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PERFORMANCE XMR Market Cap: $1.42b XMR Ranking: 9 (0) 9/25 0.0239 $93.64 $3,926.07 $640.42

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• Fluffypony tweeted that the Monero community crowdfunded 6,175 XMR (over $560k) across 7 different projects in under two weeks! This provides further evidence that the Monero donation model is working. Most exciting, Globee’s secret project fundraiser has surpassed its 4,500 XMR target by raising 4,800+ XMR in just 1 week! The description reads, “As you may (or should) know, Globee is a payment processor that accepts Monero among other cryptocurrencies. Our focus has largely been on Monero, for obvious reasons. Recently we were approached with an opportunity, by one of our business partners, to integrate with a series of very high profile merchants. Because of the scope and requirements, we are doing an FFS to raise half of the money required, whilst Globee will be putting in the other half. Why is this good for Monero? The merchants that will be accepting Monero will also talk about accepting Monero, which will have a material impact on Monero. This is a major coup, as these are merchants who currently do not accept any type of cryptocurrency. Their target demographic is extremely broad, but largely consists of younger people who are smartphone-entrenched, but aren't necessarily technical.

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THE LATEST • Deep Dot Web reported that the United States federal government continues to view the privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero as a potential tool for cybercriminals. An agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security told CNBC recently that cybercriminals are “looking more closely at other currencies like Monero and Ethereum.”

The integration will be Monero only, through a custom Globee interstitial that doesn't allow you to switch to other currencies. This will also change the talking points about Monero somewhat; instead of journalists being interested in why Monero's price has gone up, or which darknet market is accepting it, they will have something else to talk about.” • The Monera created Monero promotional graphics, such as badges and stickers for websites.

• Hackernoon reported that in the wake of the ongoing attack on crypto, privacy focused currencies like Monero, PIVX, Dash, and Zcash are looking hotter than ever. • Coinhive was launched. Coinhive offers a JavaScript miner for the Monero Blockchain that you can embed in your website. Users run the miner directly in their Browser and mine XMR for you in turn for an ad-free experience, in-game currency or whatever incentives you can come up with. They also offer a captcha-like service as well as a shortlink solution that is easy to implement on your site. u/musistic-brian created a Coinhive WordPress plugin. Charity-miner.org was launched, using Coinhive to generate money for charity. CryptoFundamental discussed web miners and Coinhive in a recent post. For those against web mining, uBlock Origin added a filter to prevent sites from gaining revenue via crypto mining. • Fluffypony spoke about crypto scams and anonymity on Block Digest. Monero related discussion starts around 10m in.

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• Additionally, check out one of the latest Monero poster created by The Monera.

September 19 – 25, 2017

• The Merkle discussed the top 3 Monero wallet solutions as there are several Monero wallets currently under development which will be released soon. Ledger, for its part, is apparently working on adding XMR integration. Until that happens, there are a few existing solutions people can check out as well. • The Ledger CTO commented that they are making good progress on Monero support and there will likely be more news in the coming weeks. • Bleeping Computer reported that attacks aimed at delivering cryptocurrency mining tools on enterprise networks have gone up as much as six times. In most cases, the attackers attempted to mine CryptoNote-based currencies such as Monero. • Crypto Pop! released episode 1, “Who Is Monero Cat?”, of its Monero web comic.

• Android Monero wallet Monerujo beta is now available on the Google Play store. The new release Silver Colobus is the first step in redesigning the UI - this release introduces the new logo and slight changes to the UI. • Monero Monitor announced that on the next episode, John McAfee is joining to discuss financial privacy and Monero. Should be a great episode! • u/sershack announced a Monero Integrations update. The second FFS was funded, the WHMCS extension is almost ready, and that he is working on Magento plugin. • bigreddmachine of Monero Monitor posted a guide on how to broadcast getmoner.org, bitcoin.org, etc to nearby people with a Raspberry Pi Physical Web Beacon. • LocalMonero announced that it is now available as a Tor single onion service at http://lclmnroewgycudgz.onion. As far as they know, they are the only cryptocurrency-related service to implement Tor single onion. See reddit for discussion. LocalMonero also announced that users now have the option to use LocalMonero through I2P. • XMR.BE was launched. It automatically looks for public remote nodes and publishes them onto the website.

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• u/jonahar created a new python script to automatically churn your Monero coins. In Monero, 'churning' is the process of sending a wallet's entire balance back to itself. Since Monero transactions are private, this process has the benefit of increasing user privacy. • Check out Liberalcoins, a multi-currency exchange. Liberalcoins wishes to push increased Monero trading in the peer to peer space, leading the inevitable growth of the Monero currency within the future cryptocurrency market by mobilizing Monero users within the UK and Europe. Liberalcoins claims what sets them apart is their privacy and security as they offer a local solution for trading of Bitcoin and Altcoins under one roof. • Monero was added to Mycryptopedia.com, a beginner's website to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. • Coinz Trader published a quantitative profile of Monero for August.

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• CryptoIsCurrency highlighted Monero during this week’s partner spotlight.

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• XMR Miner Pro’s new platform is now live in beta. • geocrypto.io was fully funded by the Monero community. It is a software that aims to make a make a Monero centric marketplace. • The MoneroCat and Monero Core team cartoons are now on mugs and shirts at u/helloluis’s Threadless store.

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• Coinpupil added Monero merchandise, apparel, and gifts to its store. Check out one of the tee’s below.

DISCLAIMER This site contains opinion for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Information may contain errors and omissions. Use solely at your own risk. The authors of this site and/or the authors of articles linked to from this site may have financial investments that may bias their opinions, including ownership of Monero currency. Always do your own research, form your own opinions, and never take risks with money or trust third parties without verifying their credibility.

• Monero-Merchandise was launched. Its stated goal is to spread the awareness of monero and support the project. • CryptoShirt.io is now selling Monero t-shirts, 15% off with discount code M0N3R015. • Gaia Ethnobotanical announced that it’s now accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment, including Monero. • u/Makis_Christou created this Monero graphic for anyone looking to use it in their videos.

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