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XLM · Payments network
The latest available Stellar reference is $0.161746 on XLM/USD at Coinbase Exchange. It is a read-only market observation, not an executable quote.
The native asset of a network focused on issuing and transferring digital value.
The Stellar network launched in 2014 to support issued assets and cross-border value transfer.
Stellar appears in this directory for research, not as an endorsement. Its payments network design should be judged through the documented network, supply, control, and failure model rather than through the XLM unit price alone.
The displayed XLM reference is the latest available observation from Coinbase Exchange for XLM/USD. It belongs to that venue, quote asset, and timestamp; Stellar has no single official global price.
An executable XLM order can differ after spread, depth, slippage, fees, payment method, and location. The market label above shows which currency or asset defines the observed price.
Check who produces ledger updates, how finality is reached, which issued assets depend on the network, and which organizations can influence access or upgrades.
Stellar uses a ledger optimized for issuing or transferring digital value through its own validator or consensus model.
For XLM, the supply follows project-specific distribution and protocol rules rather than Bitcoin's proof-of-work schedule.
Validators, foundations, companies, and software maintainers can have different levels of influence over upgrades and network access.
The documented XLM role includes moving value, paying network costs, and supporting issued assets or payment applications.
For Stellar, material risks include validator concentration, governance dependencies, issuer relationships, regulatory exposure, and variable real-world adoption.
Confirm the current XLM software or contract, the supply mechanism, parties with upgrade or administrator authority, dependencies such as validators, issuers or bridges, and liquidity in the exact XLM/USD market. Leave any unsupported field unanswered instead of filling it with a market-cap ranking or social claim.
The Stellar network launched in 2014 to support issued assets and cross-border value transfer.
The Stellar Consensus Protocol uses quorum slices rather than mining, with nodes choosing the trust relationships that form agreement.
XLM supports fees and account requirements within an asset-issuance network, not a proof-of-work scarcity system.
Short answers to the things readers usually need before using a market number.
The current Bitcoin.now reference is based on XLM/USD from Coinbase Exchange. It updates from public market data and is informational only.
The Stellar Consensus Protocol uses quorum slices rather than mining, with nodes choosing the trust relationships that form agreement.
Validator concentration, governance dependencies, issuer relationships, regulatory exposure, and variable real-world adoption.
No. USD is fiat money. USDT is a privately issued stablecoin that targets the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin.now keeps those quote assets visibly separate.
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