Shiba Inu whale holds 10% of SHIB supply, up 250,000x to $2.5B
2024-11-20

Onchain data has revealed that an unknown large investor is holding over 10% of the Shiba Inu token supply, raising newfound concerns around the distribution of the world’s second-largest memecoin.
A mysterious Shiba Inu SHIBUSD whale owns over 10% of the token’s total supply across 150 addresses.
Despite their holdings being worth over $5 billion at their peak valuation, the whale has continued to hold his SHIB coins since 2020, according to a Nov. 19 X post by blockchain data firm Bubblemaps, which stated:

Since Oct. 2020, the investor made an over 250,000-fold return on their initial investment of just $10,000, worth over $2.5 billion today, which is “possibly the greatest trade in history,” according to Bubblemaps.
Whales with large holdings can significantly impact a cryptocurrency’s price action. The whale could create significant downward pressure on the SHIB token if he decides to sell a significant portion of his holdings on the open market.
Shiba Inu may be this bull cycle’s sleeping giant
Despite securing an over 250,000-fold return on investment, the investors didn’t opt to sell any of his SHIB holdings — showcasing confidence in the memecoin’s future potential.
Shiba Inu is currently up over 134% year-to-date and over 27% during the past month, Cointelegraph data shows.
While the token has been underperforming some of the other top memecoins, Shiba Inu could be this bull cycle’s sleeping giant, according to market analysis.
The first major signal for a SHIB price rally comes from the ongoing formation of a cup-and-handle setup. This bullish chart pattern typically resolves in a breakout, with the upside target measured by adding the pattern’s maximum height to the breakout point.
SHIB to DOGE capital rotation incoming?
Shiba Inu’s price could also be boosted as capital rotates from its main dog-themed rival, Dogecoin DOGEUSD.
Shiba Inu has underperformed Dogecoin primarily because of Elon Musk’s relentless promotion of the Department of Government Efficiency, his brainchild government agency to reduce excessive governmental spending, which, interestingly, has the same initials as the Dogecoin ticker, DOGE.
A capital rotation could occur, considering the SHIB token is extremely oversold against the DOGE token.
Shiba Inu’s relative strength index (RSI) stands at 14.71 against Dogecoin’s, suggesting that SHIB’s price is oversold and that selling pressure compared to DOGE is becoming low, TradingView data shows.
The RSI is a popular momentum indicator used to measure whether an asset is oversold or overbought based on the magnitude of recent price changes.