Stellar's XLM Joins Bitcoin and XRP as Official Commodity: A Strategic Win for the Stellar Foundation and the XLM Community.

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026 7:30 am ET1min read
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Stellar (XLM) joins Bitcoin, XRP, Cardano, and Solana on the official "commodity" elite list. Stellar Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon reacts to the landmark verdict, emphasizing that regulatory guidance classifies XLM as a digital commodity, which the foundation and XLM community have always known since XLM was built for global payments. The classification comes as XLM has stopped being just a transfer network and turned into a powerful ecosystem with its smart contract platform Soroban serving as a major hub for tokenized real-world assets.

Stellar's XLM Joins Bitcoin and XRP as Official Commodity: A Strategic Win for the Stellar Foundation and the XLM Community.

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