Shiba Inu Sees 20% Price Increase, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ethereum
The popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB) has experienced a significant increase in value, making it one of the best-performing coins of the weekend.
- Shiba Inu’s price rose 20% from August 4th to August 6th.
- It has outpaced other popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin.
- Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP experienced losses over the weekend, while Dogecoin saw a 1% gain.
- Analysts attribute SHIB’s performance to the announcement of a decentralized blockchain identification system for Shibarium, its layer 2 scaling solution.
- Shibarium is set to be unveiled later in August at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto.
With the weekend price jump, SHIB’s burn rate also increased by 21.8%, indicating increased activity and interest in the coin.