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3 Trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) Acquired By Mysterious Wallet In Single Transaction

Published 08/09/2022, 05:55
Updated 08/09/2022, 06:40
© Reuters. 3 Trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) Acquired By Mysterious Wallet In Single Transaction

An anonymous Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) wallet acquired more than 3 trillion Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) tokens in a single transaction.

What Happened: Blockchain data from Etherscan shows that a mysterious wallet address acquired 3.37 trillion SHIB tokens worth $42 million on Tuesday.

At the time of writing, the tokens were worth $41.2 million.

Transaction data shows that the whale paid a mere $1.69 worth of gwei in gas fees for the high-value transaction.

Interestingly, the mysterious wallet in question did not hold any cryptocurrency tokens prior to this week’s transfer.

Meanwhile, the number of Shiba Inu burns has been on the rise, with a particularly high number of tokens sent to the burn wallet in August.

According to Shibburn, a portal that tracks the amount of SHIB tokens removed from circulation, August saw 3.37 billion SHIB burned.

Although more than 410 trillion SHIB has been burned so far, there are still 559 trillion SHIB tokens in circulation, meaning that the burn rate would need to accelerate significantly in order for any real change in the token’s price.

See Also: IS SHIBA INU (SHIB) A GOOD INVESTMENT?

Price Action: At the time of writing, SHIB was trading at $0.0001229, up 2.57% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was trading at $19,316 and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) was trading at $1,620, up 2% and 5%, respectively, over the same period.

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