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A whale deposited $3.56M into Hyperliquid, opening a 4x leveraged long on 36,000 XMR ($14.33M) with take profit orders at $475 and $516. Monero (XMR) is trading near $422, with resistance at $425 and support at $375. The FCMP++ upgrade enhances transaction privacy. Meanwhile, Pepeto, a presale project, has raised $10.8M and offers staking at 165% APY, with a Binance listing approaching. XMR's market cap is $7.5B, 50% below its January 2026 high of $800.

PortalCripto reports that hackers exploited a macOS Screen Sharing flaw to gain control of internet-accessible Macs and install Monero (XMR) mining software, according to the Netherlands NCSC. Huntress found tens of thousands of potentially vulnerable hosts on Censys. Apple patched it Aug 6 via macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, Sequoia 15.7.9, and Sonoma 14.8.9; CISA raised severity to 9.8. XMR traded near $415.82.

Monero (XMR) hit a record $797.73 on Jan. 14, 2026, despite major exchange delistings. Binance ended XMR spot trading in Feb. 2024 and Kraken halted EEA trading in Oct. 2024. EU rules from July 10, 2027 target anonymity-enhancing coin services but do not ban private ownership. Analyst Crypto Patel highlights $400 support and $180-$120 longer-term support.

Bitcoin has traded near $64,000 for weeks. The article says Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has held roughly $55 to $57 after a June peak near $76 to $77, with market cap between $12B and $14B and daily volume above $200M. It also reports Monero (XMR) near $400, citing a $3.56M USDC whale deposit for a 4x long on 36,000 XMR on Hyperliquid.

Bitcoin held steady ahead of the July U.S. CPI release, up about 0.23% to around $63,979, with total crypto market cap near $2.19T. Harmony confirmed an exploit where an attacker minted about 4B ONE tokens via empty blocks, about 26% of supply, sending ~2.8B to exchanges. ONE fell up to 40% to a record low.

According to Lookonchain, a newly created wallet deposited $3.56M USDC on Hyperliquid and opened a 4x leveraged long on about 36,000 XMR at roughly $395 to $400, for about $14.33M notional. The trader set take-profits between $475 and $516. XMR was up about 10% over the past week.

Coinsbuy said it lost more than $7.9 million on Aug. 9, 2026, after attackers drained wallets tied to the firm on both Ethereum and TRON and converted proceeds into Monero (XMR). On-chain monitoring by Specter and confirmation by PeckShield preceded a partial freeze of a six-figure amount with ChangeNOW. Coinsbuy suspended deposits and withdrawals, then restored them the same day.

Bitcoin rose 0.54% to $65,209 and ether gained 0.86% to $1,925 as reports said Iran may strike a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lifting Nasdaq 100 futures 0.45%. Altcoins were mixed, with Pump.fun (PUMP) up 5.39%. Liquidations fell 32% to $85M; BTC open interest slipped below 750K.

Monero (XMR) rose about 3% in the past two hours to around $398.6, with the move attributed to a technical breakout above key levels and increased leveraged long activity, alongside a broader rotation into privacy coins. The article cites bullish social chatter and mentions Zcash (ZEC) and XMR as privacy-coin leaders while the overall market was largely flat.

According to the article, Hyperliquid’s new wallet address 0x615…d69d5 deposited $2 million USDC and opened a 4x long of 10,962.78 XMR worth about $4.18 million, taking 10.5% of total open interest and placing second-largest. It also added limit buys between $378.2 and $381.4. The piece cites XMR technical levels and bearish indicators.