Chainlink went live on Stellar on October 14: What it means for the Stellar price

Published on 10/23/2026 at 13:14 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Bell's testnet vote is set for November 3, 2026. The Stellar price is 0.17875 USD on October 23, 2026, down 2.25 percent.

Oracles and protocol schedule

On October 14, 2026, Stellar connected Chainlink services to an ecosystem with more than 4 billion USD in tokenized assets.
A testnet vote for Bell is scheduled for November 3, 2026, ahead of a planned mainnet vote on November 23, 2026.
The Stellar price stands at 0.17875 USD as of October 23, 2026, 2.25 percent below the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026.
Circulating supply is 35.22 billion XLM, according to Investing.com.

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Stellar (XLM) added Chainlink Data Feeds and Data Streams on October 14, 2026, extending market-data access across an ecosystem with more than 4 billion USD in tokenized real-world assets. The Stellar Development Foundation said the services can support lending markets, prediction markets, perpetual futures and other decentralized finance applications.

Chainlink adds market data to a 4 billion USD ecosystem

Chainlink's Data Feeds provide reference data for blockchain applications, while Data Streams deliver data for applications that need frequent updates. The October 14, 2026, integration connects those tools with Stellar's tokenized real-world asset ecosystem, according to the Stellar Development Foundation. The stated uses include financial applications for lending, trading and derivatives, but the announcement does not establish a direct effect on XLM's price.

The integration also places an external data layer beside Stellar's existing smart-contract infrastructure. For developers, that means market prices and other reference information can be used inside contracts rather than entered manually. The source describes the real-world asset ecosystem as exceeding 4 billion USD on October 14, 2026.

Bell schedules its first vote for November 3, 2026

Stellar's proposed Bell upgrade, also called Protocol 30, has a testnet validator vote scheduled for November 3, 2026, at 17:00 UTC. TokenPost reported that the proposal would let smart contracts verify post-quantum signatures for spending approvals, add new contract address identifiers and record ledger close times in milliseconds.

The same report says a mainnet validator vote is scheduled for November 23, 2026, at 17:00 UTC, subject to network approval. It also says the current five-second target for ledger closes would not be reduced by Bell and that developers using Stellar software development kits need updates before the votes. Those compatibility requirements are an implementation consideration for applications using Protocol 30.

XLM stands at 0.17875 USD on October 23, 2026

The Stellar price is 0.17875 USD as of October 23, 2026, down 2.25 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 0.18442 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 0.17856 USD. Market capitalization is 6.30 billion USD, ranking Stellar 17th, while 24-hour volume is 145.74 million USD. Circulating supply is 35.22 billion XLM.