Stellar and XRP Surge 20% While Bitcoin and Ethereum Stagnate US crypto entrepreneur Jed McCaleb is behind two pumping projects today. Stellar (XLM) has surged by 20% overnight to reach 63 cents a coin. The last time XLM crossed 60 cents was, very briefly, back on February 13, but for the three years prior its price has stayed below 50 cents. In fact, the last time XLM traded above 50 cents was back around the time it reached its all-time high of 93 cents back in January 2018. Stellar co-founder and CTO Jed McCaleb is surely doubly happy this morning. XRP, the coin of the other project the American crypto entrepreneur founded and was CTO of, payments company Ripple, has also surged 20%. At the time of writing, XRP is valued at $1.42. McCaleb has billions of dollars of XRP holdings and, per an agreement with Ripple, can sell them periodically.