Don't sell your XLM

The coronavirus epidemic is on everyone’s mind right now — together with the losses in the crypto market. But even though the situation isn’t looking good right now, we are pretty certain that the crisis in the crypto market will pass. The price of XLM will grow again, so don’t sell your coins!

Do you remember what happened in the crypto market when the virus outbreak started in China? Bitcoin price skyrocketed to $10,000. People said that the virus is good for Bitcoin. The idea was that investors would sell their stocks and buy Bitcoin to protect their wealth.

Fast-forward a couple of months, and we’re living in a different world. In the past couple of weeks, Bitcoin lost half of its value. Sure, it happened before, but never so fast and never by so much is USD equivalent. With over $4000 off the price in a week, billions of dollars were wiped out. And it’s not just a big sell-off — some say that institutional investors are offloading their BTC in panic.

Stellar followed suit, unfortunately. The chart has been in the red for days. But does this mean you should sell? No. Here are 3 reasons why the price of Stellar will rise again, and quite soon.

1) Fundamentally crypto isn’t really tied to real-world assets. Analysts proved this using data for the past 10 years, since the era of crypto began. There is no long-term correlation between the price of BTC and other digital currencies and the price of oil. Stocks, gold and so on. What we are seeing now is simply panic, human emotions.

XLM and other coins can react to events in the world for a short while, but they don’t follow the same trends, even in the mid-term. When Bitcoin halving comes in May, it will be more important than the virus.

2) China is reopening for business. As you know, most of global crypto mining is concentrated in China. Of course, Stellar isn’t mined, but it’s sensitive to the market as a whole, and to the price of Bitcoin. And Bitcoin is mined — mostly in China. A couple of months ago we were worried that Chinese mining farms would close, that ASIC chip manufacturers would close etc. But now the epidemic in China is over, companies are reopening, people are starting to go to work. This means that the crypto mining industry is also safe.

3) There will be a boom once the outbreak is over. After each huge crisis, there is explosive growth. It happened after the swine flu in 2009, and it will likely happen this time. Western countries are taking very drastic measures to contain the virus, and these measures are working. So don’t believe people who say that everyone is going to day. The emergency might last several months, but when it’s over, the crypto market will explode in a good way. Stellar has a particularly strong potential for growth, because it was quite cheap even before the epidemic.

What’s the bottom line? Don’t sell your XLM. Keep them in our XLMwallet and simply wait.

Remember that XLMwallet is the best place to store your Stellar, because you can:

- Send XLM to email addresses;

- Launch your own assets and ICOs;

- Easily merge Stellar accounts;

- Open new accounts right inside the wallet;

- Get balance updates on any device;

- Manage multiple accounts…

…and more!

Next time we’ll remind you about the advantages of the wallet in more detail. For now, stay safe, don’t panic and hold on to your crypto!