Stellar price: Bell testnet upgrade moves toward Nov. 23 mainnet vote
Published on 11/09/2026 at 07:11 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSWhat XLM investors are watching
- Bell, Protocol 30 is scheduled for a Stellar mainnet validator vote on November 23, 2026, at 1700 UTC.
- The upgrade proposes muxed contract addresses, ML-DSA signature verification for smart contracts and millisecond ledger timing.
- MetaMask added Stellar as a default network on October 29, while XLM was quoted at USD 0.15394 on November 7.
Stellar price remains in focus as the network moves from a completed testnet vote toward the scheduled mainnet vote for Bell, Protocol 30. The Stellar Development Foundation says validators are due to vote on the upgrade on November 23, 2026, at 1700 UTC. Approval is required before the changes take effect.
The latest dated market reference on the ad-hoc-news.de topic page showed XLM at USD 0.15394 on November 7. That is a dated reference rather than a live quote for the November 9 publication date, so it should not be read as a current trading level.
Bell targets network infrastructure
According to the Stellar Development Foundation, Bell combines three proposed changes. CAP-84 introduces muxed contract addresses, allowing a smart contract to distinguish multiple customers through an address identifier. CAP-87 enables smart contracts to verify ML-DSA post-quantum signatures. CAP-88 changes ledger timing to milliseconds, creating a technical basis for future work on faster ledger close times.
The foundation's description also sets an important limitation: Bell itself does not make Stellar post-quantum, because ordinary network transaction signatures remain Ed25519. Nor does the timing change alone guarantee faster blocks. These distinctions matter when assessing what the November vote could deliver immediately and what remains dependent on later adoption or protocol work.
Access expands through MetaMask
A separate development is the integration of Stellar into MetaMask. In a MetaMask announcement dated October 29, the wallet provider said Stellar became a default network in its mobile and extension products. Existing accounts receive a Stellar address, and users can manage XLM, trustline assets and Soroban tokens alongside assets on other supported networks.
For investors, the Stellar price story therefore combines a scheduled governance milestone with broader wallet access. The mainnet vote is a decision point, not a guaranteed activation date or a promise of a particular token-price reaction. The relevant focus is whether validators approve Bell and how quickly wallets, exchanges and other infrastructure providers support the resulting changes.
More coverage is available on the Stellar topic page.
