The payment completion forum post was made on the 14th November (November 14, 2021: Payouts for the month of October complete PLUS another payouts plan update), so not really ‘out of normal’. Also it’s well known by now and mentioned in the FAQ that payments are made in the first two weeks of the month - SNO Payment mega-FAQ
Also mentioned multiple times StorJ payments are tracked in USD and converted at the time of payout - Minimum Threshold for Storage Node Operator Payouts - #12 by jocelyn.
StorJ do not concern themselves with token speculation with rising and falling token prices
For those who seem so interested in why the payments have taken “longer” this month, a tiny amount of investigation and you would have found your answer… the ETH balance for the STORJ wallet went too low so transactions wouldn’t complete - 0x303EDCD8DbE1607fe512D45CC15d3E41fa4db44B - ethereum address history, charts and balances explorer - Ethplorer - 3.0 ETH has been transferred in so transactions should resume, although high gas prices might be delaying the process.