{"id":882862,"date":"2026-01-03T03:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/stellar-price-forecast-xlm-stays-below-0-22-as-bearish-momentum-remains\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T03:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:18:59","slug":"stellar-price-forecast-xlm-stays-below-0-22-as-bearish-momentum-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/stellar-price-forecast-xlm-stays-below-0-22-as-bearish-momentum-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar price forecast: XLM stays below $0.22 as bearish momentum remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source  type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"><source  type=\"image\/webp\"><source  type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"><source  type=\"image\/jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1689282376165-51062927-27ba-4e7d-b9a8-779808d82b6a.jpg\" alt width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\">\n<\/picture>                            <\/div>\n<p><span>Key takeaways<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>XLM is down by less than 1% and is trading below $0.22.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The coin could retest the $0.20 support level if the bearish trend continues.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The cryptocurrency market is having a bullish Christmas as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are in the green. Bitcoin is trading above $87k after dipping below $86k a few hours ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, some major altcoins, including Stellar\u2019s XLM, are still in the red despite the current market conditions. XLM is trading below $0.22 at press time after failing to close above the key resistance earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bearish momentum continues to grow stronger, with Open Interest (OI) and short bets rising. If the bearish momentum continues, XLM could face further selling pressure in the near term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins XLM derivatives data suggest bearish sentiment<\/h2>\n<p><span>The primary catalyst behind XLM\u2019s bearish performance is the derivatives and on-chain data. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/currencies\/XLM\"><span>According to CoinGlass<\/span><\/a><span>, XLM\u2019s futures Open Interest (OI) increased to $112 million in the last 24 hours, up from the $30 million recorded the previous day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the increasing OI hasn\u2019t reflected in the coin\u2019s performance as it continues to trade below a significant support level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Furthermore, Coinglass\u2019s long-to-short ratio for XLM reads 0.91, the highest level in nearly a month. This suggests that despite the surging OI, the bearish sentiment in the market remains, with traders betting on the XLM price rising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins XLM could dip below $0.20<\/h2>\n<p><span>The XLM\/USD 4-hour chart is bearish and efficient as the coin has underperformed in recent days. At press time, XLM is trading at $0.21 and could record further losses in the near term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-source=\"CoinJournal\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XLMUSD_2025-12-25_08-25-06.png\" alt=\"bitcoins XLM\/USD 4H Chart\" width=\"1793\" height=\"773\"><\/p>\n<p><span>If the bearish trend continues, XLM could retest the December 18 low of $0.20. A close below this psychological level could extend the drop toward the yearly low of $0.16, set on October 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The RSI on the 4-hour chart reads 43, below the neutral 50 level, indicating bearish momentum is gaining traction. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) lines are also converging, indicating indecision among traders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the flip side, if XLM recovers, it could rally towards the key resistance level at $0.22 over the next few hours. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr>\n<h6>Categories<\/h6>\n<hr>\n<h6>Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Hassan Maishera <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/stellar-price-forecast-xlm-stays-below-0-22-as-bearish-momentum-remains\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key takeaways XLM is down by less than 1% and is trading below $0.22. The coin could retest the $0.20 support level if the bearish trend continues.\u00a0 The cryptocurrency market is having a bullish Christmas as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are in the green. Bitcoin is trading above $87k after dipping below $86k a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":882863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4759,22190],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-882862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-price","category-stellar","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}