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SHIB outperforms BTC amid reports of a massive whale transaction.
Jun 6, 2025, 12:05 p.m.
Memecoin Shiba inu
has chalked out a 3% recovery from overnight lows under $0.00001200, outperforming bitcoin
despite reports of a massive whale transaction.
On Thursday, SHIB experienced a significant 7.7% correction, dropping to 0.0000119 before finding strong support at the 0.0000120 level. Prices have since bounced to $0.00001241, according to CoinDesk data.
A massive whale transaction of 2.87 trillion SHIB, worth $36 million to Coinbase Institutional, initially triggered market concerns, according to CoinDesk's AI research. The transaction, however, was later identified as being associated with market maker custody rather than a whale looking to sell coins.
However, despite the recovery, SHIB still trades 10% lower for the week as investors navigate broader market pressures. Furthermore, the cryptocurrency remains stuck in a downward-trending channel, identified by trendlines connecting the highs on May 12 and May 23 and the low on May 17.
SHIB's daily price chart. (TradingView/CoinDesk)
AI technical insights for the past 24 hours
- SHIB dropped from 0.0000129 to a low of 0.0000119, representing a 7.7% decline with exceptionally high volume (2.9B) during the 19:00 hour sell-off.
- The price found strong support at the 0.0000120 level, with accumulation evidenced by above-average volume, establishing a clear demand zone.
- An ascending support trendline has formed during the recovery phase, with the price stabilizing around 0.0000122, approximately 4.9% above the period low.
- SHIB demonstrated a significant recovery pattern in the last hour, climbing with notable volume spikes.
- Substantial accumulation occurred at 07:55 with exceptionally high volume (32.3B).
- A clear resistance zone emerged at 0.0000123, which was successfully breached during the final minutes of the period.
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Omkar Godbole
Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team based in Mumbai, holds a masters degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) member. Omkar previously worked at FXStreet, writing research on currency markets and as fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desk at Mumbai-based brokerage houses. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.
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