Monero price: THORChain integration awaits node churn
Published on 11/11/2026 at 07:07 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSTHORChain progress leaves XMR swaps pending
- THORChain says its v3.21.1 development work for Monero is complete, but native XMR swaps are not enabled.
- A node churn and new private-key generation must occur before a small mainnet test pool can open.
- Investing.com listed XMR/USD at USD 565.526 in the checked snapshot, with a market capitalization of USD 10.66 billion.
Monero price is being watched alongside progress on a planned THORChain integration. The cross-chain network has completed the development work needed to add XMR, but the feature is not yet available for live swaps. That distinction matters for investors: the technical milestone has been reached, while usable liquidity and a launch timetable remain outstanding.
In the checked snapshot, Investing.com listed XMR/USD at USD 565.526. The same page showed a market capitalization of USD 10.66 billion, 24-hour volume of USD 155.82 million, circulating supply of 18.83 million XMR and a rank of 12. The page displayed a live timestamp of 04:40:41, but no separate calendar date for that snapshot was shown.
Integration is ready, launch is not
According to THORChain, version 3.21.1 completed the Monero work. The project says that XMR still requires a working node churn because a new private key must be generated for the network. THORChain's node operators decide when the process proceeds.
The sequence was also described by TokenPost: node rotation must resume and create the key before a small mainnet pool, funded with a few hundred dollars, can be used for test trades. The report quoted THORChain developer Chad Barraford as estimating on November 5 that the resumption could take at least one week and possibly two, with issues involving Solana and Base holding up the process. That estimate is not a confirmed launch date.
What investors should monitor
For holders, the immediate milestone is therefore not a full trading launch but the completion of the churn, followed by key generation and test-pool activity. Larger liquidity commitments are a separate decision for the node operators. Until those steps occur, the integration may improve Monero's prospective access to a decentralized swap route, but it does not yet change how XMR can be traded through THORChain.
The checked Monero price snapshot provides market context, not a verified UTC daily close comparison. No causal link between the displayed price and the THORChain announcement is established by the available reports. Investors tracking XMR should distinguish confirmed protocol progress from future expectations and treat liquidity, operational security and launch timing as open variables.
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