XLM Surges as Stellar Activates Protocol 28 Upgrade
XLM price jumped 3.79% to $0.1985 on September 19, after Stellar activated Protocol 28 and achieved 211 transactions per second across 100 blocks.
The upgrade introduced consensus tooling and contract-migration capabilities, supporting the development of Soroban smart contracts.
XLM now trades above its middle Bollinger Band near $0.19277, while the upper band stands at $0.21832, marking higher technical areas.
Stellar's network processes around $3.3 billion in tokenized real-world assets and nearly $884 million in stablecoins.