Monero

We're excited to announce that XMR has been added to dYdX synthetic perpetuals! 

According to CoinMarketCap, dYdX has more trading volume than all other DEXs combined! 

https://dydx.exchange/blog/markets-19 

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This is a huge milestone in Monero development.

COMIT Network just released Bitcoin <> Monero atomic swaps to mainnet. Today, users can swap Bitcoin and Monero without having to trust an intermediary or the counterparty.

COMIT's atomic swaps are a critical tool for private trading of Monero outside of exchanges.

Oh, and as a bonus it works with Tor. Because of course it does.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/nmtdpr/let_there_be_swap_on_mainnet/

Monero's price isn't the only metric on the rise. Checkout the other key ways Monero has been growing over the past year! 

https://www.getmonero.org/2021/04/24/this-year-in-monero.html

Monero Talk sits down with COMIT to discuss their work on Monero <> Bitcoin atomic swaps. This technology allows for trustless trading of both assets without requiring an exchange. 

"COMIT: Bitcoin-Monero Atomic Swaps are Near" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZrtHNTixo 

COMIT is one of about 5 different groups working on implementing XMR <> BTC atomic swaps.

Dr. Daniel Kim's new keynote lecture "Behavioral Finance, Cryptocurrency Markets" premieres in about 45 minutes! 

https://youtu.be/REC5V7d3pqM 

In this TCV Summit keynote lecture from February 2021, Dr. Daniel Kim weaves together award-winning research from academic finance with case studies from both the legacy financial and cryptocurrency markets to examine the degree to which cryptocurrency markets achieve efficient price discovery.

The Monero community is calling on Elon Musk to add Monero payments for Tesla!

Monero is the cypherpunk currency defending your freedom. We will not stop on our mission to give people the money that they deserve.

If Monero is added, we will donate a new Model 3 to EACH of 3 charities selected by the community! #Tesla4XMR

We need the ENTIRE Monero community to help us share the word! Help us support a worthy project and worthy nonprofits!

https://monerotesla.com

Cake Wallet, a popular non-custodial wallet for Monero, now additionally supports Bitcoin! 

Only you hold your Monero and Bitcoin keys. Still open source. Easily exchange BTC/XMR (and others) in the app. Available for free in the iOS and Google Play stores. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/cakewallet/comments/lb2mpj/update_cake_wallet_version_410_now_with_bitcoin/

Exchange	Pair	Price	Bid/Ask	Volume
XeggeX	PEPEW/XMR	< 0.001	1.156	12,098,160.4
Nonkyc.io	GHOST/XMR	< 0.001	1.164	53,191.366
XeggeX	PRCY/XMR	< 0.001	0.859	52,084.895
KuCoin	XMR/USDT	168.85	0.047	45,848.506
Gate.io	XMR/USDT	168.63	0.018	41,327.789
Nonkyc.io	PRCY/XMR	< 0.001	1.223	36,743.376
Poloniex	XMR/USDT	168.44	0.166	31,776.685
WhiteBIT	XMR/USDT	168.48	0.095	31,098.45
Kraken	XMR/USDT	168.38	0.042	23,447.941
Bit2Me	XMR/USDT	168.38	0.042	22,998.141
HTX	XMR/USDT	168.74	0.113	15,195.868
Nonkyc.io	VEIL/XMR	< 0.001	1.381	15,113.45
Kraken	XMR/USD	168.38	0.016	13,488.351
BitMart	XMR/USDT	168.83	0.972	12,563.51
XT.COM	XMR/USDT	168.58	0.107	11,458.663
MEXC	XMR/USDT	168.42	0.332	8,168.478
TradeOgre	XMR/BTC	0.003	1.575	7,668.741
Kraken	XMR/XBT	0.003	0.032	6,290.422
Kraken	XMR/EUR	152.28	0.099	5,316.693
KuCoin	XMR/BTC	0.003	0.032	5,212.655
Bit2Me	XMR/EUR	152.28	0.099	5,210.359
FMFW.io	XMR/USDT	168.537	0.347	4,465.769
HitBTC	XMR/USDT	168.847	0.251	4,465.743
Nonkyc.io	XMR/BTC	0.003	0.932	3,849.19
BitMart	XMR/BTC	0.003	0.481	3,721.085