7 Oct 2025 [wallets] [pinned]

MyMonero to shut down on January 6 2026, picks Cake Wallet as 'ideal successor'

fluffypony1 has announced plans2 to shut down MyMonero3’s wallet service on January 6 2026 - after almost 12 years of operation - and hand the reins to Cake Wallet4 in a move away from XMR lightweight wallets and toward more decentralized solutions:

After over a decade of serving the Monero ecosystem, MyMonero has decided to sunset its wallet service on Tuesday, January 06, 2026. We’ve worked closely with the Cake Wallet team to help provide continuity for our users, given their strong track record in the Monero community. [..] Light wallets requiring view keys are increasingly at odds with Monero’s privacy evolution. We’d rather sunset gracefully and hand the reins to a fantastic successor than compromise on privacy.

Timeline

Jan 6 2026: MyMonero service completely offline
Feb 6 2026: All MyMonero data permanently destroyed

Users are advised to export their 25-word Monero seed phrases from MyMonero or transfer any XMR to Cake Wallet before the deadline.

For migration support, contact the MyMonero and/or Cake Wallet teams via email5.

This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.


  1. https://github.com/fluffypony/ 

  2. https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1nzq8p1/ 

  3. https://mymonero.com 

  4. https://cakewallet.com 

  5. support [at] mymonero [dot] com, support [at] cakewallet [dot] com