Recent Price Performance and Burn Rate Surge
The second-largest meme coin by market capitalization has posted a substantial price decline of more than 10% over the past week.
However, the renewed spike in the Shiba Inu burn rate hints that a relief rally might be on the way.
SHIB Goes Up in Flames
Shibburn – the X account showing the burn efforts of the Shiba Inu team and community – revealed that the rate has skyrocketed by over 2,000,000% on a daily scale. The exact number of scorched tokens exceeds 2.2 million.
The USD equivalent of this is insignificant, but continuous efforts in that field can make the meme coin scarcer and more valuable. The team adopted the burning mechanism three years ago, and since then, a total of 410.75 trillion tokens have been sent to a null address, leaving 585.26 trillion coins in circulation.
Exchange Netflow and Investor Behavior
Another factor that may be interpreted as bullish for Shiba Inu’s price is the recent exchange netflow. CryptoQuant’s data shows that outflows have surpassed inflows over the last week, indicating that investors have abandoned centralized platforms and shifted to self-custody.
Earlier today, the total amount of SHIB held on exchanges fell to approximately 80.5 trillion, the lowest level since April 2021. Such a development typically results in reduced immediate selling pressure.
The Bearish Signal and Shibarium's Role
SHIB currently trades at around $0.000008659, representing an 11% weekly plunge and a valuation far below the local high seen towards the end of 2024.
Some analysts believe a substantial revival may depend heavily on the advancement of Shiba Inu’s layer-2 blockchain solution – Shibarium. One such person is the Bitcoin advocate Jeremie Davinci, who said earlier this year:
“I think Shiba Inu has a lot of utility now that they have Shibarium, and basically, it’s a chain that you can actually run all kinds of applications. However, nobody is using it, and there are no applications for using your tokens on Shibarium yet. If they get that solved, Shiba Inu will go to the moon.”
Shibarium had its glory moments throughout 2025, when the network processed daily transactions in the millions. However, the protocol’s security was breached in September, and since then, the figure has plummeted, reflecting reduced usage and waning ecosystem activity.
