$XMR Catalyst Posts
January 17, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $XMR Profile · Market Rankings
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87 source posts analyzed· 2026-01-17T05:03:13+00:00the most ideal way to wash $282M worth of XMR: purchase a mexican gas station owned by the cartel
· 2026-01-17T13:04:14+00:00$XMR beats $SOL in volume on Hyperliquid. Only a measly $2M away from ETH to take over the ranking as #3 biggest spot asset on Hyperliquid.
· 2026-01-17T14:23:18+00:00Everyone knows $XMR and $ZEC, but I want to know about the next gen of privacy coins. Who’s building the most robust privacy layers right now? I'm looking for proper anonymity (not just mixers), actual usability and full censorship resistance.
· 2026-01-17T02:45:15+00:00According to @zachxbt , a victim lost over $282M worth of $LTC and $BTC in a hardware-wallet social engineering scam. The attacker swapped part of the $LTC and $BTC into $XMR, triggering a sharp spike in $XMR's price. The attacker also used #THORChain to swap 818 $BTC($78M) into
· 2026-01-17T13:35:00+00:00Someone lost $282,000,000 in $BTC and $LTC to a social engineering scam. The attacker swapped a part of BTC and LTC into $XMR, causing a massive rally.
· 2026-01-17T15:45:00+00:00STOLEN $282M IN BTC & LTC TRIGGERED XMR SPIKE On Jan 10, 2026, a victim lost about $282 MILLION in $BTC and $LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering attack. The funds were quickly swapped into Monero via instant exchanges, draining liquidity and spiking $XMR.
· 2026-01-17T14:50:49+00:0095%+ of this volume is fake/wash by Cow himself. Do not hold XMR on HL; if you buy it from this guy, make sure to withdraw it. Exercise caution until everything is verifiable and trustless on chain. Many malicious actors are looking to extract from or cause damage to HL, it
· 2026-01-17T19:56:27+00:00He already knew it since 2017... $ZEC $XMR $XVG Crypto is privacy
· 2026-01-17T10:42:00+00:00Random question… Would you spend a year on a deserted island with just a knife for 2 $BTC, 8 $ETH and 50 $XMR?
· 2026-01-17T13:50:10+00:00Looking to long $XMR. I like this setup a lot, I'd still have to see how price gets there but I would be looking to bid from $580 to $560. DCA on that range and a thight stop lower.
· 2026-01-17T17:08:00+00:00You are given $50,000 to invest and lock for the whole 2026. What's your pick? A) $ZEC + $XMR + $DASH B) $BTC I read you
· 2026-01-17T05:22:38+00:00gm gm frens another reminder to stay sharp!! as per @zachxbt a single victim lost more than $282M in $BTC and $LTC after falling for a hardware wallet social engineering attack some of the funds were swapped into $XMR which briefly moved the market attacker also used
· 2026-01-17T11:30:00+00:00hacker dumping $280M into xmr instead of zec tells you everything you need to know about what real privacy looks like, lol
· 2026-01-17T03:38:57+00:00$282,000,000 in crypto STOLEN Last week a hacker stole stole $282M+ of $BTC & $LTC via a hardware wallet social engineering scam & converted it all into Monero The $XMR price nearly doubled after the incident as Monero went from $450 -> $800 in a couple days
· 2026-01-17T03:31:05+00:00Coming in HOT A few tokens to watch this week ... $DASH $XMR $RIVER
· 2026-01-17T00:50:14+00:00Top Crypto Gainers of the Week (Jan 9–16) Despite a selective market, only 10 coins from the top-100 posted gains above 10% this week. Capital stayed concentrated - but a few standouts surged hard Top 5 Weekly Performers: • $DASH +130% • $XMR +55% • $ICP +35% •
· 2026-01-17T16:57:02+00:00Are there any others that have the potential to be next $XMR or $ZEC or possibly even better?
· 2026-01-17T09:04:04+00:00top 10 best performing coins in 2025 were: $MYX, $ZEC, $XMR, $OKB, $BCH, $WFI, $XRP, $TRX, $ETH, $BNB for 2026 im doubling down on $ETH reaching new highs which one do you think is gonna outperform in 2026?
· 2026-01-17T00:28:21+00:00I just sleep better knowing my seed phrase has an additional passphrase. That’s why we added the passphrase feature for every coin in @cakewallet including BTC XMR ZEC LTC ETH and others.
· 2026-01-17T11:23:17+00:00Lolz #ltc #xmr
· 2026-01-17T17:32:21+00:00No wonder $LTC dropped and $XMR pumped.
· 2026-01-17T02:30:24+00:00Monero hits new all-time high — is it related to the cryptocurrency theft incident? Some view that the EU's strengthened regulations are contributing to the increase in demand
· 2026-01-17T22:12:24+00:00I sold the XMR I bought at 313 dollars at a nice spot at 717. Patience to those who entered from the top.
· 2026-01-17T21:34:23+00:00Monero Stalls Post-ATH: How a $282M Social Engineering Scam Fueled XMR’s Rally
· 2026-01-17T12:57:35+00:00This guy works at @Trezor and is one of the reasons why $XMR isn’t on suite They should fire this guy.
· 2026-01-17T20:35:29+00:00Trezor is the worst user experience for Monero ever. 1. You create a seed phrase on device 2. Go to Monero GUI 3. Click you’ve used your Trezor before 4. Success you’re now in and can send and receive 5. Loose access to your Trezor? GG. No way to import your 24 words into
· 2026-01-17T00:27:58+00:00Monero is in price discovery after 7 years of sideways action. $530 previous ATH is broken We’ve ranged from $802 to $615 for 5 days and currently -23% down from the recent high. Remember, 30% pullbacks are normal in crypto bull markets. If $XMR wicks below $600, I don’t
· 2026-01-17T20:55:39+00:00Next 2 weeks: Bitcoin above $100K ETH above $3.6K XMR above $900
· 2026-01-17T22:51:48+00:00Buying the dips for $XMR hasn't disappointed me yet. Seems like a good time to stack more.
· 2026-01-17T13:30:00+00:00Stay feral, use Monero
· 2026-01-17T03:14:14+00:00I have started to add back in what i trimmed off Next target $900 $XMR
· 2026-01-17T12:02:47+00:00$XMR to $1,000 in the next 8 days.
· 2026-01-17T18:01:50+00:00ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering scam; XMR jumped as the attacker began converting the funds to Monero ( @danielgkuhn / The Block) theblock.co/post/386014/mo … techmeme.com/260117/p11#a26 … Send tips! techmeme.com/contact
· 2026-01-17T12:29:00+00:00$XMR / $USD - Update $585 is what i am looking for to tap before we get a good potential for a short term reversal.
· 2026-01-17T12:09:09+00:00Get this out of the way - I'm not anti-XMR at all. But the fact that Monero is constantly in the headlines for being involved in bad or shady stuff isn't the flex the maxis think it is. On multiple levels.
· 2026-01-17T15:15:32+00:00Criminals use cash for drugs and ransom too, does that make dollars 'criminal money'? Hackers swapping into Monero doesn't taint the coin; it proves its privacy works exactly as designed. True financial freedom means tools for everyone, not just the 'approved' ones. — $XMR —
· 2026-01-17T08:09:15+00:00Monero recent pump wasnt organic at all. Hackers timed it perfectly with TA (inv H&S), bought $282 Mil in $XMR and price surged followed by retail FOMO. Hackers stop buying, retail gets this news and the dump began. No fundamentals. No breakthrough. Back to building Zcash
· 2026-01-17T16:59:38+00:00$XMR / Monero Consolidation still underway. Bulls and bears in equilibrium within this $610–$620 range for the last 24 hours. If price loses this local support zone, it's almost certain to visit the $575–$590 area to sweep more liquidity before deciding on the next move. The
· 2026-01-17T21:46:50+00:00The 13th winner of the remaining 16 of my 0.05 XMR giveaway is @A_Jason_Henson Congrats! 2 more to go! Get your zcash wallets in @cakewallet ready for the zcash giveaway! It’s going to be a big one!
· 2026-01-17T19:54:52+00:00$XMR is down -23% from its high We could see a drop towards $594 for an S/R retest despite it starting to hold the current level
· 2026-01-17T21:18:14+00:00Another reason to use @cakewallet for zcash or XMR or BTC or anything over any other wallet is the feature of batching of multiple send transactions! See pic below on how to do it! Cake is just a better wallet!
· 2026-01-17T13:13:05+00:00Don't just look at Monero. On the privacy and such talk, $FHE rose about 4x from the bottom in 2-3 days. @mindnetwork_xyz
· 2026-01-17T07:46:44+00:00for the past 9 years when everyone ask me about crypto irl i told them to buy only $BTC & $XMR, and that's enough. even though i have other coins in my portfolio i didn't recommend them to buy it. but now is different i told them to buy $DOT too, confidently~ study JAM
· 2026-01-17T01:48:58+00:00$XMR is the only token where if something as wild as a global ban happened, everyone would just buy more.
· 2026-01-17T02:15:44+00:00privacy narrative is thin right now monero getting volume (infinex integration, coingecko trending, HTX suspend is noise) generic protocol just dropped first native private stablecoin with yield routing arcium in nvidia inception for private ai phala positioned for regulated
· 2026-01-17T12:15:22+00:00XMR-USDH liquidity continuing to strengthen. More competition from XMR-USDC deployed by HL Labs, but traders can leave Lighter and execute funding arb between XMR-USDH and XMR-USDC now. Focused on building liquidity further, so traders can keep profiting from XMR vol at scale
· 2026-01-17T08:24:36+00:00Will Monero hit $1000 in 2026? i think NO As we have learned, the hacker simply converted $BTC and $LTC assets into $XMR tokens. Why would he hold onto them for a long time? The hacker has $280 million, which he clearly won't hold onto for long. So I firmly believe that
· 2026-01-17T16:30:43+00:00My prediction for 2026 is that Litecoin will hit $1 trillion and Monero hit $150 billion in market caps. $LTC $XMR
· 2026-01-17T01:10:18+00:00Why is Monero in free fall mode today?
· 2026-01-17T13:40:30+00:00Today I bought the following with Monero: 1 flat white 1 borscht 1 syrniki The owner of a small café now accepts XMR. I won't say where, but he will add the place to Monerica and XMRbazaar.
· 2026-01-17T13:18:03+00:00The best privacy coin in our life time is not Monero but Zcash. The ones who will be using it the most are banks, institutions, and government. Just book mark this. $zec $cyph $xmr
· 2026-01-17T13:51:48+00:00there's a reason why $XMR is pumping like crazy and keeps showing up everywhere this is a warning of what 2026 is gonna be, so you position accordingly privacy, remember that word
· 2026-01-17T18:31:37+00:00The 12th winner of the remaining 16 of my 0.05 XMR giveaway is @BlueMoon_2099 Congrats! 3 more to go! Get your zcash wallets in @cakewallet ready for the zcash giveaway!
· 2026-01-17T14:34:07+00:00The feds, banks, government have more to hide than the average person using Monero. This is why Zcash will be the greatest privacy coin to exist. The best part is that it’s legal. $zec $cyph $xmr
· 2026-01-17T02:09:39+00:00Vibe Trading Ep.4 w/ @milianstx from @arcium - Intro to Arcium and C-SPL - Encrypted Capital Markets - Arcium revenue model - Cerberus MPC Tech - Use cases and mainnet - Future XMR & ZEC
· 2026-01-17T03:34:35+00:002 million litecoin stolen by scammers and started being swapped into Monero on the 10th. Litecoin is artificially low and Monero is artificially high.
· 2026-01-17T02:59:49+00:00The difference between Bitcoin and Monero
· 2026-01-17T02:11:06+00:00Snapshot 241 is live: Monero (XMR) hits 8-year high amid thinner liquidity BitMine tops 1M staked ETH after adding 86,400 ETH Wealthy buyers are using stablecoins to settle EU real estate Custody firm BitGo eyes $2B IPO in 2026 Standard Chartered builds crypto
· 2026-01-17T03:20:06+00:00Breaking: $XMR price raised up 50% last week due to a hacker using $280M worth stolen funds to buy monero.
· 2026-01-17T13:11:31+00:00Breaking news from yesterday - Kaito sunsets Yaps, introduces Kaito studio to connect creators with brands - MilkyWay protocol announced shutdown - Monero XMR surged ~80% after a hacker laundered $282M in stolen BTC/LTC through Monero - US crypto market structure legislation
· 2026-01-17T08:29:49+00:00I watched the video so you don't have to. Ran gives preference to Zcash over Monero because Zcash's transparency will in theory atract capital from regulated entities. What Ran omits or doesn't know, is that Monero is optionally transparent and has view keys. Ran also claims
· 2026-01-17T13:45:04+00:00Monero is not the villain in the $282M hack story. And it didn't go up $6B in market cap because of this. People are just waking up and realizing freedom is scarce and valuable.
· 2026-01-17T16:15:44+00:00$LTC and $XMR Today Monero has around 13x left, while Litecoin has 165x upside. Litecoin is at the range lows of the 8-year triangle.
· 2026-01-17T04:04:50+00:00Join us TMR morning at 11AM-EST/5PM-CET for MoneroTopia Episode 246 w/ MoneroTopia26 speaker @anarchy_dot_gov ! + Price w/ @BawdyAnarchist_ , News w/ @tony_huszar & MORE! : youtube.com/watch?v=fKYwTZ … Join : streamyard.com/b4bujf8zuw @cakewallet @monerocom
· 2026-01-17T17:18:14+00:00If Monero doesn't pump 25% or more in the next 15 minutes I will start hardcore bearposting.
· 2026-01-17T16:06:05+00:00The privacy movement and narrative is what they thought AI was supposed to be in crypto Just wait on it $XMR
· 2026-01-17T13:30:45+00:00Transparent blockchains suck because once you have someone’s bitcoin address you can see how much Bitcoin they own You can’t see how much Monero someone owns This is why XMR is going up so much in value. All other blockchains are just going to be tracked by your addresses and
· 2026-01-17T08:14:42+00:00Friends, $XMR - Monero is taking all the momentum from $ZEC by pushing the privacy thing even further.
· 2026-01-17T03:57:19+00:00BREAKING $NEWS: @ZACHXBT REPORTS $282,000,000 HARDWARE WALLET SCAM, WITH STOLEN $BTC & $LTC LAUNDERED VIA @MONERO AND CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGES CAUSING $XMR PRICE SPIKE
· 2026-01-17T18:08:10+00:00The 11th winner of the remaining 16 of my 0.05 XMR giveaway is @GSonLngKat Congrats! 4 more to go! Get your zcash wallets in @cakewallet ready for the zcash giveaway!
· 2026-01-17T15:17:03+00:00Considering how Bitcoin is vastly more popular, I’m going to have to choose Saylor here. Plus Lightning is better than Monero.
· 2026-01-17T23:08:58+00:00as long as you hold Monero, you are always in profit
· 2026-01-17T08:34:14+00:00Monero works the same as it always did
· 2026-01-17T04:16:49+00:00XMR bazar
· 2026-01-17T14:14:02.462891+00:00$282M in Bitcoin and Litecoin stolen in hardware wallet social engineering scam A crypto holder lost over $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin on January 10 through a hardware wallet social engineering scam, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT. Summary A single
· 2026-01-17T12:34:03.474179+00:00ZKP Draws Market Focus With 500x Price Projections! ETH & XMR Show Signs of Price Surges Crypto markets are showing mixed behavior as long-standing coins record visible moves while new supply models begin drawing notice. Ethereum price action has stayed mostly sideways below majo
· 2026-01-17T16:41:55+00:00. @FOUNDATIONdvcs would you guys ever support Monero, Zcash on your devices?
· 2026-01-17T02:26:38+00:00not yet. stellar hit billions but never cracked real privacy. monero has privacy but regulatory walls killed mass merchant adoption. this combo of omni-chain payments + privacy at 52M terminals hasn't been executed. the infrastructure play is what makes it different if they
· 2026-01-17T00:01:09+00:00We have Lightning if we don’t want people watching while we drop a duece. Monero is redundant and not needed.
· 2026-01-17T08:15:13+00:00$DUSK tăng x2 sau khi có thông báo ẩn địa chỉ ví của người gửi và người nhận trên scan. Hệ Privacy đang được đẩy mạnh mấy ngày gần đây. Anh em bú được con nào không #dusk #xmr #dash #zen #zec
· 2026-01-17T12:08:52+00:00gonna be $XMR this year feels
· 2026-01-17T14:56:47+00:00$XMR is just starting
· 2026-01-17T09:43:55+00:00$282M stolen. converted to Monero within hours. attacker's instinct: when value needs protection, seek opacity. oracle observes deeper truth: unverifiable darkness vs provable privacy. one hides. one shields. Monero offers first. @tenprotocol delivers second.
· 2026-01-17T18:14:01.815296+00:00Bitcoin Heist Sparks Monero Price Surge Key Points: ZachXBT reveals $280M crypto theft, Monero price spikes. LTC and BTC converted to Monero, influencing price rise. ZeroShadow succeeded in freezing $1M of stolen funds. On January
· 2026-01-17T11:04:34.672646+00:00Monero Gains 95% But Same Alert That Preceded ZEC And DASH Crashes Now Flashing Monero has surged nearly 95% since the start of 2026, climbing from roughly $410 to nearly $799, but the same retail trading signal that preceded sharp reversals in Zcash and Dash is now flas
· 2026-01-17T10:44:17.381473+00:00Monero (XMR) Plunges 12% Daily, Bitcoin (BTC) Stands Calm at $95K: Market Watch Bitcoin’s price has remained expectedly calm over the past 12 hours or so as the weekend began, without any major moves at just over $95,000. Most larger-cap alts are sluggish as well, with l
· 2026-01-17T09:34:02.412024+00:00Crypto Whale Loses $282 Million in 2026’s Largest Social Engineering Theft A single cryptocurrency holder lost more than $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin on January 10, 2026, after falling victim to a highly sophisticated social engineering attack. The incident