Across 2026 market profiles, Monero appears more often as the default or strongly recommended coin. The driver is straightforward: transparent ledgers remain analyzable, while XMR’s default privacy set raises the cost of passive surveillance.
Practical Implications
Users still make OPSEC mistakes with XMR — wrong wallet sync modes, reuse of identities across swaps, and screenshot leaks. Coin choice is not a full anonymity suit.
See How to Buy and Use Monero for wallet and swap hygiene.