Chainlink launch on October 14, 2026: What it means for the Stellar price

Published on 10/19/2026 at 13:17 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

More than 4 billion USD in tokenized assets are in Stellar's launch ecosystem. Stellar price is 0.17804 USD on October 16, 2026, down 1.04 percent.

Chainlink reaches Stellar's DeFi stack

On October 14, 2026, Stellar connected Chainlink data tools to a more than 4 billion USD tokenized-asset ecosystem.
Stellar recorded 94,972 active addresses on October 2, alongside 273 million USD in DeFi value locked.
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.

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Stellar (XLM) added Chainlink Data Feeds and Data Streams to its mainnet on October 14, 2026, opening market data for decentralized finance applications across a more than 4 billion USD tokenized real-world asset ecosystem, according to Stellar. The integration gives Soroban smart contracts access to the data needed for lending markets, prediction markets, perpetual futures and stablecoin reference rates. 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.

Chainlink data reaches Stellar applications on October 14

Chainlink Data Feeds provide regularly updated market prices, while Data Streams deliver lower-latency data for applications that need faster readings. Stellar said on October 14, 2026, that the tools can support collateral processing, loan-to-value calculations and automated liquidations for tokenized assets. In practical terms, an oracle supplies outside market information to smart contracts, allowing a lending contract to compare collateral value with a loan balance. The official announcement also identified stablecoins and tokenized assets as potential uses for the new infrastructure, according to Stellar.

Stellar logged 94,972 active addresses on October 2

Network activity had also reached a measurable milestone before the Chainlink launch. Stellar recorded 94,972 daily active addresses on October 2, 2026, while decentralized exchanges handled 3.38 million USD in daily volume and total value locked reached 273 million USD, according to Blockonomi. Total value locked is the value deposited in decentralized finance contracts. The same report said stablecoin market capitalization on the network was 934.54 million USD and active real-world assets totaled 2.82 billion USD on October 2, 2026. Chainlink's documentation lists XLM/USD among the feeds available on Stellar and explains that applications select feeds through a shared proxy contract, according to Chainlink.

XLM trades at 0.17804 USD on October 16

According to Investing.com, XLM trades at 0.17804 USD as of October 16, 2026. That is 1.04 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 0.17871 USD and the daily low for the 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.