Monero at Critical Crossroads – Privacy Coin Tests $239 Support After Rejection

Monero (XMR) is at a pivotal moment following an impressive surge of over 120% in 2025. Market analyst Ali Charts posted this bi-weekly chart showing the price of the privacy coin testing long-standing resistance with rejection sending prices tumbling to $239, or even $101 if support fails. It will be decided over the next few weeks whether XMR will finally manage to break out or undergo another dramatic correction.

Multi-Year Resistance Creates Critical Battle Zone

Monero has been facing the same resistance area since 2017, so the $450-$476 range serves as an impregnable cap on the currency for almost 7 years. The privacy coin recently reached a peak of $497 in late 2025, which was the highest level since May 2021, but was immediately knocked out by this formidable barrier.

The current price action has been a fierce battle right at what analysts call the “Range Ceiling” level of $476.34. The bi-weekly chart shows the rejection plays out in real-time with the price pulling back after piercing above the resistance zone (albeit briefly).

Despite the rejection, there are still several technical indicators that point out the fact that bullish momentum is intact. The Relative Strength Index on the daily chart is at 69, which is close to overbought levels while the MACD showed a bullish crossover. Monero currently trades above the key moving averages with both the 50-days and 200-day moving averages trending towards the positive.

Privacy Narrative 2025 Momentum Driving

What is notable about Monero’s performance 2025 is the underlying tailwinds for Monero’s rally. The privacy coin has benefited from major catalysts that have boosted its market position.

The successful implementation of the Cuprate node implementation, which is written in Rust, made a revolution in network efficiency. Cuprate cut the time taken to sync the entire data for the first time by almost 7.5 times, and enabled verification of the entire data on consumer hardware in less than 16 hours.

As centralized exchanges removed privacy assets, the Monero community introduced atomic swap applications that allow trading transactions between Monero and Ethereum-based assets without any trust. This was a strategic move to neutralize the impact of exchange delistings by ensuring that the liquidity was always high given decentralization of the channels.

Institutional research started showing that the privacy coin is among the favorite stories for the next cycle. Monero’s privacy features are ring signatures, stealth addresses and Ring Confidential Transactions that guarantee transaction details are untraceable.

Critical Support Levels and Downside Targets

If Monero does not regain the $476 resistance zone, technical analysts have marked a series of important support levels. The most immediate support sits at $413, which corresponds to the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level that held during the December pullback.

A drop beneath $413 would pave the way to the $320 horizontal support zone, a crucial level that has played a significant role throughout 2025. What’s even more alarming is the total breakdown of multi-year resistance, with prices pulling back to $239 as highlighted by the technical roadmap.

In a worst-case scenario, if the $239 level is broken, then the chart analysis indicates a possible decline to $101. Such a move would be a devastating 75% down from recent highs and an attempted break-out would likely fail.

Conclusion

Monero’s at a pivotal moment after rejection from seven years of resistance at $476. While the technical indicators offer mixed signals, the privacy coin needs vital support of $239 to prevent a deeper adjustment towards $101. With privacy narratives getting institutional attention, Cuprate increasing the efficacy of the network, the next few weeks will see if XMR breaks through or consolidates.