Shiba Inu is stuck in a deep bear market after falling by over 71% from its highest level this year, making it one of the top laggards in the crypto industry.
According to CoinGecko, SHIB’s 24-hour volume was just $177 million, significantly lower than Pepe’s $747 million and Dogwifhat’s $290 million. SHIB has also been outpaced by smaller tokens like Baby Doge Coin and Neiro, which had $205 million and $364 million in volume, respectively.
Additional data reveals that Shiba Inu’s open interest in the futures market has dried up. It stood at $24 million, where it has remained for the past few months, down from the year-to-date high of $137 million.
Shiba Inu’s price action is likely influenced by significant changes in the meme coin industry over the past 12 months. The biggest shift has been the launch of Pump.fun and SunPump, which have simplified the process for developers to launch their own meme coins.
Pump.fun meme coins have accumulated a market cap of over $500 million, while SunPump tokens have reached a valuation of over $514 million. Some of the most popular meme coins among traders are Sundog, Tron Bull, Dogwifhat, Bonk, and Brett.
Shiba Inu’s price has also lagged despite the network’s continued token burns. According to Shibburn, the burn rate in the last 24 hours jumped by 440% to over 28.2 million coins. As a result, the total number of burned coins has reached over 410 trillion.
[Source: Crypto.news]
