🚀 Stellar $XLM in 2025: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters

🔹 Founded in 2014 by Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb, Stellar focuses on real-world financial use cases — like cross-border payments and financial inclusion.

🔹 Fast & Ultra-Cheap:

Transactions settle in 3–5 seconds

Fees? Just 0.00001 $XLM #TradingTypes101 — practically zero.

🔹 XLM is more than a coin:

It acts as a bridge between fiat and crypto, powers the network, and helps prevent spam.

🔹 Key Partnerships:

IBM, MoneyGram, KuCoin Pay, Visa, Mastercard — Stellar is deeply integrating with traditional finance.

🔹 Core Features:

— Built-in Decentralized Exchange(DEX)

— SCP: a fast, energy-efficient consensus protocol

— Smart contracts via Soroban

🔹 What’s Ahead?

— Widespread use in emerging markets

— Infrastructure for CBDCs

— Price outlook:

$1.20–$2.50 by 2026

$5–$15 by 2030

$30–$50 long-term (2050) in a bullish scenario

🌐 Stellar isn’t just a token — it’s global payment infrastructure.