Meme-themed cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) saw a significant uptick in high-value transactions on Tuesday.
What Happened: According to data from IntoTheBlock, SHIB recorded a 260% increase in large transactions over 24 hours.
The price of the Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) rival also rallied 23% from an intra-day low of $0.00001447 to an intra-day high of $0.00001789 over the same period, suggesting these high-value transfers were likely large purchases.
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At press time, SHIB was trading at $0.00001596, as per data from Benzinga Pro. The token has gained 15,000 new holders despite its price falling 35% over the last month.
SHIB was among the altcoins that posted a recovery following the previous day’s crypto blood bath which saw Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) briefly drop under the $30,000 mark.
More than $1 billion was liquidated from crypto markets as Terra’s (CRYPTO: LUNA) stablecoin TerraUSD (CRYPTO: UST) de-pegged from the U.S. dollar, bringing to light the inherent systemic risk within the crypto ecosystem.
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