Stellar (XLM) Soars While Monero (XMR) Slumps

Most of the cryptocurrency market, besides a few, is in the red as Saturday comes to a close.

Monero (XMR)

Monero had a solid run towards the end of the week and leading into the weekend, but has since corrected. Friday, the coin had jumped nearly 20% in 24 hours time, reaching a high of $373.68. Monero hadn’t reached that price point since late-January of this year.

News broke that there would be a hard fork of Monero, named MoneroV (XMV), in mid-March. Holders of XMR that use the Moneo Wallet will …