{"id":530081,"date":"2023-05-05T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=530081"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:47:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:47:25","slug":"mystery-wallet-burns-1-69-billion-shiba-inu-will-it-result-in-price-bump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/shiba-inu-coin\/mystery-wallet-burns-1-69-billion-shiba-inu-will-it-result-in-price-bump\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Wallet Burns 1.69 Billion Shiba Inu, Will It Result In Price Bump?"},"content":{"rendered":"
An unidentified Shiba Inu wallet holder burnt <\/span>about 1.69 billion<\/span><\/a> SHIB in a single transaction. This burn event caused the overall SHIB burn rate to increase by 38,986.28%, exceeding yesterday’s burn rate of 1.34 million SHIB.<\/span><\/p>\n SHIB <\/span>burn events<\/span><\/a> are critical to its price movement since they eliminate excess tokens in circulation and the 1.69 billion SHIB burn represents the third-largest burn event this week. <\/span>However, the burn event did not significantly impact SHIB’s price, although it could improve its performance in the long term.<\/span><\/p>\n Shiba Inu experienced massive burn events this week from some of its top holders<\/a>. <\/span>CultPunks<\/span> and a mysterious wallet are among the main contributors to these burns. A total of 2.25 billion SHIB token burns occurred on May 3-4. These transactions significantly increase the SHIB burns on the network in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading: Pro-XRP Attorney Shares Information That Could Be Bullish For Ripple<\/a><\/p>\n The new NFT collection<\/span> on the Modulus Network, Cultpunks, burnt 246.74 million SHIB in a single transaction. Also, <\/span>Blaze Token<\/span><\/a> sent approximately 2 billion SHIB to the dead wallet in a single transaction. These burns contributed to the overall burn rate that increased progressively to date.<\/span><\/p>\n Amid the ongoing burn transactions, some whales continue to accumulate SHIB tokens. <\/span>Etherscan.io<\/span><\/a> revealed <\/span>that a prominent SHIB whale<\/span><\/a> purchased 221.72 million SHIB worth $2.23 million in a single transaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The whale started its purchases on April 25, 2023, when it bought 730.61 million SHIB. Also, on April 27, the same whale acquired an additional 76.31 billion SHIB worth $770,036. Additionally, the SHIB whale bought 49.34 billion SHIB worth $495,868 on April 29.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSHIB Burn Rate Increasing This Week<\/h2>\n