Popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB) has reached new long-term milestone. Meanwhile, the inventor of SHIB shared a new teaser on Twitter that raised expectations.
SHIB reaches new milestone in number of holders
According to whale watching platform WhaleStats, the Shiba Inu has reached over 1,215K holders. With this level, SHIB continues to set record-breaking milestones in the number of holders. At press time, WhaleStats data shows the meme coin’s holder count as 1,215,811.
🏆 New Record: $SHIB reaches an astonishing 1,215,000+ holders.
Current Holder Count: 1,215,109
💹 The top 1000 ETH wallets are holding 57,493,440,255,738 $SHIB ($637,257,501 USD)
Source: https://t.co/keN3btSnKj#SHIB #ShibArmy
— WhaleStats (tracking crypto whales) (@WhaleStats) July 28, 2022
According to experts, the increase in SHIB holders does not have an immediate impact on the price. However, it is very important in terms of showing interest in an asset in the long run. Therefore, it remains a positive sign for the popular meme coin.
Shiba Inu continues to be a favorite of whales
Also, as reported by WhaleStats, the top 1,000 ETH wallets currently hold 57,493,440,255,738 SHIB worth $637,257,501. Shiba Inu faced pressure to buy from whales. SHIB was among the top 10 most bought tokens among the 500 largest ETH whales in the last 24 hours.
At press time, the Shiba Inu was trading at $0.0000117, down 1.66% in the last 24 hours. The altcoin ranks second among the worst among the top 20 projects in terms of weekly performance. In addition, it is 87% off the all-time high of $0.00008845.
Anticipation rises with Shiba Inu’s teaser tweet
Shiba Inu shared a teaser tweet containing only the game console image on its official Twitter account. Thus, it raised expectations among investors and traders. Last week, he instead shared a short clip showing a cloudy rainstorm. This teaser is a sequel to it.
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— Shib (@Shibtoken) July 28, 2022
Shiba Inu lead developer Shytoshi Kusama also shared this teaser in a tweet. However, he did not make any comments. The tweet only includes a GIF image of a ‘super creature getting ready to launch’.
https://t.co/noMJFRVETu pic.twitter.com/saK61rsHCl
— Shytoshi Kusama™ (@ShytoshiKusama) July 28, 2022
cryptocoin.comAs we reported, game veteran William Volk, who also served as the lead consultant for the Shiba Inu Games version of the Shiboshi game, predicted “something new” to come for SHIB.
Meanwhile, last week Shiba Inu announced its partnership with world-class visualization studio The Third Floor (TTF) for the design and construction of Project Metaverse. TTF is one of the largest visualization companies that helps create well-known IPs for video games, VR/AR and location based entertainment.
