XLM in plain facts
Updated 2026-11-14 (UTC) · Binance spot data
How XLM behaves versus Bitcoin
XLM has a beta of 0.97 against Bitcoin: moves roughly 1:1 with Bitcoin (~0.97×). In plain terms, on a day Bitcoin moves 1%, XLM has moved about 0.97% on average in the same direction. Beta describes past co-movement over the available daily history; it is not a forecast.
What XLM moves with
Over the last 90 days its daily moves tracked LINK (0.84) and XRP (0.83) most closely among the large coins we compare against. A correlation of 1.0 would mean they moved in lockstep; 0 would mean no relationship.
Where XLM sits in its own history
Today's price is higher than on 49% of the days in its last 5 years on Binance — around the middle of its range.
How volatile XLM is
Its annualised volatility over the last 90 days is 72.9%, about 1.69× Bitcoin's over the same window. Today's move: a typical day (~1.0× normal).
XLM's worst drawdown
The deepest peak-to-trough fall in this window was -79.9%, bottoming on 2022-12-31. Context: an extraordinary market period (no single event matched). This number is free on Sightglass and always will be.
Reading
XLM — a coin that moves roughly 1:1 with Bitcoin; moves most closely with LINK and XRP; currently sits in the mid zone of its 5-year range (49th pctile); more volatile than Bitcoin (~1.7×). Facts, not a call — the decision stays yours.
How these numbers are calculated
- Source: Binance spot daily candles (USDT pair), up to five years.
- Beta: regression slope of the coin's daily returns on Bitcoin's, over the shared history.
- Moves with: 90-day correlation of daily returns against 15 large coins.
- Historical position: share of days in the window with a lower close than today.
- Volatility: standard deviation of the last 90 daily returns, annualised (×√365).
- Worst drawdown: largest fall from a prior peak within the window.