XLM Eyes $0.30 Breakout After 14% Surge On U.S.-Iran Deal

Stellar (XLM) jumped roughly 14% in a day, climbing back above $0.20 as buyers set sights on a long-watched breakout near $0.30.

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Stellar Price Reclaims $0.20

The token climbed to about $0.21 over 24 hours, ranking among the day's strongest large-cap gainers as trading volume jumped roughly 460% to $888 million.

Buyers stepped in after the token defended a moving-average support zone near $0.18, halting a week of selling that had dragged it toward recent lows.

The rebound flipped its short-term trend and turned attention to resistance levels left untouched since the broader market pullback began.

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Stellar Rally Tracks Iran Deal

The gains tracked a wider risk-on move after a preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement eased fears over oil supplies and inflation. Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded above $66,000 on the same news, pulling most of the major altcoins higher with it. Lower-cap tokens posted even sharper gains as traders rotated back into riskier bets.

Analyst Javon Marks pegged a longer-term target of $0.681, more than 200% above current levels, citing a steady pattern of higher lows. He flagged an RSI near 64, still short of overbought, as room for the move to extend before it overheats.

XLM Breakout Hinges On $0.30

Stellar's fundamentals have firmed alongside the price. Real-world asset value on the network reached about $2.3 billion, up nearly 30% in a month, while total value locked held near $236 million after slipping from its late-May peak. Developer numbers and tokenized-asset holders have also grown sharply over the past year.

Sentiment got a further lift after U.S. regulators approved a T. Rowe Price multi-asset crypto fund that lists the token among its eligible holdings.

The advance caps a volatile stretch for XLM, which slid toward $0.15 earlier this month and shed about 10% the prior week amid broad market weakness. A clean push through $0.30 would mark its strongest level since late May, though a stall could invite profit-taking after such a sharp run.

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