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Shiba Inu Whale Transfers 800B SHIB to CoinMENA, Market Absorbs Supply

market-auction · 2026-05-01

In the last 24 hours, a whale possessing 16-17% of Shiba Inu's total supply transferred roughly 800 billion SHIB, valued at nearly $4.9 million, to the CoinMENA exchange, as reported by EmberCN. This transaction involved several intermediary addresses before arriving at a deposit wallet on CoinMENA, suggesting a transition to a market-ready status. Since 2020, this wallet has gathered over 103 trillion SHIB, maintaining 95-99 trillion SHIB worth about $600 million. It has sold around 4.06 trillion SHIB, generating $37.6 million. SHIB's trading volume in the past day was approximately $168 million, with Etherscan indicating that the top 100 addresses control over 83% of the supply. The price of SHIB slightly fluctuated but stabilized at about $0.0000063.

Key facts

  • Whale moved 800 billion SHIB ($4.9 million) to CoinMENA exchange
  • Transaction executed via multiple intermediary 'Forwarder' addresses
  • Whale holds 95-99 trillion SHIB (16-17% of total supply)
  • Initial investment in 2020: 37.8 ETH ($13,700)
  • Peak value in 2021: over $9 billion
  • Total sold to date: 4.06 trillion SHIB for $37.6 million
  • Transfer is less than 1% of whale's holdings and 0.13% of circulating supply
  • SHIB price stable at $0.0000063 after transfer

Entities

Institutions

  • CoinMENA
  • EmberCN
  • Lookonchain
  • Arkham
  • CryptoQuant
  • CoinMarketCap
  • Etherscan
  • TradingView
  • NFT Plazas

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