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<p>Stellar (XLM) ran hard last week. Up over 80%. Touched a local high of $0.298.</p>
<p>The reason? DTCC – the Depository Trust &amp; Clearing Corporation – announced a tokenization integration with the Stellar blockchain. DTCC handles trillions in securities transactions. By 2027, institutions will tokenize and trade stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries on Stellar.</p>
<p>For crypto, that’s real adoption. Stellar now sits as a top contender for tokenized real‑world assets.</p>
<p>People saw the green candle and made a move. Some <a href="https://captainaltcoin.com/xlm-up-100-xrp-stuck-is-it-time-to-dump-xrp-for-stellar/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">swapped XRP for XLM</a>.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="the-lawyer-s-take-on-swapping-xrp-for-xlm">The Lawyer’s Take on Swapping XRP for XLM</h2>
<p>A former Ripple lawyer (not currently with Ripple) named Bill Morgan tweeted his thoughts.</p>
<p>He said people who swapped <a href="https://captainaltcoin.com/ripple-xrp-price-prediction/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP</a> for XLM did not necessarily make an incorrect call. Maybe XLM really does have better long‑term prospects than XRP. Time will decide that.</p>
<p>But he pointed out the real mistake.</p>
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 <p>People who swapped XRP for XLM did not necessarily make an incorrect call that XLM has better prospects than XRP. Time will decide that question.<br><br>If they made any mistake, it was forgetting or not understanding that XLM price movement is as directionally correlated to bitcoin… <a href="https://t.co/wcnygNFiqX" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/wcnygNFiqX</a></p>— bill morgan (@Belisarius2020) <a href="https://x.com/Belisarius2020/status/2061187594881581490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">May 31, 2026</a>
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<p>Those traders forgot one basic fact. <a href="https://captainaltcoin.com/heres-why-stellar-xlm-price-is-pumping-hard-right-now/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XLM price movement</a> is directionally correlated to Bitcoin – just like XRP. That big green candle was always going to retreat.</p>
<p>And then came the punchline:&nbsp;<em>What? Did you think because Stellar does not release XLM from escrow like Ripple that would make a difference?</em></p>
<p><em><span><strong>Read also: <a href="https://captainaltcoin.com/chatgpt-predicts-stellar-xlm-price-if-bitcoin-crashes-to-50k/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ChatGPT Predicts Stellar (XLM) Price If Bitcoin Crashes to $50K</a></strong></span></em></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="escrow-isn-t-the-problem-you-think-it-is">Escrow Isn’t the Problem You Think It Is</h2>
<p>Many XRP holders point to Ripple’s monthly escrow releases as a price drag. Stellar has a different supply mechanism. No monthly unlocks from a single company.</p>
<p>The lawyer’s point cuts through that noise. Escrow or no escrow, both tokens follow Bitcoin. When BTC pulls back, XRP and XLM pull back together. The correlation is strong. The direction is the same.</p>
<p>So swapping XRP for XLM right after a 72% parabolic move? That’s not a bet on Stellar’s tech. That’s a bet against Bitcoin.</p>
<p>XLM gave back some of those gains. So did XRP. That’s not a failure of Stellar’s fundamentals. That’s crypto working as usual.</p>
<p>The lawyer’s real lesson: don’t confuse tokenomics with market structure. Stellar’s no‑escrow model is nice. But <a href="https://captainaltcoin.com/bitcoin-price-news-bitcoin-faces-a-key-test-as-etf-outflows-top-1-42-billion/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin price still drives the bus</a>.</p>
<p>If you swap XRP for XLM, do it because you believe in Stellar’s DTCC partnership or its real‑asset future. Do not do it because you think XLM somehow escapes Bitcoin’s gravity.</p>
<p>Because that big green candle? It always retreats.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="faqs">FAQs</h2>
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  <div class="uagb-faq-questions-button uagb-faq-questions"><span></span><span></span><span><strong>Is XLM or XRP better<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2753.png" alt="❓"></strong></span>
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   <p>It depends on your use case. XRP focuses on bank liquidity and cross‑border payments. XLM targets tokenized real assets and retail remittances through partnerships like DTCC.</p>
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   <p>Usually yes. Both trade in strong correlation to Bitcoin, so when XRP moves, XLM tends to move the same direction.</p>
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   <p>DTCC announced tokenization of stocks and Treasuries on Stellar by 2027. That brought institutional attention and a 80% price jump.</p>
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