Shiba Inu Burn Rate Skyrockets, Is SHIB Price preparing to rally?

Jim Haastrup
5 Min Read

Key Insights

  • Following last week’s events,Shiba Inu lost its grip on the vital resistance line at $0.00001.
  • The burn rate on the memecoin has risen by more than ten times its original value over the last day.
  • Overall, the increase in the memecoin’s burn rate is up by a staggering 1,064% over the last day, as illustrated below.

Shiba Inu (SHIB), the dog-themed cryptocurrency, struggled last week after FTX, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, entered its historic financial crisis. So naturally, this hurt most of the Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, with Solana (SOL) falling by more than 50%.

As a result, SHIB briefly surpassed Solana and Tron to become the 13th largest cryptocurrency in the world with a $5.41 billion market cap, according to CoinMarketCap.

Following last week’s events, Shiba Inu lost its grip on the vital resistance line at $0.00001. It trades below this line at $0.00000993 and is back to being the 14th largest cryptocurrency with a $5.1 billion market cap.

However, in light of new data about Shiba Inu’s burn rate, there is hope for the cryptocurrency.

Shiba Inu’s Burn Rate Spikes Again

It is no longer news that the biggest Ethereum whales are also fans of the dog-themed cryptocurrency. In a recent report, these whales have added more than $1 million worth of SHIB to their holdings.

However, the topic of interest in this article is the Burn Rate in Shiba Inu.

The burn rate on the memecoin has risen by more than ten times its original value over the last day, as the SHIB community permanently destroyed almost 24 million Shiba Inu tokens, as illustrated below.

Snapshot of the total SHIB tokens burned over the last day, voc, voice of crypto
Snapshot of the total SHIB tokens burned over the last day | Source: ShibBurn

Overall, the increase in the memecoin’s burn rate is up by a staggering 1,064% over the last day, as illustrated below (with data from ShibBurn).

Chart showing the rise in Shiba Inu’s burn rate, voc, voice of crypto
Chart showing the rise in Shiba Inu’s burn rate | Source: ShibBurn

This brings the overall amount of SHIB burned from the total supply to 410 trillion $SHIB plus 27 trillion staked $SHIB, all from a max total supply of 999 trillion $SHIB.

However, the overall amount of SHIB transferred to Shiba Inu’s burn address over the last week could have been more impressive, despite the massive burn over the previous day. This figure sits at less than 100 million SHIB.

The most plausible explanation for this spike in burn rates is the expansion of the bear market as a whole following the recent collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, which declared bankruptcy on Friday and was later hacked over the weekend.

However, the important question would be what the effects of this hike in burn rate may mean for the price of Shiba Inu.

Shiba Inu Price Analysis

The memecoin has fallen by 22.89% over the last seven days and is also down by 1.4% over the previous day.

Snapshot showing tokenomics on Shiba Inu , voc
Snapshot showing tokenomics on Shiba Inu  Source: CoinMarketCap

Over the charts, the price of Shiba Inu has shown bearishness over the last week.

The volume to market cap ratio for the memecoin currently sits at 0.0594, even though trading volumes have decreased over the last day.

Shiba Inu Price has suffered dramatically due to the bears’ influence, as seen by the memecoin’s present trading below the 20 and 50-period Simple Moving Averages on the four-hour chart.

Chart showing $SHIB trading below its 20 [red] and 50 [blue] period moving averages, voc, voice of crypto
Chart showing $SHIB trading below its 20 [red] and 50 [blue] period moving averages | Source: Tradingview
This death cross makes it clear that the bears have taken control of the market from the bulls. The following support level set at $0.000007 may be relatively easy for the bears to break if this decline continues.

However, if the bulls manage to push the price above the overhead $0.000010 resistance level, this would signal a retake of control over the market on the part of the bulls and may indicate the chance of a rally to the upside despite odds.

 

 

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Jim Haastrup is a blockchain and technical writer at Voice of Crypto, where he covers cryptocurrency, NFTs, DeFi, GameFi, and the Metaverse. Before joining Voice of Crypto in 2022, he spent over three years as a senior technical writer across multiple blockchain projects, including Hashtoken, Naxar, and Bino, where he specialized in whitepapers, technical documentation, and content strategy for decentralized finance applications. Jim began his career as a junior technical writer at RM in Canada before advancing to lead technical writing roles at Bulltoken, a cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform in Norway. Throughout his career, he has authored more than 800 articles and collaborated with development teams to translate complex blockchain protocols into accessible content for diverse audiences including developers, investors, and crypto enthusiasts. His work spans ICO/STO/IDO research and analysis, cryptocurrency market trend forecasting, and social media management for crypto brands. Jim has helped numerous startups build their online presence through strategic content marketing, technical whitepapers, and pitch deck development. Jim graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering in 2021. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.