Genuinely curious whether XLM is still worth picking up at current prices. I've been keeping an eye on it for a while and feel like now might be a decent entry point but before I go down that road I want to make sure I have a sensible way to actually buy it. Most of the platforms I've used before either dropped XLM support or charge fees that eat into any potential upside before you've even started. What are people using these days for a clean card purchase?

Interest hasn't dried up at all from what I can tell, still a solid pick for cross-border stuff. For buying I've been going through https://paybis.com/buy-stellar-lumens/ — card payment straight to your wallet, no exchange account sitting in the middle. They're also properly regulated now, MiCA and PSD2 licensed, which came up in this Facebook post with the full breakdown. Honestly that was the thing that made me stick with them over other options, especially for anything beyond a small test purchase. Fees show up before you confirm so no guessing involved.