The combustion rate of Shiba Inus (SHIBs) has decreased considerably since the start of the week; the memecoin’s ecosystem continues to be troubled by the decline in the number of Shiba Inu tokens incinerated
The Burn Rate of SHIB Decreases By 97%
According to data provided by the burn monitoring website Shibburn, the burn rate of Shiba Inus has decreased by more than 97% in the preceding twenty-four hours, burning a total of 128,791 SHIB tokens. These burnings occurred in a single transaction, where 100,000 Shiba Inu tokens were consumed in one transaction and 28,791 consumed in another.
This is opposed to the previous day when over 4.5 million SHIB tokens were incinerated. The larger picture, however, indicates that the burn rate of Shiba Inus has been declining for some time. Additional data from Shibburn indicates that the burn rate of the meme coin has decreased by nearly 40 percent over the past week.
In May, SHIB also experienced a monthly burn rate decline of 78.23%. In May, more than 369 million tokens were incinerated, a relatively modest amount compared to April.
This decline is partly attributable to the layer-2 network Shibarium, whose daily transactions have decreased significantly. It is well-known that the network substantially contributed to previous SHIB burns; in December of last year, for instance, more than 33.8 billion Shiba Inu tokens were burned at the behest of Shibarium.
Nevertheless, Shibarium has been unable to carry out SHIB token burns as of late, presumably because the transaction fees generated by these daily transactions are inadequate to warrant delegating a portion of those fees to token burns.
The Importance Of The Shiba Inu Burn Token
In conjunction with the increased demand for SHIB, these Shiba Inu token burning substantially affect the price of the meme coin. Moreover, in light of the impending full-scale bull run, the token fires are more than crucial now.
Demand for Shiba Inus is anticipated to be substantial, given that meme coins are associated with one of the most prominent narratives of this cycle. Consequently, a massive burn of these SHIB tokens could propel the price of the meme cryptocurrency to all-time highs.
In light of the fact that there are still more than 589 trillion SHIB in circulation, these token fires are believed to be essential for the meme coin to attain specific levels of prominence. According to the burn tracker, the utmost circulating supply of Shiba Inu must be capped at 134 trillion for the meme coin to reach $0.01.
CoinMarketCap data indicates that at the time of writing, Shiba Inu is trading at approximately $0.00002472, a decrease of over 1% over the previous twenty-four hours.