Bell testnet vote on November 3, 2026: What it means for the Stellar price

Published on 10/21/2026 at 07:41 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Protocol 30 adds post-quantum signature checks. The Stellar price is 0.17804 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 1.04 percent.

Bell upgrade and network use

Stellar's Bell plan sets a testnet vote for November 3, 2026, ahead of a mainnet validator vote.
The network processed 12 million transactions on October 11, 2026, with an average fee of 0.00012 USD.
The Stellar price stands at 0.17804 USD as of October 16, 2026, 1.04 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Daily active addresses reached 94,972 on October 2, 2026, while DeFi value locked reached 273 million USD.

Stellar, XCCRYPTOXLM0, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

Stellar (XLM) has a scheduled Protocol 30 testnet upgrade on November 3, 2026, followed by a mainnet validator vote on November 23, 2026. TokenPost reported that the Bell upgrade is designed to add post-quantum signature verification for spending approvals and support faster ledger processing.

Bell sets November 3, 2026 testnet date

The proposed changes require validator approval, according to TokenPost. The published schedule places the testnet vote at noon Eastern Time, or 17:00 UTC, on November 3, 2026, and the mainnet vote at the same time on November 23, 2026.

The upgrade concerns network infrastructure rather than a change to the XLM supply. XLM is Stellar's native token and is used to pay network transaction fees, as TokenPost reported.

12 million transactions marked October 11, 2026

Stellar processed 12 million transactions on October 11, 2026, while the average transaction fee was 0.00012 USD, according to CoinOtag. The report put average throughput at 139.15 transactions per second. Transactions per second measures the number of transactions processed in one second.

A separate reading dated October 2, 2026, put daily active addresses at 94,972 and decentralized exchange volume at 3.38 million USD, according to CoinOtag. The same report recorded 273 million USD in decentralized-finance value locked. The active-address figure counts wallets that sent a transaction during the measurement period.

Stellar price data shows 0.17804 USD

The Stellar price is 0.17804 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 1.04 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 0.17871 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 0.17662 USD. Market capitalization is 6.27 billion USD, ranking Stellar 17th, while 24-hour volume is 106.68 million USD. Circulating supply is 35.20 billion XLM.