Monero's FCMP++ plan marks an October 18 milestone: What it means for Monero price

Published on 10/28/2026 at 07:09 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

FCMP++ added a cryptographic library on October 18, 2026. Monero price is 593.08 USD on October 28, 2026, down 2.11 percent.

Privacy upgrade and network data

Development work on Monero advanced on October 18, 2026, with the addition of the mx25519 cryptographic library.
Four mining pools supplied 75 percent of network computing power on October 26, 2026.
The Monero price stands at 593.08 USD as of October 28, 2026, 2.11 percent below the UTC daily close of October 27, 2026.
The network recorded 29,739 transactions on October 27, 2026, against a 30-day average of 28,508.

Monero, XCCRYPTOXMR7, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

Monero (XMR) development advanced on October 18, 2026, when the mx25519 cryptographic library entered the project's main development branch, according to Cryptonews. The Monero price is 593.08 USD as of October 28, 2026, down 2.11 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 27, 2026; market capitalization is 11.17 billion USD, according to Investing.com.

FCMP++ advances with the October 18 code change

The FCMP++ project is a planned privacy upgrade for Monero. It is designed to broaden the group of eligible outputs used to conceal a transaction's spending source. The mx25519 change creates a prerequisite for the Carrot component, while proposed consensus changes and security reviews remain part of the development work, Cryptonews reported on October 23, 2026.

Consensus rules determine which transactions the network accepts. For FCMP++, the review process covers the new cryptographic proofs and their integration into those rules. A beta stressnet, a separate test network used to check software under load, is also part of the work described in the October 23 report by Cryptonews.

October 26 hashrate reaches 7.17 GH/s

Monero's estimated hashrate, the computing power securing the network, stood at 7.17 gigahashes per second on October 26, 2026, according to EconoTimes. The reading was 4.9 percent below a 7.54 GH/s peak recorded on January 16, 2026, in the CoinWarz data cited by the report. A separate October 27 report by TokenPost said the four largest mining pools supplied 75 percent of the network's computing power.

Network activity also reached 29,739 transactions on October 27, 2026, while the 30-day average was 28,508, according to XMRList. The transaction count covers confirmed transactions in blocks and excludes the miner reward.

XMR market data on October 28, 2026

Monero trades at 593.08 USD as of October 28, 2026, down 2.11 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 27, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 595.00 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 562.36 USD. Market capitalization is 11.17 billion USD, ranking Monero 12th, while 24-hour volume is 105.87 million USD. Circulating supply is 18.82 million XMR.