Stellar price in focus as Bell upgrade heads toward mainnet vote
Published on 11/08/2026 at 07:06 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSBell upgrade enters its decisive phase
- Stellar validators approved Protocol 30 on testnet on November 3, while the mainnet vote is scheduled for November 23.
- Bell adds muxed contract addresses, post-quantum signature verification for smart contracts and millisecond ledger timing.
- Investing.com displayed XLM at USD 0.15394 at 07:45:33 Berlin time on November 8, with a market capitalization of USD 5.45 billion.
- Recent tokenized-fund growth has not automatically translated into stronger demand for XLM.
The Stellar price is being watched as the network moves toward the next decision on Bell, also known as Protocol 30. Testnet validators approved the upgrade on November 3, but the live network has not yet changed: mainnet validators are scheduled to vote on November 23, 2026, at 17:00 UTC.
Investing.com displayed XLM at USD 0.15394 at 07:45:33 Berlin time on November 8. The same page showed a market capitalization of USD 5.45 billion, 24-hour volume of USD 192.36 million and a market ranking of 17. The displayed 52-week range was USD 0.13725 to USD 0.31124. These figures describe the quoted market snapshot and do not establish a causal link between the protocol news and the token's movement.
What the Bell upgrade changes
According to Coinranking, Bell is live on the Stellar testnet after the November 3 vote. The upgrade includes muxed contract addresses, which are designed to let one smart contract serve multiple customers while retaining customer identifiers in payment events. It also adds post-quantum signature verification inside smart contracts through ML-DSA and introduces millisecond ledger timing.
The Stellar Development Foundation describes Bell as groundwork for business-scale smart accounts, quantum-safe capabilities and future ledger improvements. The scheduled mainnet vote is a decision point, not a guarantee of activation. The upgrade takes effect on mainnet only if the validator vote passes.
Network growth versus token demand
Stellar's broader institutional-use case remains an important part of the investment debate. The project website highlights tokenized funds, cross-border payments and regulated-finance applications on the network. A 24/7 Wall St. analysis reported USD 757.5 million of tokenized-fund inflows on Stellar over the 90 days to November 2, ahead of Solana and Arbitrum in that comparison. The article also noted that low fees and the use of other assets for settlement can limit the direct effect on XLM demand.
For investors, the key distinction is therefore between adoption of the Stellar network and demand for its native asset. The Stellar price may remain sensitive to broader crypto-market conditions even as developers and financial institutions add activity on the chain. The November 23 validator vote is the next clearly dated protocol catalyst.
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