Monero Weekly: Oct 2–9 — XMR ~$523 (−2.3% WoW); v0.18.5.3; THORWallet native XMR; FCMP++ safeguards
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2026 8:43 pm
Price — CoinGecko (9 Oct 2026): XMR ≈ $522 (−2.3% 7d; −1.1% 24h). Intraweek CoinGecko chart range ≈ $521–$570 (soft Friday after an early-week push that peaked near ~$570 around 7 Oct). Market cap ≈ $9.82B; 24h volume ≈ $132M. API: https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/monero — page: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero
Network health — Block headers via explorer.monero.com / moneroblocks.info: height 3,780,523; difficulty 747,154,733,153 (−0.90% WoW vs 753,914,909,999 at height 3,775,483 ≈ 2 Oct 15:41 CT); implied hashrate ≈ 6.23 GH/s (−0.90% WoW vs ≈ 6.28 GH/s). Sources: https://explorer.monero.com — https://moneroblocks.info
Exchange / market access — No major CEX listing or delisting of XMR this week. Wallet/ecosystem access: THORWallet added native Monero send/receive (multi-account from one seed, optional custom node; keys/balances computed on-device). THORChain native XMR cross-chain swaps remain in testing/audit and are not live yet (BeInCrypto advertorial, 5 Oct 2026). https://beincrypto.com/thorwallet-integ ... r-support/ — https://www.thorwallet.org/
Protocol / releases — 6 Oct 2026: Monero CLI and GUI v0.18.5.3 “Fluorine Fermi” released (highly recommended point release). Highlights: P2P stall fixes, restore tx relay after restart, restricted-RPC privacy hardening, remote-node wallet hardening, RandomX → v1.2.3, multisig/cold-signing fixes; 17 contributors / 182 commits. Official: https://www.getmonero.org/2026/10/06/mo ... eased.html — GUI: https://www.getmonero.org/2026/10/06/mo ... eased.html — GitHub: https://github.com/monero-project/moner ... /v0.18.5.3
FCMP++ — This week’s integration discussion: inflation safeguards in open integration PRs; review (including AI-assisted) flagged issues; tree building stays gated on master (compiler-flag preference) until the FCMP++ library is treated as final — not a mainnet activation. Community summary: https://x.com/MoneroResearchL/status/21 ... 4582847525
CCS — Merged: vtnerd Q3 Part 1 completed (MR !702, 7 Oct) https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-proje ... quests/702 ; anon full-time on daemon & FCMP (!621) https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-proje ... quests/621. Opened: j-berman part-time 3 months (FCMP++ stressnet / audits / upstream merge prep) (!706, 7 Oct) https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-proje ... quests/706. Also updated/open in-window: Jackie part-time (!703), Gingeropolous Monerosim (!705), acx Monfluo 2026Q4 (!704), SlowBearDigger Integrations pt. 3 (!700). Index: https://ccs.getmonero.org/
Bottom line — Point-release week: v0.18.5.3 shipped. Price soft (−2.3% CoinGecko 7d) after a midweek spike toward ~$570; network difficulty/hashrate roughly flat (−0.9% WoW). No CEX list/delist; THORWallet adds native XMR wallet rails while THORChain swaps wait on audit. FCMP++ integration continues with explicit gating around inflation safeguards.
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Network health — Block headers via explorer.monero.com / moneroblocks.info: height 3,780,523; difficulty 747,154,733,153 (−0.90% WoW vs 753,914,909,999 at height 3,775,483 ≈ 2 Oct 15:41 CT); implied hashrate ≈ 6.23 GH/s (−0.90% WoW vs ≈ 6.28 GH/s). Sources: https://explorer.monero.com — https://moneroblocks.info
Exchange / market access — No major CEX listing or delisting of XMR this week. Wallet/ecosystem access: THORWallet added native Monero send/receive (multi-account from one seed, optional custom node; keys/balances computed on-device). THORChain native XMR cross-chain swaps remain in testing/audit and are not live yet (BeInCrypto advertorial, 5 Oct 2026). https://beincrypto.com/thorwallet-integ ... r-support/ — https://www.thorwallet.org/
Protocol / releases — 6 Oct 2026: Monero CLI and GUI v0.18.5.3 “Fluorine Fermi” released (highly recommended point release). Highlights: P2P stall fixes, restore tx relay after restart, restricted-RPC privacy hardening, remote-node wallet hardening, RandomX → v1.2.3, multisig/cold-signing fixes; 17 contributors / 182 commits. Official: https://www.getmonero.org/2026/10/06/mo ... eased.html — GUI: https://www.getmonero.org/2026/10/06/mo ... eased.html — GitHub: https://github.com/monero-project/moner ... /v0.18.5.3
FCMP++ — This week’s integration discussion: inflation safeguards in open integration PRs; review (including AI-assisted) flagged issues; tree building stays gated on master (compiler-flag preference) until the FCMP++ library is treated as final — not a mainnet activation. Community summary: https://x.com/MoneroResearchL/status/21 ... 4582847525
CCS — Merged: vtnerd Q3 Part 1 completed (MR !702, 7 Oct) https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-proje ... quests/702 ; anon full-time on daemon & FCMP (!621) https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-proje ... quests/621. Opened: j-berman part-time 3 months (FCMP++ stressnet / audits / upstream merge prep) (!706, 7 Oct) https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-proje ... quests/706. Also updated/open in-window: Jackie part-time (!703), Gingeropolous Monerosim (!705), acx Monfluo 2026Q4 (!704), SlowBearDigger Integrations pt. 3 (!700). Index: https://ccs.getmonero.org/
Bottom line — Point-release week: v0.18.5.3 shipped. Price soft (−2.3% CoinGecko 7d) after a midweek spike toward ~$570; network difficulty/hashrate roughly flat (−0.9% WoW). No CEX list/delist; THORWallet adds native XMR wallet rails while THORChain swaps wait on audit. FCMP++ integration continues with explicit gating around inflation safeguards.
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