Monero price rises 11.23 percent to 644.86 USD on October 24, 2026

Published on 10/24/2026 at 13:12 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The October 16, 2026 release fixed DNSSEC and JSON issues on the network. Monero price logged 18.06 percent over seven days.

Privacy software and regulation

Monero released version 0.18.5.4 on October 16, 2026, with fixes for DNSSEC and JSON request handling.
FinCEN withdrew 2 proposed digital-asset rules on October 5, 2026.
The Monero price stands at 644.86 USD as of October 24, 2026, 11.23 percent above the UTC daily close of October 23, 2026.
Investing.com places XMR at rank 12 with a 12.30 billion USD market capitalization.

Monero, XCCRYPTOXMR7, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

Monero (XMR) rises 11.23 percent to 644.86 USD as of October 24, 2026, compared with the UTC daily close of October 23, 2026. The move comes alongside a software release dated October 16, 2026, when the project published maintenance updates for its core software and graphical wallet.

Release 0.18.5.4 changed two interfaces

According to Monero, version 0.18.5.4 was a minor release with bug fixes. It corrected DNSSEC validation for checkpoints, blocklists and update checks, while also restoring string-to-integer conversion in JSON requests sent through the remote procedure call interface. DNSSEC is a system for validating domain-name information, while a remote procedure call interface lets software communicate with a node.

A separate graphical-wallet release on October 16, 2026 restored the reopening of testnet and stagenet wallets, according to Monero. Testnet and stagenet are environments used to test network software before changes reach the main network. The release notes describe the update as maintenance software rather than a mainnet protocol activation.

FinCEN withdrew two proposals on October 5, 2026

Regulatory context changed on October 5, 2026, when the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network withdrew two proposed rules covering convertible virtual currencies. According to FinCEN, one proposal concerned recordkeeping, verification and reporting for certain transactions involving unhosted wallets, while the other addressed cryptocurrency mixing. The agency said it withdrew both proposals after considering public comments and as part of a broader deregulatory agenda.

The Monero price is 644.86 USD as of October 24, 2026, according to Investing.com. XMR is 11.23 percent above the UTC daily close of October 23, 2026, with a daily high of 656.74 USD and a daily low of 605.42 USD for the UTC day. Investing.com lists market capitalization at 12.30 billion USD, rank 12, and 24-hour volume at 274.31 million USD. The circulating supply is 18.82 million XMR. Investing.com also shows a 7-day change of 18.06 percent.