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Stellar Lumens’ XLM reaches Canadian exchange NDAX

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The new exchange supporting Stellar (XLM), National Digital Asset Exchange Inc. (NDAX) is a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange based in the province of Alberta. It was designed to serve both retail and institutional clients with the highest quality, security, and compliance with legal standards. Unlike most of the world’s crypto trade platforms, NDAX is fully integrated into the domestic Canadian banking system which allows for more fluidity between the crypto and the traditional financial systems.

Legality is a core issue for NDAX as it’s registered as a Money Service Business in Canada and it practices a philosophy to engage with regulators and traditional financial institutions in a way that can set a new standard in the Canadian cryptoverse. That emphasis on compliance allows NDAX to secure banking services provided by domestic institutions, and to keep the client’s funds in the domestic economic system, instead of sending them offshore.

Earlier yesterday, the Canadian platform announced it’s introducing Stellar Lumens native asset (called XLM) into its trading platform paired against the Canadian Dollar. Also, trading in this pair will remain free until January 31st, 2019.

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It’s not typical for assets like XLM to be listed paired against the local fiat currency. Most commonly, exchange platforms around the world, do not allow for buying XLM directly but they pair it against Bitcoin. In other words: if you want to get some XLM tokens, you must first buy some Bitcoin and then you can use the trading platform to exchange them for XLM.

NDAX is not even going to offer an XLM/BTC pairing in the beginning, but it informed in the announcement it will be introduced as soon as a sufficiently liquid trading market develops. No time frame was mentioned for this.

Stellar Lumens is a third generation blockchain project that aims to be a full-fledged platform for decentralized applications and smart contracts based on its native token, XLM. It’s found lots of use cases in the traditional financial world. In this regard, it’s been following on Ripple’s steps and securing strategic alliances with some of the most important banks and remittance services in the world to make the settlement of international transactions as painless, safe, quick and cheap as humanly possible.

One of Stellar Lumens’ critical partners is none other than IBM. Big Blue has chosen this blockchain project as its only partner in the cryptosphere. That means that all the research and project development IBM is doing to explore the uses of blockchain technology will be carried out in association with Stellar Lumens and using Stellar’s technology. If you remember what IBM and Microsoft’s partnership did for Bill Gates in the 80’s and beyond, you’ll understand that this is a huge advantage for Stellar.

The NDAX announcement is great news for a project that’s been reporting lots of good news all year long, and that has managed to keep growing despite the bearish conditions in the market.

Stellar (XLM) is currently trading at $0.1562 in red numbers (6.89%). It’s capitalized at roughly 3 billion USD, which makes it the fifth cryptocurrency by market cap.

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Solana Price Surges Beyond $100, Dethroning Ripple and BNB To Secure Fourth Place

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Solana price performance in recent times has been remarkable, surpassing Ripple and Binance Coin to become the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. The SOL price breached the critical level of $100 for the first time since April 2022 over the weekend to imbue optimism among investors. However, the altcoin has corrected by 7%, suggesting that the market is overheated. At the time of writing, the ‘Ethereum killer’ was trading slightly lower at $111.60.

SOL Outlook

Solana price has made a significant recovery over the past few weeks, climbing above the psychological level of $100. The altcoin has been one of the best-performing assets this year, extending its year-to-date gains to more than 1,025%, with more gains recorded in the past month alone. However, even with such growth, analysts have noted that Solana has a bleak chance of topping its ATH of $260.

The reason behind this is the increase in supply relative to its value. In November 2021, when the Solana price hit its all-time high of $260, its total market capitalization was around $78 billion. Despite the value of the crypto asset being less than half of what it was at the top, its market cap is currently hovering near $50 billion.

This has been brought about by the increase in the Solana supply by more than 100 million SOL over the past two years. According to some analysts, for the altcoin to retest $260, its…

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Solana Price Skyrockets to 20-Month Peak Amidst Memecoin Frenzy

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Solana price has noted significant gains over the past few weeks, climbing to its highest level since April 2022. The ‘Ethereum Killer’ almost topped the crucial level of $100 on Friday, before pulling back slightly. The asset’s recent surge has catapulted Solana’s total market cap to $39.6 billion, ranking 5th after and above BNB and XRP, respectively. Solana has jumped by more than 22% in the past week and more than 80% in the month to date. At the time of writing, SOL price was trading 0.90% lower at $93.10.

Catalysts Behind SOL’s Rally

Solana price has been on a strong bull run over the past few days, rocketing to its highest level in 20 months as the network benefits from the substantial activity and strong interest in memecoins. The SOL token, the native digital asset of the high-performance blockchain platform Solana, has shown some serious strength over the past few weeks, outperforming all the altcoins in the market.

The recent surge in the Solana price has been linked to heightened on-chain activities on the Solana blockchain. Notably, the ongoing hype for the blockchain’s speedy transactions, cheap fees, and a lottery of meme coin issuances has buoyed SOL’s on-chain activity. Metrics have revealed that Solana has been the strongest draw among on-chain traders, with trading volumes and network fees outperforming Ethereum- the largest altcoin by market cap.

Cited figures provided by DeFi aggregator DeFiLlama

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Solana Price Breaches $60 Amid a Symphony of Bullish Indicators

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Solana price has jumped more than 8% over the past week, breaching the important level of $60. At the time of writing, Solana was trading 3% higher at $61.07. The asset’s total market cap has climbed to $25.9 billion over the past week, ranking it the 6th largest cryptocurrency after XRP. The total volume of SOL traded over the last day has declined by 8%.

SOL’s Bullish Cues

Solana’s price has been among the best-performing cryptocurrencies this year amid continuous growth. The “Ethereum killer” has consistently impressed investors throughout the year on the back of a resurgence in bullishness, which saw SOL’s price climb more than 513% in the year to date. Institutional investors have also shared the bullish sentiment, making Solana their most preferred altcoin.

In the week ending November 24, Solana recorded inflows worth nearly $3.5 million, significantly more than the other altcoins’ inflows combined. The asset’s monthly inflows were higher at $40.2 million, lower than Ethereum’s $99.6 million inflows in the same period. Other altcoins, including Litecoin and Ethereum, noted significant outflows, making Solana nearly half of the home for DeFi. This implies that when it comes to institutions, Solana is currently the best-performing altcoin with the potential of a long-term rally much higher than other digital assets.

Notably, the Solana DeFi ecosystem accomplished a significant milestone earlier this week. Its Total Value Locked (TVL) hit a new yearly peak of over $655 million,…

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