The price of Stellar Lumens (XLM) shot up 60% in the past 24 hours and crossed the $0.2 mark for the first time since Sept. 2018. The “stellar” price action followed an announcement by the project’s developers that a new version of the Stellar public network protocol had been implemented by validators.
The Protocol 15 upgrade was voted into effect at 4:00 pm UTC on Nov. 23 and introduces two new features that aim to reduce the level of complexity presented to users of Stellar network-based apps and services.