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with the significant price surge of the privacy coin Monero (XMR) this morning, the current market value of XMR has exceeded 10 billion USD, now at 10,958,362,093 USD, reaching a record high. The current circulating supply of XMR tokens is 18,446,744, with a 24-hour trading volume reaching 292,452,989 USD.

BlockBeats News, January 12th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), the whale who opened a position three weeks ago at $2927.32 for ETH has reportedly closed the position, selling at an average price of around $3102.36, with a swing profit of $525,000. The whale had bought 3000 ETH on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025, worth $8.78 million, and had transferred all of these ETH to an exchange one hour ago.

Foresight News reported, according to The Guardian, that seven Labour MPs serving as parliamentary committee chairs have called on the UK government to ban crypto political donations in the upcoming Election Bill. A letter co-signed by Liam Byrne, chair of the Business and Trade Select Committee, and six colleagues, pointed out that crypto donations undermine the transparency, traceability, and regulatory effectiveness of political funding. "Cryptocurrencies may obscure the true source of funds, encourage thousands of micro-donations below the disclosure threshold, and expose UK politics to the risk of foreign interference. The Electoral Commission has warned that current technology makes these risks extremely difficult to manage."