Stellar’s XLM token climbed 2.7% to $0.2135 after stablecoin payments platform BVNK added native support for the Stellar network, opening the blockchain to business payments across more than 130 markets.
BVNK said customers can now access Stellar through the same API used for its other payment rails, supporting cross-border payments, customer and supplier payouts, remittances, and corporate treasury transfers. Because BVNK manages the blockchain connection within its platform, businesses do not need to build a separate Stellar integration or replace existing payment infrastructure.
According to CoinGecko data, XLM’s daily trading volume stood at about $403.3 million, with a circulating market value of roughly $7.46 billion. The token gained 11.2% over the past week and traded between $0.2062 and $0.2198 during the daily period. About 35 billion XLM are in circulation out of a maximum supply of approximately 50 billion tokens, and the asset remains roughly 75.6% below its record price of $0.8756.
BVNK reported that its payment infrastructure handled $55.6 billion in volume during 2025 and processed 3.6 billion transactions, with 99.99% uptime and an average settlement time of about five seconds. Kimberley Mescal Julien, head of partnerships at BVNK, said businesses should not have to operate separate connections for several blockchain networks and described Stellar as another low-cost channel for cross-border money movement.
The integration follows Mastercard’s completed acquisition of BVNK in August, a deal valued at up to $1.8 billion, and a U.S. Bank test involving its proprietary USBDC stablecoin on Stellar. BVNK has not disclosed how much payment volume will pass through the new Stellar rail or whether customers must hold XLM directly to use Stellar-based transfers.
