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Monero timeline
6 dated events on a price chart. Toggle log scale, change the range and click any dot.
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Source: Binance XMR/USDT daily closes 2019-03-15 to 2024-02-20; Kraken XMR/USD daily closes 2024-10-24 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
All events, in order
- Apr 18, 2014launch
BitMonero launches
A CryptoNote fork that becomes Monero goes live. - Mar 15, 2019milestone
First daily close in our data $52.10 (Binance XMR/USDT daily close, 2019-03-15)
Our sourced XMR price history begins on this day. - Nov 30, 2019upgrade
RandomX mining algorithm $54.86 (Binance XMR/USDT daily close, 2019-11-30)
Monero switches to a CPU friendly mining algorithm. - Aug 13, 2022upgrade
Bulletproofs+ and bigger rings $165.00 (Binance XMR/USDT daily close, 2022-08-13)
The ring size rises from 11 to 16. - Jan 14, 2026rally
Highest close in our data $711.53 (Kraken XMR/USD daily close, 2026-01-14)
The highest daily close for XMR in our price history. - Feb 5, 2026crash
Lowest close after the peak $291.91 (Kraken XMR/USD daily close, 2026-02-05)
The lowest XMR close in our data after its highest close.
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