XLM's volume just exploded, and it's not one thing @StellarOrg's 24h volume jumped roughly 275% to near $860 million, with stellar:native climbing to $0.185. But pinning it on a single catalyst is tricky. Three landed in one week: the Zipper upgrade (Protocol 27) went live on mainnet, Bitwise added XLM to its flagship index ETF, and Clearstream opened MiCA custody to it. Index inclusion tends to move volume more than an upgrade does.

You have a million XLM and you need USDT on Tron. What do you do? You open Allbridge Next, pick XLM on Stellar and USDT on Tron, and send. One of our users did exactly that recently: five transfers of 200,000 XLM, $220,000 in USDT on the other side. →

$50,000 in XLM matching is on the table for the Stellar Community Growth QF Round. If you can bring developers together around @StellarOrg, this is the time to put the event idea forward. Applications close August 28.

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Big announcements for XRP and XLM coming this week...? Both @StellarOrg and @Ripple @XRP have their flagship annual conferences coming this week: Ripple Swell [Oct 27-29, New York City] Stellar Meridian [Oct 28-29, Lisbon] Major platforms often use these events as a chance to make major announcements around partnerships, products, and more. Keep an eye...

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