SHIB Scores New Listing, Prompting 5% Surge in Fresh Wallets

Recognized as a DeFi frontrunner by the industryโ€™s institutional veteran, SHIB inspires new custodians to jump on the train.

Shiba inu on DEFI land with gold wallets in the air.
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  • The Swiss-headquartered institutional crypto exchange Nexo listed Shiba Inu.
  • Nexoโ€™s representatives recognized SHIB as a symbol of communal strength.
  • SHIBโ€™s new registered wallets grow further, totaling 1.31M active addresses.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) received a substantial adoption boost on May 7, as institutional crypto heavyweight Nexo affirmed the meme coinโ€™s listing on their all-in-one platform. 

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Nexo, the renowned digital assets institution, posted a backstory of the iconic Shiba Inu mascot and SHIB’s emergence over the years. Back in 2021, CEO Antoni Trenchev labeled SHIB an โ€œinside joke,โ€ elaborating that โ€œas it goes viral, the number of people in on the joke can go into millions, pushing the valuations out of this universe.โ€

Since then, SHIB’s status has improved, bringing a new set of features directed at the growing Shiba Inu community, popularly known as the SHIB Army. In recent years, SHIB developers launched the Layer-2 blockchain Shibarium, a digital identity mechanism slated to introduce the community to Top-Level Domains (TLDs) and other perks.

SHIBโ€™s Bullish Wave Picked Up by New Holders

As Nexo mentioned in their introductory tweet, Shiba Inuโ€™s decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) ShibaSwap was the first step in providing real utility to the Shiba Inu community.

Shiba Inuโ€™s collectible card game Shiba Eternity quickly topped other popular games like Uno and Solitaire on the App Store and Google Play during their initial release in 2022. Alongside a base of dedicated veteran supporters, SHIB is enjoying a renaissance in new wallets, according to the latest on-chain data by IntoTheBlock.

With a 5.07% hike in newly registered wallets and a 6.15% upswing in active crypto wallets, SHIB’s price performance since last week has also borne fruit in 6.6% gains. However, the upward trajectory depends on various macroeconomic factors, Shiba Inu burning efforts, and new projects being brought onto Shibariumโ€™s Layer-2 chain.

On the Flipside

  • An evolving feud between community members on X has sparked controversy among the SHIB Army. Shibburn’s official burn trackerโ€™s official X handle posted allegations that Shytoshi Kusama and the developer team have โ€œno control or say in the SHIB token,โ€ even though both parties agree that SHIB is decentralized.

Why This Matters

Shiba Inuโ€™s popularity has grown over the years to the point that SHIB Army is arguably the largest meme coin community in the cryptosphere.

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Tadas Klimasevskis

Tadas Klimaลกevskis is a DailyCoin Journalist, covering memecoins & latest developments. Tadas has moderate holdings in SHIB, HBAR, LTC, MATIC and a selection of low-cap meme currencies.

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