Key Takeaways
The last few days have been subtly positive for the broader crypto market.
Specifically, the total market capitalization climbed from $2.20 trillion on March 2 to $2.45 trillion today, an increase of $250 billion.
This development signals a sharp return of liquidity and risk appetite. Amid that, Stellar (XLM) price is attempting to stabilize after weeks of choppy, corrective price action.
In this analysis, CCN reveals what could be next for XLM’s price if the broader market remains relatively stable.
XLM’s price is stabilizing on the 4-hour chart after weeks of suppressed price action.
While the broader crypto market is surging, XLM is attempting to build structure above the $0.15 zone.
From the image below, XLM’s price earlier printed a sell-off toward $0.14, prompting buyers to step in.
That wick marked a local exhaustion low. Since then, the altcoin has formed higher lows, signaling early structural repair.
However, upside momentum remains measured rather than explosive.
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has flipped bullish.
The signal line crossover is now supported by expanding green histogram bars.
Although momentum remains modest, the shift confirms that buyers are regaining short-term control, and as such, XLM’s price might evade another correction.

Meanwhile, the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) prints 0.03. That reading matters, as a positive CMF typically suggests that capital inflows outweigh outflows.
Still, momentum lacks breakout intensity. Therefore, bulls must defend current levels to sustain upside pressure.
On-chain charts show a subtle shift in XLM sentiment.
Funding rates have turned positive, rising 0.0076%, signaling growing confidence among longs.
The liquidation chart confirms this trend, with total long liquidations ($3.08K) far exceeding shorts ($321.75), indicating sellers are more exposed at current levels.
Overall, these signs point to steady accumulation, supporting a potential push toward $0.25.

So, if buyers hold the key support around $0.15, XLM’s price might trade much higher in the short term.
On the daily timeframe, XLM is still trading within a clear descending channel, and the broader structure remains bearish.
Price is hovering around $0.16 after reacting from the $0.14 support zone, which marks the zero Fibonacci baseline.
That level produced a bounce, but it has not altered the larger trend. The altcoin is still printing lower highs, and the latest rejection from the channel’s upper boundary reinforces that sellers remain in control.
Market indicators mirror that same restraint. For instance, the Awesome Oscillator (AO) has started printing green histogram bars in negative territory, indicating that downside pressure has eased but not disappeared.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is near 44, below the neutral 50 threshold, signaling a recovery from oversold conditions but not confirming bullish strength.
Technically, XLM’s price previously lost major retracement levels during the broader decline. That type of structural breakdown usually takes time to rebuild.

For sentiment to shift, the price would need to reclaim the descending channel and sustain a move above the $0.23 region.
If that holds, $0.25 becomes the next key resistance for XLM’s price and a stepping stone for further upside.
However, failure to defend $0.14 would likely lead to an extended downtrend.