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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Bitcoin Profit Taking Speeds Up Post Golden Cross, Hourly BTC Cashouts Top $500M, Blockchain Data Show
Bitcoin BTC holders have increased their profit-taking activity since the cryptocurrency's price averages flashed a key bullish signal two weeks ago. BTC's 50-day simple moving average (SMA) crossed above its 200-day SMA on May 22, confirming a golden cross – a technical indicator signaling bullish long-term momentum, according to data from TradingView. On the same day, bitcoin's price hit a record high above $111,000, according to CoinDesk data. Still, holders are increasingly locking in gains rather than holding for further upside, according to on-chain data tracked by Glassnode. "Entity-adjusted realized profit spiked above $500M/hour three times in the past 24 hours, signaling intense profit-taking activity," Glassnode said on X on Tuesday. The entity-adjusted realized profit represents the total USD profit of all coins that have been moved onchain, where the price at their last movement is lower than the latest transaction price. The chart shows the profit-taking activity has steadily increased since the second half of May, topping the $500 million mark several times. That's the most intense profit taking operation since early February. Other metrics, such as the entity-adjusted spent output profit ratio (SOPR), suggest the same. SOPR tracks the profit level of all moved coins during a given period. It's entity-adjusted version discards transactions between addresses of the same entity, providing a reliable indicator of real economic activity. "The recent ATH breakout has led to a notable uptick in profits locked in, with the average coin capturing a +16% profit. Fewer than 8% of trading days have been more profitable for investors, suggesting a meaningful transition into profit-taking activity is underway," Glassnode said in its weekly report. The report added that profit-taking is still not as intense as seen during prior major price-topping patterns. As of writing, BTC changed hands at $105,600 amid reports of President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform moving a step closer to offering a bitcoin exchange-traded fund to everyday investors. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Globe and Mail
24-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Shiba Inu Is Down 84%. Should You Buy the Dip?
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) could not have performed better for investors a few years ago. From the start of 2021 to its all-time high in late October that year, this digital asset absolutely skyrocketed. There are surely some very lucky speculators who amassed life-changing wealth. However, it's been a different story since then. While the overall crypto market has held up well, despite the volatility, Shiba Inu has a lot of work to do to catch up to its former glory. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » As of May 20, this meme token trades at $0.00001428, which is 84% below its peak from about three and a half years ago. Is it time to buy the dip with Shiba Inu? I think investors should look at both sides of the argument to gain a more thorough understanding. Hoping for a quick profit As of this writing, Shiba Inu carries a market cap of $8.4 billion. This makes it the 16th largest cryptocurrency on Earth. This is a higher value than companies like Etsy and Peloton. As a result, it's hard to argue that Shiba Inu doesn't possess a strong community of supporters. These supporters, known as the "Shib Army," help to drive interest in the token online. Speculators understand that the community can lead to various hype cycles. And if the timing is correct, there's a chance to achieve huge profits in a short period of time. Shiba Inu can be viewed as a " Dogecoin killer." That's because it's built to be compatible with the Ethereum network. This means that Shiba Inu has greater functionality than its dog-themed predecessor. Tokens can be used in decentralized exchanges, to trade non-fungible tokens, or within decentralized finance protocols. In theory, this raises utility. What's more, Shiba Inu's developers are trying to increase adoption with various features. Shibarium, a layer-2 scaling solution, was introduced to speed up transactions and lower costs. A dedicated metaverse was also launched in December last year that allows users to interact in a virtual world. This might draw some excitement toward Shiba Inu. Adding unnecessary risk to your portfolio According to venture firm Electric Capital, Shiba Inu isn't even on the list of top 100 cryptocurrencies when it comes to the number of developers actively working on it. This doesn't bode well for its future, especially if you believe, like I do, that a cryptocurrency's ultimate viability comes down to how much real-world utility it can introduce. This puts Shiba Inu at a major disadvantage. The tokenomics also leave much to be desired. There are currently 589 trillion Shiba Inu tokens in circulation. That intentionally high supply base is the opposite setup of the scarcity Bitcoin possesses, for instance. This makes it all the more difficult for Shiba Inu's price to steadily rise over time. There is a coin-burning mechanism in place to reduce supply. On May 19, though, only 49 million coins were burned. That's not going to put a meaningful dent in the supply anytime soon, as it would take more than 16,000 years to burn half the outstanding supply. The fact that anyone can create a new token out of thin air poses a key risk for Shiba Inu, which is competition. The cryptocurrency industry remains the newest asset class out there. Consequently, it's still characterized by unhealthy amounts of speculation among market participants. There's no shortage of tokens to bet on in the hopes of getting rich quick. This increases the chances that people will move away from Shiba Inu one day onto the newly released shiny token. For long-term investors who want to own high-quality assets, there's really no reason to own Shiba Inu. The bear case for the meme token is much more compelling than the bullish argument. Even though the cryptocurrency is trading well off its peak, investors should avoid Shiba Inu. Should you invest $1,000 in Shiba Inu right now? Before you buy stock in Shiba Inu, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Shiba Inu wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $640,662!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $814,127!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is963% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to168%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Shiba Inu Is Down 84%. Should You Buy the Dip?
Shiba Inu has generated monster returns in the past thanks to its strong community of supporters. The fact that the crypto has a small number of active developers doesn't bode well for its ability to increase real-world utility. Shiba Inu tokens are being burned, but the current pace will barely put a dent in the massive supply base. 10 stocks we like better than Shiba Inu › Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) could not have performed better for investors a few years ago. From the start of 2021 to its all-time high in late October that year, this digital asset absolutely skyrocketed. There are surely some very lucky speculators who amassed life-changing wealth. However, it's been a different story since then. While the overall crypto market has held up well, despite the volatility, Shiba Inu has a lot of work to do to catch up to its former glory. As of May 20, this meme token trades at $0.00001428, which is 84% below its peak from about three and a half years ago. Is it time to buy the dip with Shiba Inu? I think investors should look at both sides of the argument to gain a more thorough understanding. As of this writing, Shiba Inu carries a market cap of $8.4 billion. This makes it the 16th largest cryptocurrency on Earth. This is a higher value than companies like Etsy and Peloton. As a result, it's hard to argue that Shiba Inu doesn't possess a strong community of supporters. These supporters, known as the "Shib Army," help to drive interest in the token online. Speculators understand that the community can lead to various hype cycles. And if the timing is correct, there's a chance to achieve huge profits in a short period of time. Shiba Inu can be viewed as a "Dogecoin killer." That's because it's built to be compatible with the Ethereum network. This means that Shiba Inu has greater functionality than its dog-themed predecessor. Tokens can be used in decentralized exchanges, to trade non-fungible tokens, or within decentralized finance protocols. In theory, this raises utility. What's more, Shiba Inu's developers are trying to increase adoption with various features. Shibarium, a layer-2 scaling solution, was introduced to speed up transactions and lower costs. A dedicated metaverse was also launched in December last year that allows users to interact in a virtual world. This might draw some excitement toward Shiba Inu. According to venture firm Electric Capital, Shiba Inu isn't even on the list of top 100 cryptocurrencies when it comes to the number of developers actively working on it. This doesn't bode well for its future, especially if you believe, like I do, that a cryptocurrency's ultimate viability comes down to how much real-world utility it can introduce. This puts Shiba Inu at a major disadvantage. The tokenomics also leave much to be desired. There are currently 589 trillion Shiba Inu tokens in circulation. That intentionally high supply base is the opposite setup of the scarcity Bitcoin possesses, for instance. This makes it all the more difficult for Shiba Inu's price to steadily rise over time. There is a coin-burning mechanism in place to reduce supply. On May 19, though, only 49 million coins were burned. That's not going to put a meaningful dent in the supply anytime soon, as it would take more than 16,000 years to burn half the outstanding supply. The fact that anyone can create a new token out of thin air poses a key risk for Shiba Inu, which is competition. The cryptocurrency industry remains the newest asset class out there. Consequently, it's still characterized by unhealthy amounts of speculation among market participants. There's no shortage of tokens to bet on in the hopes of getting rich quick. This increases the chances that people will move away from Shiba Inu one day onto the newly released shiny token. For long-term investors who want to own high-quality assets, there's really no reason to own Shiba Inu. The bear case for the meme token is much more compelling than the bullish argument. Even though the cryptocurrency is trading well off its peak, investors should avoid Shiba Inu. Before you buy stock in Shiba Inu, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Shiba Inu wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $640,662!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $814,127!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 963% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 168% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Neil Patel has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin, Ethereum, Etsy, and Peloton Interactive. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Shiba Inu Is Down 84%. Should You Buy the Dip? was originally published by The Motley Fool
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Better Meme Coin: Dogecoin vs. Shiba Inu
Dogecoin and Shiba Inu were both created as joke coins. However, both of them generated big gains for their long-term investors. One of these tokens has clearer near-term catalysts. 10 stocks we like better than Dogecoin › Last June, I compared two of the crypto market's most divisive meme coins: Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB). Both of these canine-themed coins were created as parodies of other coins. Dogecoin was introduced as a parody of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2013, while Shiba Inu was launched as a parody of Dogecoin in 2020. Both of these coins were initially dismissed as speculative short-term plays. But if you had invested just $100 in Dogecoin at its earliest price of $0.0002, your investment would be worth about $75,000 today. If you had invested that $100 in Shiba Inu at its earliest trading price of $0.000000000051 per coin, your investment would have blossomed to a whopping $27.86 million today. The last time I compared these two tokens, I argued that Shiba Inu was a better buy than Dogecoin because it had more catalysts on the horizon. But since then, Shiba Inu's price has declined 15% while Dogecoin's price rose 83%. Let's see why the parody of a parody outperformed the original -- and if it will remain the better meme coin this year. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu were both inspired by the popular "doge" meme, which featured a Shiba Inu dog. But the two coins were built on completely different blockchains. Dogecoin was created from the open source code for Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC), which was forked from Bitcoin's blockchain in 2011. Therefore, it's also a proof-of-work (PoW) token that needs to be mined like Bitcoin. But unlike Bitcoin, which has a supply limit of 21 million tokens, Dogecoin is an inflationary token without a maximum supply. Its own hashing algorithm, Scrypt, also consumes less power than Bitcoin's blockchain and facilitates faster and cheaper transactions, which makes it an appealing alternative to Bitcoin for smaller crypto payments. Dogecoin attracted big endorsements from celebrities like Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, and Snoop Dogg in the past. Musk had Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) start accepting Dogecoin as a payment option for some of its products last year, and he even named the Trump Administration's controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after the meme coin. That mainstream attention drove its price higher. Shiba Inu was built on the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain, which pivoted from the energy-intensive PoW mechanism to the more energy-efficient proof of stake (PoS) mechanism in 2022. Its entire supply of nearly one quadrillion tokens was pre-mined on the Ethereum blockchain prior to its launch, and it can now only be "staked" -- locked up for interest-like rewards on its blockchain -- instead of being actively mined like Dogecoin or Bitcoin. Shiba Inu was designed to be a deflationary token. Its owners periodically "burn," or remove from circulation, its tokens to tighten up its supply and increase the value of its remaining tokens. More than 40% of its tokens have already been burned since its public debut. Since it was built on Ethereum, it also supports smart contracts that are used in the development of decentralized apps (dApps), new tokens, and other crypto assets. Those applications could make it a more useful token than Dogecoin. In 2023, it launched Shibarium, a Layer-2 blockchain network that supports faster transactions and lower fees, to attract more developers. Last August, it rolled out ShibaDEX, a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) that reaches beyond its native ShibaSwap DEX and acts as an official cryptocurrency wallet for its own tokens. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu could both benefit from the Trump Administration's friendlier stance on cryptocurrencies. The appointment of Paul Atkins, a big supporter of the crypto market, as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), strongly indicates that the regulatory headwinds for the broader crypto market will dissipate over the next few years. In the near future, Dogecoin could benefit from its integration into Musk's X platform for digital payments, its increased adoption among retailers, and upgrades to its security, speed, efficiency, and scalability. The persistent rumors of a Dogecoin ETF or Musk's unpredictable posts about Dogecoin on X could drive its price even higher. For Shiba Inu, its near-term catalysts include the continued expansion of Shibarium, its ongoing token burns, the expansion of its metaverse platform (which sells virtual land and assets), and its long-awaited ShibaSwap 2.0 upgrade for its native DEX. There have also been persistent rumors regarding a Shiba Inu ETF, but that probably won't happen until Dogecoin and the other bigger altcoins get their own ETFs. Without a big celebrity backer like Elon Musk in its corner, Shiba Inu could have a tougher time attracting as much attention as Dogecoin this year. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are both still too speculative for my tastes. But if I had to choose one to hold for the next 12 months, I'd buy Dogecoin because it has clearer catalysts. Shiba Inu might keep expanding, but it faces too much competition from similar Ethereum-based tokens. It also isn't generating enough hype in a market where the winners rely heavily on social media buzz. Before you buy stock in Dogecoin, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Dogecoin wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $642,582!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $829,879!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 975% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 172% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Leo Sun has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tesla. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Better Meme Coin: Dogecoin vs. Shiba Inu was originally published by The Motley Fool Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Forbes
21-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Bitcoin Sets New All-Time High
Bitcoin reached an all-time high on Wednesday, surpassing a record set shortly after President Donald Trump's inauguration, after the Senate advanced further regulations on some cryptocurrencies earlier this week, sparking a broader crypto market surge and regulatory optimism. The Senate advanced regulations for stablecoins earlier this week, following support from the ... More broader crypto industry. The price of Bitcoin briefly peaked at $109,450.50 earlier Wednesday, surpassing a previous all-time high of $109,228 on Jan. 20, though the crypto has since fallen to just over $108,480. This is a developing story and will be updated.
