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The price of XLM increased this week as Wall Street clearing giant DTCC expands on the Stellar network.
DTCC and the Stellar Development Foundation announced plans this week to enable the tokenization of DTC-custodied assets on the Stellar network. DTC-tokenized assets are expected to become available on the Stellar network in the first half of 2027.
The move remains significant as DTCC, which sits at the center of U.S. market infrastructure, oversees more than $114 trillion in assets.
XLM is up more than 50% in the last seven days, the last time it increased this much was in July 2025. Stellar price was up 30.60% in the last 24 hours to $0.2191 at the time of writing, the largest daily increase among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
Following the price increase, XLM has risen past major privacy token Monero (XMR) in crypto rankings. Stellar (XLM) has a current market capitalization of $7.16 billion and sits in the 14th spot, above Monero (XMR), which currently ranks as the 15th largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $6.82 billion.
Major cryptocurrencies often experience changes in their ranking when one asset sees buying pressure with a sudden spike in price, causing a rise in market valuation.
XLM price surges
XLM started rising from a low of $0.146 on May 27 and continued its rise into the third day to reach an intraday high of $0.223 at the time of writing.
The rise was accompanied by a significant increase in trading activity, with XLM daily trading volume rising as much as 924% at one point in the rally.
Market participants point to increased institutional interest in tokenized assets and blockchain-based financial infrastructure as major catalysts behind Stellar's rise. The rally has broken through key resistance levels including the daily MA 50 and MA 200 at $0.16 and $0.19 respectively that have contained XLM's price action since September 2025.
Stellar's rally comes amid a wider pullback in the market with Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies down about 5% to 7% in the past week even as the global stock indexes reached record highs.
Dan Burgin
