SHIB’s Burn Fire Rages 500% Higher: Will Price Catch Up?

The deflationary playbook is on: will Shiba Inu’s community efforts push SHIB back above $0.00000800?

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Shiba Inu’s community is back blazing spare SHIB tokens to increase scarcity, judging from the latest burn tracking records from Shibburn. The 500% upswing since yesterday is mostly thanks to one particularly-large transfer, splashing 10,491,803 tokens in one go.

Presently, there’s 589.25 trillion SHIB tokens still in circulation, a huge drop from the initial 999 trillion tokens. Out of those, approximately 585 trillion can be used for trading, while another 3.73 trillion remain staked for long-term holdings.

Roughly 82 trillion remain on major crypto exchanges, but the supply crunch from 140 trillion in a year has raised eyebrows – with speculative interest waning, SHIB holders are moving their assets to self-custodial wallets for safer storage.

The incineration didn’t immediately reflect on SHIB’s price. The popular meme coin soaked up the negative sentiment of the broader crypto & stock markets. As Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below the long-term support levels of $85K, Ethereum (ETH) dipped even harder, retesting $2.7K.

Here’s What’s Stopping Shiba Inu’s Bounce Back

Notably, this has pushed Shiba Inu coin (SHIB) to retest the lower boundary of the Bollinger Bands (BOLL) at $0.00000710. The intra-day lows helped Shiba Inu’s price rebound softly to the price of $0.00000726, but the bulls have barely any chance to reclaim dominance unless SHIB sustains above $0.00000800.

The high price correlation with Ethereum (ETH) & stagnant trading volumes have definitely taken their toll on Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) price. On the other hand, SHIB edges parent chain Ethereum (ETH) in a monthly time-frame, still up 3% against Ether’s 9% backdrop.

Other on-chain fundamentals portrayed a contradicting story: right now, Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) price made it to the oversold territory, based on the Relative Strength Index (RSI). Even though the price setup screams ‘under-valued’, largest crypto investors are divided – the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) is still slightly in the red, hinting at profit-taking still prevalent among crypto whales.

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People Also Ask:

What triggered the 500% burn rate surge?

A single large transaction burned 10.49 million SHIB in 24 hours, spiking the rate 500.68% (Shibburn tracker).

How much SHIB has been burned overall?

Total burned exceeds 410.75 trillion tokens from the initial 1 quadrillion supply.

Why hasn’t the burn surge pumped SHIB price yet?

Price fell ~3% to $0.00000718–$0.00000728 amid selling pressure, declining whale activity, and low volume.

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This article is for information purposes only and should not be considered trading or investment advice. Nothing herein shall be construed as financial, legal, or tax advice. Trading forex, cryptocurrencies, and CFDs pose a considerable risk of loss.

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Tadas Klimasevskis

Tadas Klimaševskis is a Ciphera Journalist, covering memecoins & latest developments. Tadas has moderate holdings in SHIB, HBAR, LTC, MATIC and a selection of low-cap meme currencies.

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