Monero news

A suspected laundering run pushed part of a $120.2 million USDT haul into Monero (XMR), pumping the privacy coin 27%. The buyer hid its identity but broadcast its activity on every price chart.

TRM Labs says Monero usage remains above pre-2022 levels as darknet markets shift toward XMR, while unusual node behavior may offer investigators network-level clues.

The XMR price climbed nearly 10% on Tuesday following the release of a new report by TRM Labs highlighting Monero's resilience and growing adoption in privacy-focused markets despite delistings from major exchanges.

Upcoming tax changes could complicate crypto reporting for millions of investors in 2025. Laura Walter: Using privacy coins complicates tax audits, 2025 will be a challenging year for crypto reporting, and the IRS's new wallet-by-wallet method reduces tax flexibility | Unchained.

ZachXBT reveals a $282M Bitcoin and Litecoin theft that triggered heavy Monero inflows and a sharp XMR price surge. ZachXBT uncovers $282M BTC and LTC theft laundered through Monero.

Monero (XMR) reached a new all-time high above $797 on Wednesday, capping a week-long rally of over 50% and pushing its market value past $13 billion. The surge was driven by rising demand for financial privacy as global regulators tighten KYC and anti-money-laundering rules, prompting investors to buy privacy-focused assets before access becomes more limited. Monero also gained from capital rotating out of Zcash after governance disputes and the departure of its core team, and from technical breakouts above key resistance levels. US policy debates, including the Senate's CLARITY Act rewrite expanding surveillance, further boosted the privacy narrative. While short-term pullbacks are possible near $700, the trend remains upward as government oversight increases.

Tightening KYC regulations and growing scrutiny on the digital economy are triggering more investor demand for privacy-preserving digital assets like Monero.

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) has surged approximately 20% over the past week, climbing from $352 on November 3 to a temporary high of $433.

The privacy coin's rally comes as experts point to tightening 2026 regulations and a flight to privacy assets during the broader market sell-off.

Monero has released the 'Fluorine Fermi' upgrade (CLI v0.18.4.3) to bolster user privacy against spy nodes in its peer-to-peer network. The update improves the peer selection algorithm to reduce connections to nodes within the same IP subnet and discourages links to suspicious IP clusters, mitigating monitoring risks highlighted in a September research paper. The privacy-focused blockchain uses stealth addresses, ring signatures, and RingCT to hide transaction details. Following the announcement, Monero's XMR token briefly rose to a three-week high of $347 before settling around $340.