The Monero Moon (Issue 85)

The Monero Moon (Issue 85)

The Monero Moon is a curated newsletter covering all the latest news within Monero (XMR). We are driven by a compelling need to champion both freed...

Price appreciation is an important signal, but without increased trading volume to support it, a higher Monero price reflects speculation rather than real adoption.

Authorities: Report your Monero balance Me:

🏆 Coin of the Year 2025 Monero Why? Privacy by default. No hype. Just real-world use.

Look at the ecosystem that is emerging here without any government. 👇🏻 Monero.eco $XMR

WhatsApp and Signal are vulnerable to attack through message read receipts. Trackers can identify your device activity, location and patterns.

Security

WhatsApp and Signal: Privacy vulnerable, tracker software available

The WhatsApp and Signal messengers reveal user information through confirmation runtimes. A setting helps.

Current Monero Transactions per day: 28,363

Current Monero street price: 489.76 USD (+14.53%)

Monero Street Price

Shows the Monero street price on RetoSwap (Haveno)

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Bitcoin isn't fungible because its blockchain is public. Companies like Chainalysis trace transaction histories, link addresses to real identities (via CEX), and flag “tainted” coins from crimes. This makes some BTC less acceptable. Monero is fungible. It hides senders, receivers and amounts by default (using ring signatures, stealth addresses, etc.), so no history can be traced. One XMR always equals another.

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