Shiba Inu, the second-largest meme coin, has been having a tough time lately. In the last two weeks, its price has fallen by quite a bit. Some people worry that SHIB could fall even more soon. A popular market analyst even predicted a drop to a very low price in the future.
Right now, SHIB is trading at about $0.000005467 per coin, based on data from CoinGecko. That is around a 60% drop compared with a year ago. The total value of all SHIB tokens in existence, called the market cap, is around $3.2 billion. This is much smaller than Dogecoin, another famous meme coin, which has a market cap of more than $15 billion.
Ali Martinez, a well-known crypto analyst, has warned that SHIB could fall to as low as $0.00000138. This is not the first time he has warned about big drops. Last month, he noted that SHIB fell below an important level of $0.00000667. He said this could open the door to a big decline toward the lower price zone mentioned above.
Another warning sign comes from SHIB’s burning activity. Burning means sending coins to a special kind of address that no one can use, effectively removing those coins from circulation. In the last 24 hours, the burn rate dropped by about 99% after 20,176 SHIB were sent to a null address. A lower burn rate means fewer coins are being taken out of circulation, which could influence price movement, depending on demand.
The idea behind burning is simple: if you remove more coins from the total supply, the remaining coins could become more valuable if demand stays the same or grows. This project began burning SHIB in 2022, and since then, supporters say they have destroyed more than 410.7 trillion tokens. That leaves about 585.47 trillion SHIB in circulation according to the data from shibburn.com.
Another factor that worries investors is the progress of Shibarium. Shibarium is a layer-2 scaling solution for Shiba Inu. A layer-2 solution is like an extra system built on top of a main blockchain to make things faster and cheaper. Shibarium was launched in the summer of 2023 and aimed to help the project grow by lowering transaction fees, increasing speed, and improving scalability. However, it suffered an exploit in September of last year. This incident damaged trust and caused problems across the Shiba Inu ecosystem. Before the exploitation, daily transactions on Shibarium were in the millions. After the incident, they dropped to thousands. That drop hurt confidence in how well Shibarium could help the project grow.
On the flip side, there are signs that some investors may be moving away from holding SHIB on big exchanges. Data from CryptoQuant shows that SHIB reserves on centralized exchanges fell to below 81 trillion tokens. This is the lowest level since May 2021. Fewer coins kept on exchanges can be seen as a sign that investors are not ready to sell right away, which some traders view as a positive signal for future price moves. It could also mean people are choosing to hold SHIB in their own wallets instead of leaving them on an exchange to sell later.
Another technical sign came from the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a tool that traders use to judge how fast prices are moving. It runs on a scale from 0 to 100. Readings above 70 are often seen as overbought, which can lead to a price drop. Readings below 30 are considered oversold, which can hint at a potential bounce. SHIB’s RSI recently dipped below 30 for a short time, suggesting it was oversold. At the moment of writing, the RSI is around 36, which is closer to the bullish, or buying, side but not deeply oversold yet.
All these pieces of news come from a CryptoPotato article with a similar title, which discusses whether SHIB could fall more or stage a recovery. In a market like crypto, prices move up and down for many reasons, including changes in demand, how many coins are being burned, how fast a project is progressing, and the broader mood of investors in digital assets.
For people who hold SHIB or are thinking about buying, it is important to understand both the risks and the possible signs of future price movement. The numbers and signals mentioned above show a mix of negative developments and some pieces of positive information. This means the future could go in different directions depending on many factors, such as how the broader crypto market behaves, whether Shibarium starts to work well again, and whether more SHIB gets burned or removed from circulation.
In short, SHIB’s price has dropped a lot recently, and there are reasons to worry. Yet there are also signs that some investors are not rushing to sell, and some measures like burning and the use of Shibarium could change things in the future. As always with crypto, the story can change quickly as new information comes in.
Definitions
- Shiba Inu (cryptocurrency): A decentralized cryptocurrency token (ticker SHIB) created in August 2020. It is inspired by the Shiba Inu dog breed and is often called a meme coin because of its playful origin and online hype.
- Dogecoin: A cryptocurrency started in 2013 as a joke, but it grew into a real coin with a big online community. It is often seen as the first major meme coin after SHIB.
- Meme coin: A cryptocurrency that started from an internet meme or has a fun theme. Prices are often driven by online stories and hype rather than strong business use.
- Relative Strength Index: A technical tool used to measure how fast prices rise or fall. It helps traders decide if an asset might be overbought (too high) or oversold (too low). It usually uses a 14-day period and a scale from 0 to 100. Readings above 70 can mean prices might fall soon, and readings below 30 can mean prices might rise.
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