Shiba Inu Remains Top Holding in Whale Wallets After Market Drops by 25%
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Shiba Inu meme token has been the most popular token among whales during both local bull and bear cycles on the cryptocurrency market. With the current bloodbath continuing on both the Bitcoin and altcoins markets, Shiba maintains its strong place on whale-tier addresses, according to WhaleStats.
Whale wallet holdings
According to the total whale holdings in the 1,000 largest Ethereum wallets, Shiba Inu still remains the largest position among whales with $2 billion worth of tokens held currently. While the USD value of holdings remains the same, the percentage (or the dominance) among whales has decreased significantly.
Alex DovbnyaAt press time, Shiba Inu holdings remain at 8% dominance, while "Other" smaller tokens account for 7.89% of all holdings coming closer to the dog-based meme coin.
Market performance
Unfortunately for its investors, Shiba Inu did not become a safe haven asset and lost approximately 15% of its value. Compared to the market in general, SHIB token was in the middle of the biggest losers leaderboard, sitting with tokens and coins like Doge, Ethereum and Avax.
After a strong correction, Shiba Inu now remains at a total loss of 66% from its last peak. At the beginning of the week, a rapid and unexpected rally was initiated on the market, which led to a 40% short-term pump of the token's price.
At press time, SHIB token trades at $0.00003453, with 15% negative performance now and 26% minimum.
Alex Dovbnya
Dan Burgin
Vladislav Sopov