Stellar (XLM) Rockets 20.8% in Weekend Rally – CoinDesk 20 Leader Defies Market Slump

Stellar just moonwalked past the competition. The CoinDesk 20 standout ripped through resistance with a 20.8% weekend surge—leaving traditional finance pundits scrambling to explain how a 'niche crypto asset' outran their precious blue-chip stocks.

The XLM surprise

No fancy derivatives or Wall Street manipulation here. Just pure, unfiltered blockchain demand crushing the bears. The move comes as institutional players quietly accumulate positions ahead of Stellar's smart contract upgrade—because nothing screams 'safe investment' like betting on a protocol that could flip Ethereum.

Meanwhile in TradFi land...

Bankers are still trying to patent their 57th 'blockchain-not-crypto' settlement system while XLM holders pocket gains. Stay salty, suits.

Leaders: XLM (+20.8%) and HBAR (+19.1%).

Laggards: BCH (-4.3%) and FIL (-0.5%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.