Monero's October 16, 2026 update fixes two bugs: What it means for the Monero price

Published on 10/23/2026 at 07:07 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Monero processed 32,523 transactions on October 21, 2026. The Monero price is 644.86 USD as of October 23, 2026, up 11.23 percent.

Protocol maintenance and network activity

Maintainers released Monero software version 0.18.5.4 on October 16, 2026, with two listed bug fixes.
The network recorded 32,523 transactions on October 21, 2026, while its daily average was 28,244 transactions.
The Monero price stands at 644.86 USD as of October 23, 2026, 11.23 percent above the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026.
THORChain described remaining XMR integration work as part of version 3.21.1 on October 15, 2026.

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Monero (XMR) released software version 0.18.5.4 on October 16, 2026, fixing two issues in the network software. The Monero price is 644.86 USD as of October 23, 2026, up 11.23 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026.

Version 0.18.5.4 fixes two network issues

The October 16 release is a minor maintenance update, according to Monero. Its listed changes include a fix for DNSSEC validation used for checkpoints, blocklists and update checks, plus the restoration of string-to-integer conversion in JSON requests. DNSSEC is a system for checking that internet domain records are authentic. The project said the JSON conversion will be removed in version 0.19 as a breaking change.

The update is a software maintenance event rather than a scheduled change to XMR issuance. The release page also lists downloadable binaries for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and FreeBSD, with verification hashes for the files.

Network activity reached 32,523 transactions

Monero recorded 32,523 transactions on October 21, 2026, against a 30-day average of 28,244, according to XMRList. A transaction is a recorded transfer on the network. The same source reported a daily average hashrate of 6.32 gigahashes per second on the latest full day; hashrate measures the computing power used to secure a proof-of-work network.

THORChain's October 15 update said its version 3.21 release was near completion and that Monero-related changes were being prepared, with some remaining work potentially moving to version 3.21.1, according to THORChain. That statement concerns integration development and does not establish a mainnet activation date.

XMR market data on October 23, 2026

According to Investing.com, Monero trades at 644.86 USD as of October 23, 2026. The price is 11.23 percent above the UTC daily close of October 22, 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. Circulating supply is 18.82 million XMR.