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Stacks Price Prediction 2025: STX Poised for Recovery After Long Downturn

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Peter Henn
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By Peter Henn
Edited by Ryan James

Key Takeaways

  • Stacks (STX) reached its all-time high price in March 2024 but has collapsed since.
  • Stacks is a Layer-2 scaling solution built on top of Bitcoin.
  • Our Stacks price predictions suggest STX could reach $3.30 next year.

The Stacks cryptocurrency is a rare outlier. One of the few cryptos explicitly approved  by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the token, which helps people use the Bitcoin (BTC)  blockchain in much the same way they would Ethereum (ETH), still suffered when the market fell following the SEC’s lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase in early June 2023.

In late 2023 and early 2024, excitement about spotting Bitcoin ETFs saw it go up. When the Stacks Nakamoto upgrade went live in April, shortly before the Bitcoin halving, STX reached an all-time high of $3.84 on April 1.

After that, though, the price collapsed. Despite an upturn at the end of 2024, thanks to the launch  of its sBTC crypto , which is pegged to Bitcoin, it is now under the dollar. By Feb. 6, 2025, it was worth just $0.982.

Let’s now examine our own price predictions for Stacks, made on Feb. 6. We will also examine the STX price history and discuss what STX is and does.

Stacks Price Prediction 

Here are the Stacks price predictions from CCN on Feb. 6 2025. It is important to remember that price forecasts, especially for something as potentially volatile as crypto, are often wrong.

Minimum Stacks Price Prediction Average Stacks Price Prediction Maximum Stacks Price Prediction
2025 $0.80 $2.50 $4.20
2026 $1.50 $3.80 $6.50
2030 $3 $8 $15

Stacks Price Prediction 2025

STX is expected to recover from its prolonged downtrend, with a potential breakout above key Fibonacci levels confirming a bullish reversal. However, macroeconomic conditions and broader market cycles could limit growth, keeping prices from $0.80 to $4.20.

Stacks Price Prediction 2026

By 2026, STX could see stronger adoption and ecosystem expansion, pushing it toward higher resistance zones. If bullish sentiment sustains, the price may reach $6.50, though a market correction could bring it back to the $1.50 range.

Stacks Price Prediction 2030

Long-term growth factors, including blockchain adoption and increased utility for STX, could drive its price significantly higher. If the crypto market reaches maturity and STX gains mainstream traction, prices could peak at $15, while bearish cycles may still cause dips toward $3.00.

Stacks Price Analysis

STX has been in a prolonged downtrend since its all-time high on April 1 2024, forming a descending channel. The ongoing ABC correction, which began on Aug. 5, appears near completion, with wave C testing key support at the 0.786 Fibonacci level at $1.15.

Stacks Price Analysis
Stacks has been on a downturn since April last year | Credit: Nikola Lazic/TradingView

A bullish RSI divergence near oversold territory suggests weakening selling pressure. A breakout above the descending structure could confirm a trend reversal, with resistance at $1.73 and $2.14.. 

Short-term Stacks Price Prediction

STX has begun an impulsive wave on the one-hour chart, with wave one reaching $1.08 before a corrective wave two near $0.98. Despite trading below $1, it remains 34% above its recent low.

Stacks Short-term Price Prediction
Stacks needs to keep above $0.98 | Credit: Nikola Lazic/TradingView

A breakout could confirm wave three, targeting $1.15 first, then $1.73 and $2.14. Losing $0.98 support may lead to a decline toward $0.80 or $0.65. The Stacks price prediction for the next 24 hours all depends on whether STX rises or falls. 

Stacks Average True Range (ATR): STX Volatility

The Average True Range (ATR) measures market volatility by averaging the largest of three values: the current high minus the current low, the absolute value of the current high minus the previous close, and the absolute value of the current low minus the previous close over a period, typically 14 days. A rising ATR indicates increasing volatility, while a falling ATR indicates decreasing volatility.

STX ATR
STX ATR | Credit: Peter Henn/TradingView 

On Feb. 6, 2025, STX’s ATR was at 0.017, a sign of relatively low volatility.

Stacks Relative Strength Index (RSI): Is STX Overbought or Oversold?

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum indicator traders use to determine whether an asset is overbought or oversold. Movements above 70 and below 30 show over and undervaluation, respectively. Movements above and below the 50 line also indicate if the trend is bullish or bearish.

STX RSI
STX RSI | Credit: Peter Henn/TradingView 

On Feb. 6, 2025, Stacks’ RSI was at 46, a sign of a slightly bearish trend.

Stacks Market Cap to TVL Ratio

The market cap to Total Value Locked ratio (TVL ratio)  measures the valuation of a decentralized finance (DeFi) project by comparing its market capitalization to the total value of assets locked in its smart contracts.

This ratio shows the project’s utilization and links the platform’s health to locked asset value.

STX MCap/TVL
STX MCap/TVL | Credit: DeFiLlama 

A ratio above 1.0 indicates overvaluation because the market cap exceeds the value of assets used in the platform. A ratio below 1.0 indicates undervaluation because the market cap is lower than the value of locked assets. On Feb. 6, 2025, the Stacks TVL ratio was 14.61, suggesting overvaluation.

Stacks Price Performance Comparison

Stacks is a Layer-2 scaling solution, so let’s compare it with similar projects.

Current Price One Year Ago Price Change
STX $0.982 $1.52 -35.3%
MNT $1.15 $0.6031 +90.6%
ARB $0.4695 $1.87 -74.8%
OP $1.10 $3.36 -67.2%

Best Days and Months to Buy Stacks

We looked at the stacks’ price history and found the times when the price was at its lowest across certain days, months, quarters, and even weeks in the year, indicating the best times to buy STX.

Time to Buy Stacks Days, Months, and Quarters
Best Day Monday
Best Week 28
Best Month February
Best Quarter First

STX Price History

Let’s take a closer look at the stack’s price history . While past performance isn’t necessarily indicative of future results, understanding what the crypto has done in the past can help us contextualize future STX price predictions.

Stacks Price History
Stacks price history for the last 12 months | Credit: CoinMarketCap
Period Stacks Price
Last Week (Jan. 30, 2025) $1.35
Last Month (Jan. 6 ,2025) $1.87
Three Months Ago (Nov. 6, 2024) $1.73
One Year Ago (Feb. 6, 2024) $1.52
Five Years Ago (Feb. 6, 2020) $1.78
Launch price (Oct. 29, 2019) $0.213
All-time high (April 1, 2024) $3.84
All-time low (March 13, 2020) $0.04501

Stacks Market Cap

Market capitalization, or market cap, is the sum of the total number of Stacks in circulation multiplied by their price.

Stacks Market Cap
Stacks market cap for the last 12 months | Credit: CoinMarketCap 

On Feb. 6, 2025, Stack’s market cap was $1.44 billion, making it the 61st-largest crypto by that metric.

Stacks Supply and Distribution

Supply and Distribution Figures
Total Supply 1,818,000,000
Circulating Supply as of Feb. 6, 2025 1,511,956,691 (83.16% of total supply)

From The Whitepaper

Stack’s whitepaper  states that it wants to bridge Bitcoin’s solidity and Ethereum’s development potential.

It says: “Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to trustlessly use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain.”

Software engineers Muneeb Ali  and Ryan Shea  founded Stacks.  Princeton PhD Ali founded Trust Machines, which is a platform for Bitcoin-related applications, in 2021. Shea, meanwhile, helped set up Facebook’s GraphMuse app in 2012. 

Stacks (STX) Explained

One of the biggest splits in crypto is between Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH). At the heart of the debate is whether a blockchain should focus on supporting crypto, like Bitcoin, or should allow people to build their own programs, like Ethereum. Since Bitcoin is the largest crypto out there, people will want to use its reach and power to create their own decentralized applications (DApps), but the chain does not allow them to do so.

Stacks, which was founded in 2013, with the first version of its blockchain coming in 2018 and the current chain coming online in 2020, hopes to change that. 

The platform, supported by the STX coin, is designed to connect with the Bitcoin blockchain. It allows users to create their own applications by utilizing smart contracts and computer programs that automatically execute once certain conditions are met. 

How Stacks Works

Stacks uses a Proof-of-Transfer (PoT) consensus mechanism to add blocks to the blockchain and earn rewards. This means that users transfer a, in this case, Bitcoin, to other participants in the network to secure and grow the blockchain, effectively paying with BTC to earn STX.

As far as the STX coin goes, the whitepaper explains how it works when it says: “Stacks miners use Bitcoin to mine newly minted Stacks. Stacks holders can lock their STX in consensus to earn Bitcoin, making STX a unique crypto asset that is natively priced in BTC and gives BTC earnings.” 

Apart from miners, there are other STX users called Stackers. These people stake their STX for about two weeks or so. This means they can run a computer, or node, on the network, earning Bitcoin for doing so. 

STX can also be bought, sold, and traded on exchanges. 

Is Stacks a Good Investment?

It is hard to say. On one hand, the crypto market can be an unforgiving place. STX investors will have learned this when their coin lost more than 90% of its value in 2022, a worse performance than the market average. Indeed, the token is having another rough time, down around 75% since the start of April last year. 

On the other hand, its links to Bitcoin could also see it ultimately emerge as a real winner during a tough time. As always with crypto, you will need to make sure that you do your own research before deciding whether or not to invest in Stacks.

Will Stacks go up or down?

No one can really tell right now. While many of the longer-term STX price predictions are optimistic, price predictions end up being wrong more often than not. You should also remember that prices can and do go down and up. 

Should I invest in Stacks?

Before deciding whether to invest in Stacks, you must do your own research on STX and other similar coins and tokens, like Polygon (POL) or Immutable (IMX). Ultimately, though, you will have to make this decision for yourself, and, more importantly, you should ensure you never invest more money than you can afford to lose. 

Technical analysis by Nikola Lazic.

FAQs 

How many Stacks are there?

On Feb. 6, 2025, there were about 1.49 billion STX in circulation, representing the total supply.

Will Stacks reach $10?

Our price predictions suggest that Stacks can reach a new all-time high above $10 in 2025.

What is Stacks used for?

The STX coin is used to reward people who are active on the Stacks blockchain, which helps people combine decentralized applications and the Bitcoin blockchain.

Disclaimer 

Please note that the contents of this article are not financial or investing advice. The information provided in this article is the author’s opinion only and should not be considered as offering trading or investing recommendations. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, reliability and accuracy of this information. The cryptocurrency market suffers from high volatility and occasional arbitrary movements. Any investor, trader, or regular crypto users should research multiple viewpoints and be familiar with all local regulations before committing to an investment.

Peter Henn

Peter Henn has been a journalist since 2005. In that time, he has written for a variety of publishers including the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Express. He has previously covered the world of cryptocurrency for Currency.com and Capital.com, and has also written for ECigIntelligence.com and CBD-Intel.com. A graduate of the University of Liverpool, he is based in the United Kingdom. His hobbies include music, horse racing and performance art.
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