Shiba Inu Whale Moves 400B SHIB After 10-Month Dormancy

A Shiba Inu whale has resurfaced after nearly 10 months of dormancy, transferring almost 400 billion SHIB tokens.

The activity emerged this week and quickly drew market attention due to its timing, which coincided with a broader cryptocurrency market downturn.

• A dormant Shiba Inu whale became active after nearly 10 months of inactivity.
• The holder subsequently transferred nearly 400 billion SHIB through BitGo’s Forwarder Smart Contract.
• SHIB has declined 17.71% over the past week and lost the psychological support level at $0.000005.
• CoinGlass data shows more than $382,000 in SHIB futures positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.

According to data from Arkham Intelligence, the whale first conducted a test transaction by moving 10 million Shiba Inu tokens through a MetaMask swap. Shortly afterward, the holder moved nearly 400 billion SHIB via BitGo’s Forwarder Smart Contract across three transactions.

The whale initially transferred 111.9 billion SHIB, followed by another transaction involving 189.9 billion SHIB. The user then completed a third transfer of 98.9 billion SHIB. In total, the investor moved 399,989,999,938 SHIB (399.98 billion tokens) through BitGo’s forwarding infrastructure. After the transfers, the wallet retained only 110 SHIB, effectively emptying the address.

Notably, the use of BitGo’s Forwarder Smart Contract makes it difficult to determine whether the whale sold the tokens. Institutional investors frequently use BitGo’s infrastructure to consolidate assets into cold storage or facilitate over-the-counter (OTC) transactions without creating visible selling pressure on public exchanges.

Consequently, the transfers do not necessarily indicate a market sale. Instead, they signal that a long-dormant holder has taken significant action during heightened market uncertainty.

Meanwhile, the whale’s reactivation coincided with a sharp decline across the broader crypto market, which has weighed heavily on SHIB.

Over the past week, Shiba Inu has fallen 17.71%, losing the key psychological support level at $0.000005. At press time, SHIB traded at $0.000004535, down an additional 3.78% over the previous 24 hours.

The recent decline has also pushed SHIB closer to falling out of the top 30 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The token currently ranks 29th, with a market value of $2.65 billion.

In the meantime, leveraged traders have suffered substantial losses. Data from CoinGlass shows that more than $382,000 worth of SHIB futures positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours, representing roughly 84.45 billion SHIB.

Long traders accounted for the vast majority of those losses, with liquidations totaling $365,660, while short traders recorded losses of $17,320.