FCMP++ milestone on October 23, 2026: What it means for the Monero price

Published on 10/25/2026 at 13:04 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

A cryptographic library entered Monero's development branch on October 18. The Monero price is 593.08 USD as of October 25, 2026, down 2.11 percent.

Privacy work advances

Monero developers merged the mx25519 component on October 18, 2026, as FCMP++ work progressed.
XMRList counted 27,189 transactions and 6.33 GH/s of hashrate on October 23, 2026.
The Monero price stands at 593.08 USD as of October 25, 2026, 2.11 percent below the UTC daily close of October 24, 2026.
A maintenance release numbered 0.18.5.4 addressed DNSSEC, checkpoints and block lists on October 16, 2026.

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Monero (XMR) advanced its FCMP++ privacy upgrade on October 23, 2026, with the mx25519 integration already merged on October 18, 2026. The Monero price is 593.08 USD as of October 25, 2026, down 2.11 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 24, 2026, according to Investing.com.

FCMP++ adds a development milestone

A report dated October 23, 2026, said a required cryptography library had entered Monero's development branch, while proposed changes for integrating the new transaction system into the network rules remained under review. CryptoNews reported that the work also includes security reviews and audit preparation.

The report described FCMP++ as a planned privacy upgrade rather than an activated mainnet change. It said a separate beta stressnet was being used to test the software under load, and that the development update did not name a binding activation date. The network rules determine which transactions Monero accepts, so the proposed code still requires review before deployment.

27,189 transactions marked October 23

Monero recorded 27,189 transactions on October 23, 2026, against a 30-day average of 28,234 transactions per day, according to XMRList. The same data set showed a network hashrate of 6.33 GH/s on the last full day. Hashrate measures the combined computing power used by miners to secure the network.

A separate October 18, 2026 assessment from CryptoTicker described version 0.18.5.4 as a maintenance release and said FCMP++ had been tested on test networks. The report also cited July 10, 2027, as the application date for an anonymized-asset provision in European Union anti-money-laundering rules.

XMR trades at 593.08 USD

Monero trades at 593.08 USD as of October 25, 2026, down 2.11 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 24, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 595.00 USD and the daily low 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.