Monero (XMR) Price Hits $166.19 on Major Exchanges

Monero (XMR) traded up 0.9% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on June 27th. In the last week, Monero has traded down 1.5% against the U.S. dollar. Monero has a total market capitalization of $3.07 billion and approximately $32.83 million worth of Monero was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Monero coin can currently be purchased for about $166.19 or 0.00269798 BTC on major exchanges.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• Bitcoin (BTC) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $61,597.83 or 1.00000000 BTC.
• Dogecoin (DOGE) traded up 0.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.12 or 0.00000201 BTC.
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) traded up 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $386.35 or 0.00627213 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $72.28 or 0.00117339 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $5.74 or 0.00009319 BTC.
• Ethereum Classic (ETC) traded 2.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $24.11 or 0.00039138 BTC.
• Arweave (AR) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $26.70 or 0.00043352 BTC.
• Bitcoin SV (BSV) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $45.17 or 0.00073325 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.
• Conflux (CFX) traded up 8.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000273 BTC.

Monero Coin Profile

Monero is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the RandomX hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was April 18th, 2014. Monero’s total supply is 18,446,744 coins. Monero’s official Twitter account is @monero and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Monero is https://reddit.com/r/monero and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official message board for Monero is forum.getmonero.org. The official website for Monero is www.getmonero.org.

According to CryptoCompare, “Monero (XMR) is a decentralized cryptocurrency created in April 2014 by a group of developers led by the pseudonymous developer “thankful_for_today”. It utilizes a combination of ring signatures, ring confidential transactions and stealth addresses to protect sender and receiver privacy, and employs a proof-of-work consensus algorithm to ensure the security of the network. XMR is used as a medium of exchange between individuals and organizations, allowing for fast and secure money transfers over the internet, and can be exchanged for other cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. It is listed on a variety of cryptocurrency exchanges and is accepted by many merchants and services.”

Buying and Selling Monero

It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Monero directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Monero should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Monero using one of the exchanges listed above.

XMR/USD price chart by TradingView