Shiba Inu SHIB
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CM Profile: Shiba Inu
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about SHIB, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 on 2 exchange order books lost between 0.21% and 0.35%, on 10 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold SHIB. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 10 OctoberNothing we measure moved much this week: trading volume, reported supply and price are all within their usual range.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell SHIB
Selling $100,000 of SHIB into each exchange’s resting bids, measured against the mid price:
| Exchange | Lost | Got back | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraken SHIB/USD | 0.21% | $99,789 | 2026-10-10 |
| Coinbase SHIB/USD | 0.35% | $99,654 | 2026-10-10 |
Exchange figures need an account there (and KYC, a permitted country, the tokens already deposited), are before trading fees, and are never averaged with the on-chain figure. Binance is not included: it refuses requests from the region our servers are in. How this is measured →
Watch this number instead of remembering it. A free account keeps SHIB on a list, records where it stood the day you added it, and emails you if selling it on these exchanges gets materially harder — one message, not a series. The measurement itself stays public; the account is for being told when it moves without you looking.
What Shiba Inu is
Shiba Inu launched in August 2020, created by an anonymous founder using the name Ryoshi, as a token on Ethereum built around the same dog meme as Dogecoin. One quadrillion units were created, and half were sent unsolicited to Vitalik Buterin — who burned ninety percent of them and donated the remainder, worth roughly a billion dollars at the time, to a COVID-19 relief fund in India.
Since then the project has attempted to build outward: a decentralised exchange, a layer-2 network, and various token and NFT offshoots. The founder departed without ever being identified, leaving the project to a pseudonymous team and its holders.
It is a meme token, which is not an insult but a description of where its value comes from — attention, community and momentum rather than revenue or usage. The enormous supply means the very low unit price is a presentational choice, not a sign that the asset is cheap; the meaningful comparison is total market value. The ecosystem products exist and function, but their usage is small relative to the token's valuation. Drawdowns exceeding eighty percent have occurred more than once and should be treated as an ordinary feature rather than an anomaly.
What Shiba Inu can do
Selling $100,000 on Kraken lost 0.21% against the mid price, before trading fees. Check your own amount →
Our own measurement · measured 10 October 2026
SHIB pays nothing for being held. The project's staking platform lets holders lock SHIB for between one week and four years, and its docs say that for now this earns voting power only, with no rewards.
Source: Shiba Inu docs: staking · checked 2 October 2026
SHIB does not run applications. It is a token on Ethereum, and on Shibarium, the project's own network, fees are paid in a different token, BONE.
Sources: The Shib Daily: SHIB, BONE and LEASH, Shiba Inu docs · checked 2 October 2026
What a coin can do is not a reason to buy it or to sell it. Each answer names its source and the day we read it; where we could not source one, the row is left out. How these are written · Every coin we have written up
Where SHIB lives
On Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain, GoPlus's analysis of each contract is read weekly: whether it has a function to block addresses or pause transfers, and whether an owner holds it. That is GoPlus's reading, not ours. Where a token exists on several chains, one copy's settings say nothing about the original coin.
Always verify a contract address against the project's own site before sending anything. Addresses are shown as published by CoinGecko, not as an endorsement — and identical-looking tokens on other chains are the most common way people lose money here.
Price change
Shiba Inu data synced 4m ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell SHIB.