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# XMR this week: -4% in seven days, positive funding on perps
- URL: https://zipmex.com/blog/xmr-weekly-2026-09-08/
- Published: 2026-09-08T13:37:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-08T13:37:42.000Z
- Description: Monero closed the week at $497.23 (-3.7% in 7 days, +30.5% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.
- Author: ZIPMEX
- Tags: XMR, Cryptocurrency

Monero (XMR) trades at $497.23 on September 8, 2026: -7.0% over 24 hours, -3.7% over seven days and +30.5% over thirty. That leaves it 38% below the all-time high of $797.73 set on 2026-01-14\. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

## The numbers

| Price                   | $497.23 |
| ----------------------- | ------- |
| 24 hours                | \-7.0%  |
| 7 days                  | \-3.7%  |
| 30 days                 | +30.5%  |
| Market cap              | $9.4B   |
| 24h volume (all venues) | $121.1M |
| Market rank             | #15     |
| Perp open interest      | $51.9K  |
| Perp 24h volume         | $211.9K |
| Max leverage            | 10x     |

## Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the XMR/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0273% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0418%), $51.9K of open interest and $211.9K traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 10x.

## Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $562.66 on 2026-09-04 and the low $493.83 on 2026-09-01, a 14% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 1.6x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

## Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:37 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the [XMR landing](https://zipmex.com/tokens/xmr/) refresh every minute.

*Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital. Nothing here is investment advice.*

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