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<p>Stellar (XLM) continues to trade under sustained technical pressure, with recent price action failing to signal a decisive structural shift.</p><p>The latest charts show XLM still operating within a broader descending framework, where rallies remain corrective rather than trend-changing.</p><p>On the higher-timeframe structure shared by crypto trader GainMuse, Stellar remains capped beneath a well-defined descending resistance line. Multiple attempts to recover prior consolidation zones have been rejected, reinforcing the view that sellers continue to control market structure.</p><figure id="attachment_339935" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-339935" src="https://www.ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMAGE-2026-01-05-151920.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="646"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-339935" class="wp-caption-text"> Source: <a href="https://t.me/gainmuse/1602" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.me/gainmuse/1602</a></figcaption></figure><h3 id="descending-channel-keeps-sellers-in-control">Descending Channel Keeps Sellers in Control</h3><p>The long-term structure highlights a sequence of lower highs and lower lows, with price repeatedly compressing toward channel support before producing short-lived rebounds. These rebounds have consistently failed to reclaim the descending resistance, keeping the broader bearish bias intact.</p><p>From a structural perspective, this behavior reflects distribution rather than accumulation. Each bounce into resistance has been met with renewed selling pressure, suggesting that upside attempts are being used for repositioning rather than trend reversal.</p><p>As long as price remains beneath the descending resistance, any upward movement is interpreted as corrective within a dominant downtrend.</p><div class="read-more tdi_7"><div class="td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack td-cpt-post td-module-exclusive"><div class="td-module-container"><div class="td-image-container"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a class="article row text-decoration-none" href="https://www.ethnews.com/global-crypto-investment-flows-close-2025-near-record-as-capital-rotates-into-select-altcoins/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span class="td-image-wrap" style="background-image: url(https://www.ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tokens-crypto-coins-.jpg); background-size:cover;"></span></a></div></div><div class="td-module-meta-info"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title" id="a-href-https-www-ethnews-com-global-crypto-investment-flows-close-2025-near-record-as-capital-rotates-into-select-altcoins-rel-noopener-noreferrer-nofollow-global-crypto-investment-flows-close-2025-near-record-as-capital-rotates-into-select-altcoins-a"><a href="https://www.ethnews.com/global-crypto-investment-flows-close-2025-near-record-as-capital-rotates-into-select-altcoins/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Global Crypto Investment Flows Close 2025 Near Record as Capital Rotates Into Select Altcoins</a></h3></div></div></div></div><h3 id="short-term-price-action-shows-fragile-recovery">Short-Term Price Action Shows Fragile Recovery</h3><p>On the lower-timeframe TradingView chart, Stellar is currently trading around $0.2320, following a sharp rebound from late-December lows. While the recovery was accompanied by increased volume, price has since stalled and begun to consolidate just below a prior reaction zone.</p><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-339915" src="https://www.ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/XLMUSDT_2026-01-05_15-19-34.png" alt="" width="2464" height="1802"></p><p>This hesitation near resistance aligns with the higher-timeframe structure. The rebound lacks follow-through strong enough to invalidate the prevailing trend, keeping short-term strength vulnerable to rejection.</p><p>Importantly, price has not yet demonstrated acceptance above broken structural levels. Without sustained price holding above those zones, the probability favors consolidation or renewed downside rather than trend continuation.</p><h3 id="probabilities-favor-caution-until-structure-shifts">Probabilities Favor Caution Until Structure Shifts</h3><p>From a probabilistic standpoint, the charts suggest Stellar remains in a compression phase within a bearish framework. As outlined in GainMuse’s structure, upside attempts are likely to remain corrective unless price decisively breaks and holds above the descending resistance.</p><p>If rejection occurs near current levels, the structure points toward a potential move back toward the lower boundary of the channel, where prior reactions have taken place. Conversely, only a clean structural break, followed by sustained acceptance, would meaningfully alter the current outlook.</p><p>Until such confirmation appears, sellers remain favored while price stays capped under resistance, and Stellar’s broader structure continues to reflect pressure rather than recovery.</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.ethnews.com/stellar-faces-structural-pressure-as-descending-trend-remains-intact/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Stellar Faces Structural Pressure as Descending Trend Remains Intact</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.ethnews.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETHNews</a>.</p>

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