On January 14, 2025, Monero (XMR) reached a historic high of $797.73, with a year-to-date increase of 221.4%. However, the price subsequently retreated, falling 4.8% in the past 24 hours and over 16% from its peak. The recent rally is attributed to growing interest in privacy tokens and internal conflicts within ZCash, which prompted investors to shift funds. Although the current price has pulled back, if you had invested $1,000 when XMR was at its low of $0.2162 in 2015, it would now be worth approximately $36 million.