Privacy coins have made their move, while the broader market is still pretending to sleep
At the 10-18 UTC close, XMR was at $598.12 (+4.2%), the biggest gainer among the top 30 coins.
That same day, BTC was up 0.8% and ETH 0.5%, while the median gain across the top 50 coins was only +0.4%.
XMR even touched $608 intraday, shooting straight up from around $570 in a single day.
There was no announcement, no upgrade, and no exchange listing this time—just pure sector rotation.
Money is spilling out of major coins that have stalled, and privacy coins are the first stop for this initial wave.
24-hour trading volume rose 37.66% to about $132 million—a genuine move driven by buying.
Veteran trader Peter Brandt singled out XMR earlier this month as one of his favorite technical setups.
Another detail: Monero just rolled out the 0.18.5.4 network update (DNSSEC hardening).
THORChain has also enabled cross-chain swaps, making it possible to swap for XMR without a centralized exchange.
Privacy coins being delisted for compliance reasons has instead tightened the circulating supply on exchanges.
On one side, institutions are tallying ETF outflows; on the other, retail traders are watching privacy-coin trading volumes.
Have you started keeping an eye on this privacy-coin rally?
Personal opinion only; not investment advice.
#隐私币轮动 $XMR
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Data sources (all retrieved on 10-18/10-19): coinpaper (10-18: XMR rose about 6%, surging from around $570 to an intraday high of about $608 and moving above $600; Peter Brandt was bullish on XMR earlier this month, calling its technical setup one of his favorites); basisdesk.news Crypto Market Close (10-18 UTC close: XMR at $598.12, up 4.2%, the top gainer among the top 30; BTC at $81,989, up 0.8%; ETH at $2,408, up 0.5%; among the top 50 assets, 31 rose and 11 fell, with a median gain of +0.4%); en.coinotag.com (10-18: XMR at $583.64, up 5.65% over 24 hours, with 24-hour trading volume up 37.66% to about $132.46 million; BTC was up just 0.44% over the same period); tradersunion.com (10-18: Monero 0.18.5.4 network update, DNSSEC fixes and protocol hardening; privacy-coin delistings on exchanges are tightening liquidity; THORChain integration enables cross-chain swaps without a centralized exchange, while inflows to private wallets are tightening supply). $XMR corresponds exactly to the content (one per article). The topic differs from the main account's post today, 10-19, about $ARIA (a small-cap coin pumping on the gainers' list, short punchy style, opening contrast: “The broader market is pretending to sleep while small caps go absolutely wild,” ending with an opinionated line), as this article focuses on privacy-coin sector rotation. It also does not overlap with today's posts from account two about $Q and JUST. No competing exchange names.
At the 10-18 UTC close, XMR was at $598.12 (+4.2%), the biggest gainer among the top 30 coins.
That same day, BTC was up 0.8% and ETH 0.5%, while the median gain across the top 50 coins was only +0.4%.
XMR even touched $608 intraday, shooting straight up from around $570 in a single day.
There was no announcement, no upgrade, and no exchange listing this time—just pure sector rotation.
Money is spilling out of major coins that have stalled, and privacy coins are the first stop for this initial wave.
24-hour trading volume rose 37.66% to about $132 million—a genuine move driven by buying.
Veteran trader Peter Brandt singled out XMR earlier this month as one of his favorite technical setups.
Another detail: Monero just rolled out the 0.18.5.4 network update (DNSSEC hardening).
THORChain has also enabled cross-chain swaps, making it possible to swap for XMR without a centralized exchange.
Privacy coins being delisted for compliance reasons has instead tightened the circulating supply on exchanges.
On one side, institutions are tallying ETF outflows; on the other, retail traders are watching privacy-coin trading volumes.
Have you started keeping an eye on this privacy-coin rally?
Personal opinion only; not investment advice.
#隐私币轮动 $XMR
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Data sources (all retrieved on 10-18/10-19): coinpaper (10-18: XMR rose about 6%, surging from around $570 to an intraday high of about $608 and moving above $600; Peter Brandt was bullish on XMR earlier this month, calling its technical setup one of his favorites); basisdesk.news Crypto Market Close (10-18 UTC close: XMR at $598.12, up 4.2%, the top gainer among the top 30; BTC at $81,989, up 0.8%; ETH at $2,408, up 0.5%; among the top 50 assets, 31 rose and 11 fell, with a median gain of +0.4%); en.coinotag.com (10-18: XMR at $583.64, up 5.65% over 24 hours, with 24-hour trading volume up 37.66% to about $132.46 million; BTC was up just 0.44% over the same period); tradersunion.com (10-18: Monero 0.18.5.4 network update, DNSSEC fixes and protocol hardening; privacy-coin delistings on exchanges are tightening liquidity; THORChain integration enables cross-chain swaps without a centralized exchange, while inflows to private wallets are tightening supply). $XMR corresponds exactly to the content (one per article). The topic differs from the main account's post today, 10-19, about $ARIA (a small-cap coin pumping on the gainers' list, short punchy style, opening contrast: “The broader market is pretending to sleep while small caps go absolutely wild,” ending with an opinionated line), as this article focuses on privacy-coin sector rotation. It also does not overlap with today's posts from account two about $Q and JUST. No competing exchange names.