This Week In Monero #23: 5 Feb 2026 - 12 Feb 2026
Table of Contents
- Recent News
- Price and Blockchain Statistics
- Facts or Guides
- Merchants
- Notable Projects
- Funding
- Meme of the Week
- Study Time
- Donation and Contact
Recent News
- Version v1.6 of the FCMP++ & Carrot alpha stressnet has been released. It includes internal improvements. Release
- Version v1.0.7 of the Skylight Wallet has been released by MAGIC Grants. It includes various bug fixes and improvements. Release
- Monerujo has released a public pre-beta of version v1.15.8, with major UX improvements. It is available at soon.monerujo.app, and will be available on official beta channel in the coming weeks.
- ajs has scheduled a MoneroKon 2027 planning meeting for February 21, 2026 at 1700 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monerokon channel.
- The next Cuprate meeting has been scheduled for February 17, 2026 at 1800 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #cuprate channel.
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $6.13 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,712,360 XMR |
| Price | $327.63, 7.64% in 7 days |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,608,662 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.01377 ($200.89) |
| Inflation | 0.85% |
| Hashrate | 5.39 Ghash/s -4.49% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 7.1% |
Price Chart
Technical Analysis
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 43.9 | Neutral |
| MACD | Bearish | Caution |
| 20-EMA vs 50-EMA | 427.39 vs 381.25 | Uptrend |
| Bollinger Bands | Price Middle | Stable |
Chart Pattern
No clear pattern detected.
Support around 279.95; next resistance near 796.09.
Outlook
Momentum: bearish. Short-term trend: uptrend. As long as XMR stays above 279.95, setup favors bulls. A close below 274.35 would weaken the setup.
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
Install Monero, P2Pool and XMRig (Linux)
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, XMR.directory, and the official website’s ‘merchants’ page.
Notable Projects
Pay-as-you-go (with Monero) residential, datacenter, and mobile proxies
Funding
Ideas:
- hinto-janai full-time work (3 months)
- Homomorphic Dex infrastructure to increase privacy against cross-domain metadata-correlation attacks
- CCS Frontend Redesign & Backend Upgrade
- Monero News Apps and Monero Magazine: Build a Community Media Platform for Monero
- Open-source Monero browser extension wallet
- 39C3 Support
Funding Required:
None.
Meme of the Week
Study Time
The Privacy Coin Surge: How Monero, Zcash, and Others Are Competing — w/ Diego Salazar
Donation and Contact
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Contact Me
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