{"id":5097,"date":"2025-07-05T19:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T19:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/xlm-price-at-risk-as-stellar-lumens-funding-rate-crashes\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T19:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T19:02:12","slug":"xlm-price-at-risk-as-stellar-lumens-funding-rate-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/xlm-price-at-risk-as-stellar-lumens-funding-rate-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"XLM price at risk as Stellar Lumens\u2019 funding rate crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Stellar Lumens token is at risk of further downside as its funding rate continues to decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite strong on-chain growth\u2014rising transactions, record stablecoin supply, and expanding real-world asset tokenization\u2014Stellar Lumens (XLM) plunged to a critical support level amid a sustained negative funding rate, suggesting growing bearish pressure. <\/p>\n

If this support breaks, XLM could fall another 36%, underscoring the widening disconnect between network fundamentals and market sentiment.<\/p>\n

This week, Stellar dropped to the key support at $0.2175. That\u2019s down by 35% from its highest point in May. It has also dropped by 62% from its 2024 high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

XLM could be at risk of a steeper bearish breakdown as its funding rate crashed to its lowest level since June 30. It has remained in the negative zone on most days since May.<\/p>\n

A funding rate is a small fee exchanged between long and short traders in perpetual futures contracts to balance the market. A negative rate means that there are more short positions than long positions, with short traders paying long traders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Stellar funding rate | Source: Santiment<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still, on the positive side, third-party data shows that the network is doing well. According to Artemis<\/a>, the number of operations on Stellar rose to 197 million in June, while the stablecoin supply soared to a record high of $667 million.<\/p>\n

Additional data indicates that the total value locked in real-world asset tokenization has risen to $487 million. It has jumped in the last five consecutive months, helped by the Franklin OnChain US Government Money Market Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Nansen data shows that the number of transactions jumped by 11% in the last seven days to 18.2 million. The number of active addresses in the network rose by 10% to 146,700.\u00a0<\/p>\n

XLM price technical analysis<\/h2>\n
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Stellar price chart | Source: crypto.news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The daily chart shows that the Stellar Lumens token price dropped to a key support level at $0.2175, a notable point that coincided with the lowest point in April, when most altcoins also plummeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The support level was the lower side of the descending triangle pattern, a popular bearish continuation pattern. It has moved below the 61.8% Fibonacci Retracement level, where most rebounds happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

XLM price has dropped below the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages. Therefore, a move below the lower side of the triangle will indicate further downside, with the next key level to watch being at $0.15, which is 36% below the current level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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