How to Buy Stellar (XLM)

Stellar Lumens (XLM) – is the native cryptocurrency of the Stellar decentralized network, created in 2015. The main goal of the Stellar project is to create a new way of interaction for the world’s financial systems and simplify money payments and transfers.

What is Stellar Lumens (XLM)?

Stellar is a decentralized network of servers running on a native blockchain. All servers communicate with each other directly, based on the P2P principle, without control from a centralized source. Any user can connect to the network by verifying their node through the Stellar Consensus Protocol.

The network is powered by the Lumens (XLM) cryptocurrency. In most cases, it is used to pay for transactions on the Stellar network. One of the reasons of token popularity is cooperation with IBM. This helps the project to carry out its work: to regulate cross-border transactions for individuals and financial institutions.

To understand the basic principles of networking, let’s look at an example.

You need to send $100 to your friend in Poland from the US, but traditional bank transfers can only secure the transaction with an 8% fee. This does not suit you, and you decide to use an alternative. The stellar network, with minimal fees, transfers your dollars to XLM, and your friend receives Polish Zlotys, which the network has exchanged by XLM. Operating this way you avoid many transfer and money exchange fees.

Where to Buy Stellar Lumens (XLM)?

Stellar coin is popular enough and can be found on various financial platforms. The coin can be bought on exchanges, electronic payment systems and banks such as Revolut.

The most profitable way to buy a coin is on the exchanges: they provide reliability, high level of liquidity, a good exchange rate, regulated by financial institutions and offer a wide range of options for buying cryptocurrency (bank transfer, P2P exchange, using card and etc.). Also, many exchanges provide an opportunity to buy crypto for fiat money (US dollars, euros, etc.)

Stellar Lumens Step-By-Step Buying Guide

In this step-by-step guide, let’s take a look at one of the most profitable ways to buy XLM. We will also describe the basic principles for acquiring cryptocurrencies.

1. Assess the Personal Level of Risk

Before buying a coin it is important to know all the risks. This is one of the main aspects of working with cryptocurrency. After you studied all the features of the coin and realized that you are definitely going to buy Stellar, pay attention to the following points:

• Don’t buy it with all your money. Most often, traders trade on a percentage of their deposit (this helps to reduce risks);
• Don’t buy it with your last money. No one knows for sure how the price of the coin will change. It is important to remain calm and hold the coin for a sufficient amount of time;
• Don’t use money you can’t afford to lose.

2. Choose a Crypto Exchange

Now there are many crypto exchanges that provide the opportunity to buy XLM. Each exchange has its own parameters and features. In order not to run into scammers, read user reviews on the Internet. Also, in order to decide on the exchange and not get confused, you can refer to our rating of exchanges for buying Stellar.

3. Create Your Account

Consider purchasing using Binance exchange. This platform ranks first in terms of trading volume, but you can choose any other crypto exchange to buy XLM.

You can see the detailed rating of exchanges on our website.

To buy a coin, you must first register on chosen platform. The process of creating a new account on Binance in the step-by-step instructions below:

1. Open official Binance site;
2. Click on Register in the upper right corner;
   

   

3. Enter e-mail or phone number and password → Create Account;
   

   

4. Follow the further instructions on the site.

Detailed instructions on registration can be found in the full exchange review on our website.

4. Top Up Your Account

Let’s consider process of depositing an account with BUSD stablecoin and then buying XLM with Binance USD. For this you need:

1. Click on Wallet in the top right corner → click on Fiat and Spot;
2. Enter BUSD in the search bar → Deposit;
   

   

3. Select transfer network → copy the address and paste it in the your crypto wallet or scan the qr-code → specify the amount of Binance USD to buy cryptocurrency for → transfer funds;
   

   

4. You have funded your Binance account.

5. Buy Stellar Lumens (XLM)

Buying XLM is not a complicated process. To buy Stellar:

1. Click Trade → select Spot;
   

   

2. Enter XLM/BUSD in the search bar → select this trading pair → specify the order type, for example, Market → enter the amount of BUSD you want to spend on buying → Buy XLM;
   

   

3. Stellar purchase completed.

How to Sell Stellar Lumens?

The process of selling is not much different from buying. To sell Stellar:

1. Click Trade → select Spot;
   

   

2. Enter XLM/BUSD to the search bar → select trading pair → specify order type, for example, Market → specify the amount of coin you want to sell in the sell section → Sell XLM;
   

   

3. You have successfully sold XLM.

How to Store Stellar Lumens (XLM)?

If you do not plan to trade and actively use cryptocurrency, then it is better to store it on “cold” wallets. This is a type of crypto wallets that don’t have a permanent internet connection and better protected. The most popular of these is Ledger, it looks like a flash drive and is widely used by the crypto community.

If you need to trade and use XLM often, it’s best to store your coins on exchange wallet or hot wallets. They are less reliable than cold ones, but allow you to quickly get funds from your accounts and use them. The mobile wallet Trust Wallet and multifunctional Atomic Wallet are well suited for such purposes.

When using hot wallets, remember to use a strong password and enable two-factor authentication. This will help increase the level of security and preserve assets.

Read also: Best crypto wallets.

How to withdraw Stellar Lumens to my wallet?

Let’s have a look at Stellar transaction using the example of withdrawing coins from Binance to TrustWallet. To withdraw XLM, you need:

1. Click Wallet → Fiat and Spot;
2. Type XLM → Withdraw in the search bar;
   

   

3. Find XLM in TrustWallet and click Receive;
   

   

4. Copy the address you have got and paste it on the page of Binance exchange → select transfer network → specify amount of coins to be transferred → confirm the transaction;
   

   

5. You have successfully withdrawed money from Binance to TrustWallet.

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