Stellar price in focus as Bell Protocol 30 heads for mainnet vote
Published on 11/13/2026 at 07:04 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSBell upgrade sets Stellar in focus
- Stellar's Bell, Protocol 30, is scheduled for a mainnet validator vote on November 23, 2026, at 1700 UTC.
- The proposal covers muxed contract addresses, ML-DSA verification for smart contracts and millisecond ledger timing.
- Fincast recorded XLM at USD 0.1474 at 01:55 UTC on November 13, compared with USD 0.1484 for November 12.
Stellar price is being watched as the network approaches a scheduled validator vote on Bell, Protocol 30. The Stellar Development Foundation says the mainnet vote is planned for November 23, 2026, at 1700 UTC, although the date remains subject to change.
At 01:55 UTC on November 13, Fincast recorded XLM at USD 0.1474, compared with USD 0.1484 for its November 12 daily reference. The same page listed a market capitalization of USD 5.23 billion, 24-hour volume of USD 135.06 million and 35.38 billion XLM in circulation. A separate real-time reading on the Investing.com Stellar price page showed USD 0.14849, a difference consistent with the different data timestamps and market sources.
What Bell, Protocol 30 proposes
According to the Stellar Development Foundation, Bell contains three proposed changes. CAP-84 introduces muxed contract addresses for smart accounts, allowing one contract to distinguish customer balances through an attached identifier. The change is aimed at applications such as exchanges, payment ramps and custodial products.
CAP-87 would allow Stellar smart contracts to verify ML-DSA post-quantum signatures. The foundation stresses that this would provide an option for quantum-resistant authorization inside smart contracts, not replace the network's existing Ed25519 transaction signatures.
CAP-88 adds millisecond-resolution ledger timing. The proposal does not itself make Stellar produce blocks faster, but removes a protocol-level limitation that could constrain future efforts to reduce ledger close times. Developers and infrastructure operators would need to update relevant software and ledger-data handling before the upgrade votes.
Investor context for XLM
The scheduled vote is a network milestone rather than a guarantee that Bell will be activated. Validators must approve the proposal, and the foundation says the dates can change. For token holders, the direct investment question remains separate from the technical roadmap: the current data shows a low-priced, continuously traded crypto asset whose market value and quoted price vary by venue and time. The latest Stellar price therefore provides context, not proof that the protocol proposal will drive XLM demand or returns.
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