📢 The ProPicks AI strategy to watch when Tech rally slows down. It did 2X the S&P in July!Unlock AI Insight

Shiba Inu Burns 915 Million SHIB Tokens in Epic Week, Here's Impact

Published 2023-07-16, 07:51 a/m
© Reuters Shiba Inu Burns 915 Million SHIB Tokens in Epic Week, Here's Impact
XRP/USD
-
SHIB/USD
-

U.Today - According to , the past week saw nearly 1 billion SHIB tokens burned. Exactly 915,371,832 SHIB tokens were burned in 139 transactions in the last seven days.

In the last 24 hours, a meager 1,233,806 SHIB tokens were burned in a transaction, causing the daily burn rate to plunge 91.59%.

The week gone by was a historic one following a landmark legal victory for the cryptocurrency industry that sent prices soaring.

The Ripple ruling was the first win for a cryptocurrency company in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

could also be said to have had a great week, rebounding into the weekend. A three-day rise that started on Thursday attained intraday highs of $0.0000085 on July 15.

At the time of writing, SHIB was down 3.31% in the last 24 hours but remains 6% higher on a seven-day basis.

Epic week

The week saw the reawakening of a giant SHIB whale, which had not made any large transfers for 610 days. This whale might be the largest SHIB holder and controls 10.15% of the total supply, or $756 million worth of SHIB, according to Lookonchain.

On July 13, a giant whale who holds 101.47 trillion SHIB transferred 4 trillion SHIB worth $29.8 million to eight fresh addresses.

In the past week, Shiba Inu lead Shytoshi Kusama took to Twitter to announce the rebranding of the official SHIB website and other SHIB army websites. The redesigned SHIB website was just the start of a scorching summer, according to the official SHIB Twitter account, which also declares the arrival of the "summer of Shibarium."

Adding to the enthusiasm, Kusama uploaded a GIF image of a mobile device with icons for text messages on Twitter. Tagging British music producer Gareth Emery, Kusama wrote, "Ping Gareth Emery," next to the image.

The next Blockchain Futurist Conference, set to take place in Toronto, Canada, from Aug. 15 to 16, 2023, has named Shiba Inu as its official title sponsor.

This article was originally published on U.Today

Latest comments

Risk Disclosure: Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies involves high risks including the risk of losing some, or all, of your investment amount, and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors such as financial, regulatory or political events. Trading on margin increases the financial risks.
Before deciding to trade in financial instrument or cryptocurrencies you should be fully informed of the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite, and seek professional advice where needed.
Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. The data and prices on the website are not necessarily provided by any market or exchange, but may be provided by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Fusion Media and any provider of the data contained in this website will not accept liability for any loss or damage as a result of your trading, or your reliance on the information contained within this website.
It is prohibited to use, store, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute the data contained in this website without the explicit prior written permission of Fusion Media and/or the data provider. All intellectual property rights are reserved by the providers and/or the exchange providing the data contained in this website.
Fusion Media may be compensated by the advertisers that appear on the website, based on your interaction with the advertisements or advertisers.
© 2007-2024 - Fusion Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.