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Monero rallies back toward all-time highs, overtaking Zcash in market cap
Monero (XMR) climbed back toward its all-time high levels this week, reclaiming the top spot among privacy-focused cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. XMR was trading near $460 on Thursday, not far from the roughly $490 level reached briefly in late December, extending a steady multi-week advance, reports The Block. The rally has quietly outperformed much of the broader privacy-coin segment, which has shown mixed performance since the end of 2025. Earlier last year, Monero had faded from the spotlight as traders rotated aggressively into Zcash, which became the preferred privacy trade during the ... (full story)
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