• By XMRadar
SEC Defends Crypto Privacy Tools, XMR -5.79% — TWIM #33
Table of Contents
- Recent News
- Price and Blockchain Statistics
- Facts or Guides
- Merchants
- Notable Projects
- Funding
- Study Time
- Donation and Contact
Recent News
- SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce defended privacy-enhancing technologies at Georgetown Law, arguing financial privacy “does not conflict with national security objectives” — a direct contrast with EU proposals to restrict privacy coins by 2027. Source
- The EU’s 20th sanctions package bans all Russian and Belarusian crypto providers, with the digital ruble sanctioned before it even launched. Source
- Community members documented a wave of Monero ecosystem vulnerabilities following the Haveno protocol exploit, attributing the spike partly to advances in commercial LLMs. Source
- XMR.Bar announced the launch of XMR.WIN, a Monero-native prediction market, on Monerotopia episode 264. Source
- A developer shared a follow-up test of a self-custody Monero payments system, addressing community feedback about the previous centralized approach. Source
- A user in Houston paid at a restaurant with XMR in person, reporting instant confirmation on the merchant’s tablet. Source
- MoneroKon 6 takes place June 5–7 in Warsaw, Poland — CypherGoat is speaking on June 6 with a talk titled “Liquidity Fragmentation in Non-Custodial XMR Markets”. If you’re attending, we’ll also be running a scavenger hunt with XMR and swag up for grabs. Details Hunt Details
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $6.73 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,823,793 XMR |
| Price | $357.79, -5.79% in 7 days |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 19 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,686,828 |
| Block Reward | 0.6020 ($215.40) |
| Inflation | 0.84% |
| Hashrate | 5.52 Ghash/s |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 3.4 |
Technical Analysis
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 47.2 | Neutral |
| MACD | Bearish | Caution |
| 20-EMA vs 50-EMA | 370.70 vs 373.45 | Downtrend |
| Bollinger Bands | Price Near upper band | Caution |
Chart Pattern
No clear pattern detected.
Support around 353.57; next resistance near 418.17.
Outlook
Momentum: bearish. Short-term trend: downtrend. As long as XMR stays above 353.57, setup favors bulls. A close below 346.50 would weaken the setup.
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
Parallel Polis Reborn: Freeing the Market through Decentralized Technologies
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, XMR.directory, and the official website’s ‘merchants’ page.
Notable Projects
mone.so - free Monero toolkit with live price, fee calculator, and no-KYC buying guide
Funding
Ideas:
- selsta full-time monero development (3 months) (21)
- SyntheticBird Cuprate Address Book, Reproducible Build and Supply Chain Security (3 months)
- Cuprate Consensus-Rule Differential Fuzzing
- ANONERO Continued Development
- ProbeLab P2P Network Metrics Proposal
- CCS Frontend Redesign
Funding Required:
Study Time
Monerotopia EPI 264 — XMR.Bar announces XMR.WIN prediction market, price report & news
Swap XMR
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