ADA vs XLM
Cardano and Stellar compared on trend status, technical signal, hype risk and 90-day performance, ADA against XLM. Measurements only: this page does not rank ADA above XLM or the other way round.
How ADA and XLM differ today, in numbers rather than opinion. The ADA/XLM pair was generated under the same category rule and is refreshed every night.
ADA leads on 7 of the 16 measures and XLM on 6. That count is not a recommendation to buy ADA or XLM: the measures pull in different directions, and a higher hype-risk score is a warning rather than a win.
Hype risk side by side
ADA against XLM, measure by measure
Rebuilt from the data on September 18, 2026
| Measure | ADA | XLM | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capitalisation Larger is the bigger market | $7.57B | $6.36B | ADA |
| Market-cap rank Lower number is higher up | #19 | #20 | ADA |
| Price Not comparable without supply | $0.2019 | $0.1827 | n/a |
| 24-hour volume Traded value in the last day | $366.2M | $154.1M | ADA |
| Volume / market cap Turnover relative to size | 0.048 | 0.024 | ADA |
| 24-hour change | +2.8% | -2.0% | ADA |
| 7-day change | -1.8% | +4.4% | XLM |
| 30-day change | +17.3% | +18.9% | XLM |
| 90-day change From daily closes | +25.0% | -16.0% | ADA |
| Trending position Today's global order | #22 | – | n/a |
| Countries trending in National feeds, 43 markets | 3 | 0 | ADA |
| Days on the list Consecutive days | 2 | – | n/a |
| Signal strength Share of checks passed | 40% | 60% | XLM |
| RSI (14) Above 70 is stretched | 49 | 52 | XLM |
| From 52-week high Closer to zero is nearer the peak | -78.1% | -55.1% | XLM |
| Hype risk Lower is calmer, not better | 10/100 | 0/100 | XLM |
What the numbers say
19 facts from today's collection
The two are 1.2x apart in market value, Cardano ahead with $7.57B versus $6.36B.
Cardano sits above Stellar by 1 rank (19 vs 20).
$0.2019 buys one ADA and $0.1827 one XLM — useful for order sizing, not for judging value.
$366.2M changed hands in Cardano today, 2.4x the $154.1M recorded in Stellar.
Scaled by market value the activity ratio is 0.05 for ADA and 0.02 for the other side of this pair.
+2.8% for ADA over 24 hours, -2.0% for XLM — ADA ahead on this window by 4.8 points.
On the seven days window the readings are -1.8% and +4.4% respectively, favouring XLM.
The last thirty days left Cardano at +17.3% and Stellar at +18.9%.
Ninety daily closes give ADA +25.0% and XLM -16.0%.
ADA is on the trending list at number 22 and XLM is not on it at all today.
The national feeds carry ADA in 3 markets and XLM in 0.
Stellar scores higher on the technical checklist — 60 points against 40.
Fourteen-day momentum: 49 for ADA, 52 for XLM — neither is at an extreme.
Stellar is the closer of the two to its 52-week high: -55.1% away against -78.1%.
Long-term filter: Cardano fails its 200-day line, Stellar clears its own.
On hype risk the readings are 10/100 for Cardano and 0/100 for Stellar.
Common ground: Layer 1 chains. XLM is additionally in Real-world assets.
Relative volume: 0.82x for ADA, 0.84x for XLM — anything near 1 is an ordinary day.
Both signals run on daily closes: 399 of them for ADA and 399 for XLM.
Last 90 daily closes
Each chart is scaled to its own range
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Questions about this pair
Answered from the same daily data
Which of ADA and XLM is trending today?
Cardano is trending at position 22 today, and the other side of the ADA/XLM pair is on no trending feed at all. The list that ranks ADA and XLM is rebuilt every day at 00:35 UTC.
Is ADA bigger than XLM?
Cardano is larger, at $7.57B of market value against $6.36B — 1.2x the size.
What does the daily signal say about ADA and XLM?
The checklist reads Neutral for ADA (40% of checks passed) and Buy for XLM (60%). The checklist is a mechanical count of trend and momentum conditions on ADA and XLM, not advice.
Which one carries more hype risk?
Cardano scores 10/100 against 0 for Stellar. The score behind both the ADA and XLM figures combines recent price change, turnover, size, days on the list, RSI and exchange coverage.
Does this page say whether to buy ADA or XLM?
No. Every figure here measures one thing about ADA and XLM — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach, risk — and the measures often disagree. Nothing on this page is financial advice about ADA, XLM or any other coin, and none of it forecasts a price.