Shiba Inu Large Transactions Up by 122%, Owing to Surge in Whales' Interest in SHIB

Shiba Inu whales have been more active in the last 24 hours, according to IntoTheBlock data, with a 122% spike in large transactions. Large transaction surges are typically linked to increased activity from whales who are either buying or selling, and these total more than $100,000.

WhaleStats' analysis of the top 100 Shiba Inu holders reflects an 8.28% spike in active addresses as crypto whales interacted with billions of Shiba Inu, leading to an increase in the number of large transactions. WhaleStats has detected large Shiba Inu purchases in the last 24 hours.

🐳 ETH whale "BlueWhale0073" just bought 147,846,134,326 $shib ($1,562,733 USD).

Ranked #312 on WhaleStats: https://t.co/RBupemZyZX

Transaction: https://t.co/7hczi9t2sZ#SHIB #ShibArmy

— WhaleStats - BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) May 27, 2022

"BlueWhale0073," ranked 312th on WhaleStats, recently bought 147,846,134,326 SHIB valued at $1,562,733.

JUST IN: $SHIB @Shibtoken now on top 10 purchased tokens among 5000 biggest #ETH whales in the last 24hrs 🐳

Peep the top 100 whales here: https://t.co/kOhHps8XBB

(and hodl $BBW to see data for the top 5000!)#SHIB #whalestats #babywhale #BBW pic.twitter.com/jQnLIiZlU9

— WhaleStats - BabyWhale ($BBW) (@WhaleStats) May 28, 2022

SHIB also resurfaced as one of the top 10 tokens purchased by the top 5,000 ETH whales, who now own $627,497,979 worth of SHIB.

Bitrue launches new yield farming option for SHIB

Bitrue has launched a new yield farming option for Shiba Inu, allowing holders to earn on their tokens. As stated on its blog post, there are three Shiba Inu pool options, each with its own lockup days, caps and APY. Users can pick the one that best suits their needs and begin earning incentives.

Thanks for the follow @BitrueOfficial. New Yield Farming Pool option arriving at the platform for $SHIB. https://t.co/6Z4SOPF692

— MILKSHAKE (@shibainuart) May 27, 2022

In the past week, cryptocurrency exchange MEXC Global announced the listing of SHIB/USDC, thus allowing users to trade Shiba Inu against Circle's USDC stablecoin.

At the time of publication, Shiba Inu was trading down at $0.00001073. Due to the volatility experienced across the board in May, Shiba Inu remains down nearly 46% for the month. Despite price declines, Shiba Inu has added nearly 32,000 holders since the start of May as the current holder count stands at 1,171,385, per WhaleStats data.