, security tokens, and even real-world assets such as commodities or real estate.
The lumen (XLM) serves a special role in the Stellar network, as every account must hold a small number of lumens at all times to meet minimum balance requirements and pay transaction fees. This requirement was introduced to deter bad or frivolous actors from spamming the network with nonsense transactions. Additionally, because everyone on the network needs lumens, it can act as a medium of exchange between otherwise illiquid assets, making it easier to move money between users.
Stellar was created by Jed McCaleb, co-founder of Ripple, and Joyce Kim in 2014. The project began as a fork of the Ripple protocol but was later rewritten from scratch to address some of the perceived limitations of the Ripple system. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization based in Delaware, is responsible for developing and promoting the Stellar network.

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Stellar Lumen Wallet Security Just Got Serious in 2026

Stellar Lumen Wallet Security Just Got Serious in 2026

Stellar Lumen (XLM) shipped two protocol upgrades in four months that reset what an XLM wallet must do to stay compatible. Protocol 25 X-Ray went live January 22, 2026, embedding zero-knowledge cryptography (BN254 elliptic curve, Poseidon hash) into Soroban smart contracts. Protocol 26 Yardstick followed May 6, introducing CAP-77 Quorum Freeze for validator-led incident response and CAP-82 checked 256-bit arithmetic that changes how Soroban transaction results return overflow conditions. Wallets that haven't updated their signing libraries may throw errors or silently ignore contract calls. Custodial exchange wallets, non-custodial software wallets like Freighter and LOBSTR, hardware wallets, multisig setups, and institutional custody each react differently. With over $2 billion in tokenized real-world assets now on Stellar, the XLM wallet you choose carries more consequence than it did a year ago.

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Stellar Blockchain Development Attracts 40% More Projects This Year

Stellar Blockchain Development Attracts 40% More Projects This Year

There have already been at least five significant protocol deployments and integrations on Stellar in the first 75 days of 2026, approximately 40% faster than the same timeframe last year. SushiSwap's V3 AMM launched on Stellar's blockchain in February. Axelar released interoperability infrastructure. The Foundation open-sourced its private payments layer using zero-knowledge proofs. These aren't novelty prototypes. They're enterprise-ready financial applications.

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Stellar Lumen Market Data

The live Stellar Lumen price today is $0.16 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $26,769,647.26 USD. We update our XLM to USD price in real-time. Stellar Lumen is down 0.69% in the last 24 hours.

The current market cap is $5,399,278,792.74 USD, ranking #22 by market capitalization. The circulating supply is 33,460,613,281 XLM.