THORChain Delays Monero and Zcash Launches for Stability
THORChain (RUNE)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that THORChain is pausing several roadmap launches after v3.20 to prioritize network stability and prepare a v3.20.1 hotfix. The protocol has delayed Monero, Zcash, protocol-owned liquidity deployment, and the SwapKit revenue-share test for an initial one-to-two-week review. Developers attribute recent instability to app-layer calls hitting non-deterministic API endpoints, where varying responses could alter gas consumption. This condition was deemed unacceptable for consensus, prompting a focus on reliable operation before further features go live.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for RUNE, measured when this story was written up on 28 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
RUNE is trading at $0.5070 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 50.2%, indicating balanced activity over the full day. However, shorter-term pressure shows imbalance, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 37.0% and the 4-hour ratio at 38.9%. Volume delta reflects this shift, showing net selling of -$36,783 in the last hour and -$122,329 over four hours. The buy ratio measures the proportion of buy volume relative to total volume, while volume delta indicates the net value of buys minus sells. Despite a positive 24-hour delta of -$7,660, the immediate flow suggests weakening buying momentum compared to the daily average.
The latest daily buy ratio of 44.5% sits at the 5th percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 50.4% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Twenty-four hours later
What RUNE did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for RUNE, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 49.7%, making today's 24-hour reading of 50.2% only 0.5 points higher than the norm. Spot volume reached $8,035,344, which is 4.49 times the weekly average, marking this as an unusually active day for the coin. The 8-day price change stands at +14.2%, with a total volume delta of +$51,157 for the period. While the current hourly flow is negative, the broader weekly context shows sustained net buying over three of the last seven days.