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A previously inactive Shiba Inu whale has resumed accumulating the token after spending more than seven months on the sidelines.
According to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence, the whale recently purchased 30.18 billion Shiba Inu in a single transaction valued at $125,270. The transaction quickly attracted the attention of the Shiba Inu community, as it marked the whale’s first significant purchase in months.
Latest Purchase Lifts Holdings to 50.28 Billion $SHIB
Before the latest acquisition, the whale had not bought any $SHIB for over seven months. The previous purchase occurred in December 2025, when the address acquired 70 million $SHIB. A month earlier, the same wallet accumulated more than 20 billion $SHIB through four separate transactions.
Following the recent purchase, the wallet’s holdings have increased to 50.28 billion $SHIB, currently worth $210,710. $SHIB also remains the largest asset in the wallet by dollar value, highlighting the investor’s continued conviction in the token.
Accumulation Coincides With Exchange Outflows
The whale’s renewed buying activity comes as investors continue removing $SHIB from centralized exchanges. As previously reported, holders withdrew roughly 74 billion $SHIB from exchanges, signaling a preference for self-custody.
The trend has continued over the past 24 hours, with investors withdrawing more than 1 billion $SHIB, further reducing the amount of the token available on trading platforms.
At the same time, leading cryptocurrency exchanges have been reshuffling billions of $SHIB between their wallets. Over the past 12 hours, OKX transferred more than 168 billion $SHIB from its hot wallet to cold storage.
Meanwhile, Binance and Wintermute also moved billions of $SHIB in separate transactions over recent hours. Such transfers are typically associated with internal wallet management and do not necessarily indicate buying or selling activity.
$SHIB Regains Momentum
Amid the renewed whale accumulation and continued exchange outflows, Shiba Inu has regained some momentum in the broader crypto market.
The token has reclaimed its position as the 31st-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. At the time of writing, $SHIB was trading at $0.000004211, up 0.69% over the past 24 hours and 1.38% over the past seven days.
While the recent whale activity has sparked optimism among investors, it remains too early to determine whether it signals the beginning of a sustained recovery.