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Shiba Inu (SHIB), an Ethereum-based altcoin has recently garnered the attention of the cryptocurrency community and investors as the token’s burn rate experienced a massive surge. Shiba Inu Burn Rate Increases Significant The Shiba Inu burn rate recently increased significantly by 499,416% in a 24-hour period between Sunday and Monday.\u00a0Data from Shibburn – the platform that tracks SHIB token burns, shows this marks a new record for the token’s burn initiative. It also highlights the renewed strength of the community’s attempts to manage its token total supply. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Community Project Calls Out Founders For Refusing To Burn 103 Trillion SHIB Furthermore, the data also shows that over 264.20 million SHIB tokens were burned on the same day. The recent uptick in the SHIB burn rate can be traced back to several burn transactions. However, a single transaction that was carried out by an unknown wallet address is believed to have buttressed the surge. According to the data available, the unknown wallet address transferred approximately 261.4 million SHIB tokens to a burn wallet on Monday. An important turning point in the SHIB burn initiative was reached with this transaction alone. This is because the transaction made up about 98% of all the tokens burned during this time. Another transaction also garnered significant attention in the community. The wallet transferred approximately 21.52 million SHIB tokens to a burning wallet. These kind of transactions are significant because it reduces the total supply of SHIB tokens in circulation. Over 410.66 trillion SHIB tokens have been burned from its total supply in circulation. Currently, the total supply of SHIB tokens in circulation is sitting at approximately 589.35 trillion tokens, according to CoinMarketCap. The Importance Of SHIB Revealed A Shiba Inu community member has recently revealed the importance of the SHIB tokens in the Shiba Inu ecosystem. The member suggests that people need to read the Shibpaper to know the role of the token. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Marketing Lead Reveals The Important Role Of SHIB In The Shibarium Ecosystem They took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a screenshot of the project’s whitepaper on the role of the SHIB token. According to the screenshot, the tokens serve as the ecosystem’s legislative instrument as it states that SHIB tokens “propels legislative machinery.”\u00a0It also grants every Shibizen an equitable voice in molding the project’s journey. The screenshot read: The Shib token allows for symbolically propels our legislative machinery. Embodying our democratic fabric, it grants every Shibizen an equitable voice in molding our shared journey. From council elections to legislative votes, the Shib token guarantees transparency and participative democracy. The recent spike in burn rate has provided the SHIB community with a newfound hope, even though the road to a significant price gain appears long. With over 500 trillion SHIB tokens still in circulation, the community is still positive about potential price gains ahead. Featured image from iStock, chart by Tradingview.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":561029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92559],"tags":[10995,1946,83668,83667,88130,90504,84558],"class_list":["post-562857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shiba-inu-coin","tag-coinmarketcap","tag-ethereum","tag-shib","tag-shiba-inu","tag-shibburn","tag-shibizen","tag-shibusdt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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