Stellar Price News: DTCC Partnership for RWA Deployment Could Push XLM to $0.80

Stellar (XLM) is rising by more than 33% in the past 24 hours, hitting a key psychological threshold at $0.20 after announcing a deal with one of America’s largest clearing houses.

According to a press release published just hours ago, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation to tokenize the assets overseen by the former institution on this public blockchain.

Recent data indicates that DTCC oversees more than $1.4 trillion in assets from customers all over the world. The company has been progressively embracing blockchain technology and looking at opportunities in the TradFi space by collaborating with top-notch projects like Stellar.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave DTCC the green light to start experimenting with tokenized assets in December last year through a No-Action Letter. The company will offer a “defined tokenization service” for three years before further implementing the technology.

“The authorization applies to a defined set of highly liquid assets, including the constituents of the Russell 1000, which represents the 1,000 largest publicly traded U.S. companies by market cap, as well as ETFs tracking major indices and U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes,” a recent document from DTCC reads.

“Stellar’s proven compliance-minded architecture, open infrastructure and risk management capabilities are aligned with market demands and expectations,” commented the head of the Stellar Development Foundation, Denelle Dixon, about the deal.

XLM Volumes Skyrocket by 400% on the News

DTCC officials clarified that they expect to integrate other public blockchains in the future, meaning that Stellar won’t be the sole infrastructure provider for this asset tokenization venture.

Nonetheless, as the settlement asset on the Stellar blockchain, XLM could benefit tremendously from growing adoption. Even if only a fraction of DTCC’s assets move across the blockchain, that still means billions of dollars in daily transactions.

In 2025, DTCC moved $4.7 quadrillion in securities transactions, underscoring the significance of this deal for Stellar’s future.

The crypto market seems to be excited about the news, as trading volumes for XLM spiked by 440% in the past 24 hours alone. At $1.6 billion, this figure accounts for roughly a quarter of the token’s circulating market cap.

XLM Needs to Break Past $0.20 to Deliver a Potential 300% Gain

Heading to the daily chart, we can see that XLM is tagging a key resistance at $0.20 that is in confluence with the 200-day exponential moving average (EMA).

This makes today’s move even more relevant, as the market’s excitement could finally break through this important ceiling and reverse XLM’s downtrend for good.

We need a clean breakout above this mark to keep the rally going. Thus far, the selling pressure is not enough to contain the move, even though the 200-day EMA tends to be a highly contested area.

A pullback could occur in the next few days as early buyers could take some profits off the table. However, we expect a breakout and a short squeeze as a result of this news.

The volume of stop loss orders placed above the 200-day EMA should suffice to propel XLM to at least $0.47 in the near term, meaning a 120% upside potential.

The first target would be set at $0.31, coinciding with the trend line resistance shown in the chart, while the next target should be the $0.47 resistance.

Meanwhile, if DTCC’s volumes start to show up in blockchain transaction volumes for Stellar, the odds of a sustained rally to $0.80 would be remarkably high.