ETH Whale Adds 421 Billion SHIB Tokens Ahead Of Big Announcement

Ashish Kumar
March 30, 2022 Updated June 30, 2025
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Whales Move 4 Trillion Shiba Inu

The biggest of the Ethereum (ETH) whales have started accumulating the Shiba Inu (SHIB) token in a wake of the upcoming announcement. According to WhaleStats, one of the ETH whales named ‘Gimli’ has bought over $11.3 million worth of 421.3 billion SHIBs. The whale added a hefty amount of Shiba Inu coins in just 2 transactions.

ETH whales add 662 Billion SHIBs in 24 hours

Recently, SHIB dropped a hint about upcoming new announcements and asked its army to stay tuned for March 30th. Reacting to this news, Shiba Inu saw a surge in its prices, while, it looks like the largest ETH wallets are also interested in the new developments.

In such a move, SHIB has made has landed on the list of 10 tokens purchased by ETH whales in the last 24 hours. It has been ranked as the 4th biggest coin bought. Meanwhile, the Coin has also entered the list of the largest coin acquired by the whale in the last 7 and 30 days.

Source: WhaleStats

According to WhaleStats, over $16 million worth of 622 billion Shiba Inu tokens has been accumulated by the ETH whales in the last 24 hours. Out of which, Gimli single-handedly has added over 421,370,420,624 SHIBs (approx $11.31 million) in two separate transactions.

As per the data, the largest of the ETH whales hold over $1.4 billion worth of SHIB tokens. It makes 14.33% of its total holding among other coins.

Leash Prices surge by over 27%

Following Shiba Inu’s announcement, Milkshake dropped a GIF that looked like an island. This led to the gossip around the revelation of Shiberse (SHIB’s own Metaverse).

As announced earlier, the Doge Killer (LEASH) will be given priority in buying plots of land in the SHIB’s metaverse. Leash’s price has surged by almost 28% in the last 24 hours. Its 24-hour trading volume of $12,089,243 has jumped by a massive 273%. The Doge Killer is trading at an average price of $1,868.03, at the press time.

leash Price 30 march
Source: CoinMarketCap
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Ashish believes in Decentralisation and has a keen interest in evolving Blockchain technology, Cryptocurrency ecosystem, and NFTs. He aims to create awareness around the growing Crypto industry through his writings and analysis. When he is not writing, he is playing video games, watching some thriller movie, or is out for some outdoor sports. Reach me at [email protected]
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