- A total of 2.41 billion SHIB burned to make the token more scarce and increase its price.
- A whale purchased a total of 775 billion SHIB ($20.8 million).
- Trading app Robinhood finally listed SHIB on its platform.
The price of the popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB) has increased up to 20% since the end of last week for three reasons. Firstly, Shiba Inu initiated a burning of 2.41 billion SHIB, shrinking the total supply and making it more scarce. Secondly, a whale purchased an astonishing amount of 775 billion SHIB, worth more than $20 million at the time of the transaction. Finally, Robinhood trading app has just listed SHIB.
Read CRYPTONEWSLAND on
google news
SHIB Token Burned
The burned 2.41 billion SHIB has been transferred to alleged inferno wallets, with the purpose to make the popular dog token more scarce and increase its price.
People can track the burning of SHIB tokens on the shibburn.com website. The Shibburn tracking website shows a series of portions of its SHIB burned, amounting to a total of 2.41 billion tokens.
Whale Buys Huge Amount of SHIB
According to the tweet of @WhaleStats, a whale that goes by the name “BlueWhale0073” bought a large sum of 775,473,150,952 SHIB, $20,697,378 at the time of the transaction.
According to the tweet, the ether (ETH) whale is ranked number 12 on WhaleStats. WhaleStats is a service that tracks the top 100 wallets on the Ethereum blockchain, they’re able to see what are the most valuable wallets (in USD), what these wallets hold, what these wallets are trading into, and so forth.
SHIB Support Added to Robinhood
Meanwhile, a well-known investment and trading app Robinhood is adding a couple of support which include SHIB, Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and Compound (COMP).
Based on the reports, SHIB has been finally added by Robinhood following a petition signed by more than 500k “SHIB Army” to request the trading app to add Shiba Inu to its platform. The recently added tokens to Robinhood have seen a rise in market prices after the company’s announcement.
Generally, the crypto market has been down these past few days. Market values of most tokens have pulled back to before Robinhood’s announcement. At the time of writing, SHIB’s market value is at $0.00002582, down 3.34% over the past 24 hours. Shiba Inu’s coin has been ranked 15 in the largest market cap based on CoinMarketCap.
Recommended News :
disclaimer read moreCrypto News Land (cryptonewsland.com) , also abbreviated as “CNL”, is an independent media entity — we are not affiliated with any company in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. We aim to provide fresh and relevant content that will help build up the crypto space since we believe in its potential to impact the world for the better. All of our news sources are credible and accurate as we know it, although we do not make any warranty as to the validity of their statements as well as their motive behind it. While we make sure to double-check the veracity of information from our sources, we do not make any assurances as to the timeliness and completeness of any information in our website as provided by our sources. Moreover, we disclaim any information on our website as investment or financial advice. We encourage all visitors to do your own research and consult with an expert in the relevant subject before making any investment or trading decision.
