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Shiba Inu Market Cap Flipped Polygon To Take 13th Spot, Here’s How Much SHIB Needs More To Enter Top 10

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Shiba Inu (SHIB), the “DOGECOIN KILLER,” has just flipped Polygon (MATIC) in terms of market capitalization and now becomes the 13th biggest cryptocurrency in the world.



At the time of writing, SHIB is trading at $0.00003114, up 1.5% from the previous trading session. However, the 24-hour trading volume for the token is down -5.86% compared to the last trading session, currently standing at $1,643,507,136.22.

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On the other hand, Polygon (MATIC) cannot sustain its bull run and has fallen -5.50% in value compared to the previous trading session. The price for one Polygon is $2.26. The 24-hour trading volume for the coin also nosedived -21.08% to $1,488,636,592.44 compared to the previous trading session. This sudden decrease in volume means buyers don’t seem to be interested in buying Polygon at high prices. Because of the lack of interest from buyers, Polygon was unable to sustain its price, so SHIB grabbed the 13th spot from Polygon.

SHIB Markecap is currently standing at $16 Billion market cap while Shib competitor Doge has a market cap of $25B. Shib ought to add $9B to its market cap to cross Doge that is present at 11th place and to advance in the top ten SHIB requires to cross Polkador whose market cap is $25.9B. To join the top 10 SHIB needs an additional Ten Billion dollars in its market cap.

It is not an effortless task, it can ensue in two ways if other coins kept on falling while SHIB price climbs, or if shib price is able to grow faster as compared to its opponents. Earning the landmark of entering in top 10 demands some real hard work. It will happen only if SHIB use cases, exchange listing, and utility kept on boosting. If the SHIB ecosystem inflates it will support shib price.

Now the question arises, why are traders taking an interest in SHIB instead of Polygon? From the previous few days, there are hell lots of positive news coming for the Shiba Inu ecosystem. ZeroHedge, a far-right libertarian financial blog followed by millions of people, recently revived the rumors about Robinhood listing for SHIB. According to the source, Robinhood plans to list the Shiba Inu token in February.

This news got significant attention. Even, Ethereum whales started taking an interest in the token following the rumor. As a result, SHIB becomes the most prominent token position by dollar value among the top 1000 ETH whale wallets overnight.

But we can assume one thing for sure, “Where There’s a Smoke, There’s a Fire.” If Whales are filling up their bags like the world’s third-biggest ETH Whale’ Light’ bought 58,900,000,000 Shiba Inu tokens for $1.9M, making SHIB her largest holding yesterday. This behavior from whales signals that they have a piece of some Insider Information regarding Robinhood listing or maybe some other “Big News.”

Apart from this, Steven Cooper, an owner of Bigger Entertainment, has arranged another burn party on February 14, in which he planned to burn another billion tokens in one day. His company has already achieved 1 billion burning milestones before.

NFL players are also fans of SHIB, and one of the famous NFL Players named “Brandon King” has also bought the dip for SHIB.

On one side, the demand is growing for the SHIB, and on the other side, Burning is gaining momentum day after day, decreasing the supply. This has set the stage for Shiba Inu to soon advance in the Top 10 positions in market capitalization.

Billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, ‘Bitcoin Is For Speculators And Is A Buy At $25,000 Or Below’

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The CEO of Doubleline Capital and billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach believes that it is impractical to buy bitcoin at the current price with the threat of an impending recession.



Jeffrey Gundlach, also known as the “King of Bond,” told Business Insider that Bitcoin is a speculation tool. Referring to recent changes in the price of the first cryptocurrency, he expressed his opinion on investing in digital assets.

“Bitcoin is for speculators at the present moment. I would advise against buying it. It will be volatile as people get out. Maybe you should buy it at $25,000.”

Gundlach stated that he has never invested in digital currency because it is contrary to his nature:

“Bonds fit my culture of cowardice. I’m sort of an anti-momentum investor, and bitcoin is for momentum investors only.”

He also warned that a global economic recession could be expected this year or next. Gundlach stressed that the likelihood of a recession in the second half of 2022 is non-zero probability. If the US Federal Reserve raises interest rates and cuts its bonds, it could affect asset prices and lead the economy into a recession.

“The bond market is already suggesting an economic slowdown. The economy keeps buckling at lower and lower interest rates, so I think the Fed only has to raise rates four times, and you’re going to start seeing a plethora of recessionary signals.”

According to Huobi Research last year, a change in the US Federal Reserve policy could negatively affect the cryptocurrency market. The US Federal Reserve lately indicated that an interest rate hike could occur in March rather than the usual time frame, which caused the recent market fall.

Indian Exchange ‘Giottus’ And Mexican ‘BitSo’ Rush To List Shiba Inu Following Robinhood Rumor’s

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The exchanges are overly busy in listing Shiba Inu.



It is all business because exchanges do not want to miss out on trading fees earned from users while they trade the hottest meme coin on these platforms. There is no doubt that SHIB volatility will skyrocket once Shib’s listing on Robinhood is confirmed, so exchanges are making it quick to list Shib to earn maximum fees.

For the last two months, rumors continued about shib listing on Robinhood with 22M users worldwide. Still, a tweet from a Twitter account and a Political News Source @zerohedge with 1.1M followers saying Robinhood will probably list Shib in Feb 2022 has given a new life to these Rumours.

Mexican Exchange ‘BitSo’

Bitso is the most prominent Mexican exchange that has confirmed the listing of Shiba. The exchange teased Shib listing in December 2021 but finally, list SHIB on Jan 13th.

Shib official Twitter writes:

“Hola! Bitso, welcome to the ShibArmy. SHIB continues to become more available globally. We’re just getting started this 2022.”

 

Bitso provides trading in 16 different coins, including Doge, Link, and AXS. Bitso has also formed a significant partnership with crypto giant Circle to enable cross-border payments between Mexico and the United States.

Bitso also has a major partnership with the Brazilian professional football club Sao Paulo FC. Still, the exchange got something big, as on Jan 12th Mexico’s national soccer team added crypto exchange Bitso as a sponsor.

Indian crypto Exchange Giottus

Giottuss with $211M in trading volume over the past 24 hours list Shib. The announcement was made on Giottuss’s Twitter. Floki Inu is already present on the exchange as it listed Floki in mid-December. Chennai-based exchange Giottuss is one of the top Indian exchanges; Before Giottuss, another well-known Indian exchange Koinbazzar listed Shiba Inu on Jan 10th.

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Now Accept Dogecoin As Payment Method

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American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has added Dogecoin as a payment method.



Elon Musk confirmed now you can buy Tesla with Dogecoin.

“Tesla merch buyable with Dogecoin.”

 

 

Tesla writes:

“To purchase using Dogecoin on the Tesla Shop, you will need a “Dogecoin wallet.” When checking out with Dogecoin, the payment page will display the Tesla Dogecoin wallet “address” in both an alphanumeric code and a QR code form for you to connect to your Dogecoin wallet to transfer the Dogecoin. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure that Dogecoin is transferred to Tesla’s Dogecoin wallet accurately.”

Tesla further writes that all eligible Tesla products will be clearly priced in Dogecoin. This price will include any applicable taxes.

Tesla also confirms that they only accept Dogecoin as a payment method.

“Tesla only accepts Dogecoin. Tesla cannot receive or detect any other digital assets. Ensure you are making your purchase with Dogecoin. Sending any other digital assets may result in the assets being lost or destroyed. Non-Dogecoin digital assets sent to Tesla will not be returned to the purchaser.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated in mid-December that Dogecoin is better suited for payments than Bitcoin. Elon Musk also Confirmed in Dec that Tesla accepted Dogecoin for merchandise.

Musk has spoken out in support of DOGE on several occasions. Thanks to his messages on Twitter, the coin’s capitalization grew to $25 billion.

Following Miami, Brazil City ‘Rio de Janeiro’ Is Looking To Hold 1% Off City Reserves In Bitcoin And Pay Taxes With BTC

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According to Mayor Eduardo Paes, Rio de Janeiro is expected to become the first Brazilian city to buy Bitcoin as a store of value. In addition, the city administration is looking to offer discounts for those who pay taxes with Bitcoin.


 

Oglobo.Globo reports the Mayors of Rio and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez participated on the first day of the largest innovation and technology meeting in Latin America.

Francis Suarez is the Mayor of one of the most important cities in the United States and a declared fan of Bitcoin, making his municipality one of the first cities in the world that launched its coin, the Miami coin, and became the first Mayor to receive a salary in Bitcoin.

Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, the 13th mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a huge seaside city in Brazil, will buy Bitcoin for city reserves. Rio de Janeiro announced establishing a working group to deal with the matters of accepting Bitcoin for the city’s funds.

In the presence of “bitcoin” mayor Francis Suarez, Eduardo Paes revealed that 1% of the Treasury of Rio de Janeiro would be in Bitcoin.

Paes said:

“We will launch Crypto Rio and invest 1% of the Treasury in Bitcoin.” 

According to Eduardo Paes, the connection with Miami is vital in a world of global cities. Rio wants to pursue the Bitcoin adoption movement to become the tech capital of South America, following the large US city, which continues to grow and even has its cryptocurrency, MiamiCoin.

“Rio de Janeiro has everything it takes to become the tech capital of South America. Events like the Rio Innovation Week come to strengthen the city’s image as the perfect place to work, live and innovate.”

Eduardo Paes, thanking the Mayor of Miami for participating in the event, said:

“Miami and Rio are global cities, attracting people, businesses, and organizations. This international dialogue is essential.”

If Rio holds 1% of its reserves in Bitcoin, it remains to be seen how much this value will be Dollars and how many coins the city will be able to buy in the market when it acts. In South America, Rio will become the first city to have Bitcoin as a reserve.

 

Other details disclosed by Paes were about the payment of taxes with Bitcoin.

The city administration is looking forward to providing a 10% discount on taxes when paid in Bitcoin, which shows that the beautiful city is willing to process payments with the most prominent digital currency in the world.

Some details that remain to be revealed are who will take care of this Bitcoin that will be purchased by Rio and those received by tax payments; in addition, Rio will need help to process Bitcoin payments from some company, or will it do everything by himself. Finally, Eduardo Paes did not reveal whether he intends, as Miami has already done, to create its cryptocurrency in the future or not.

Breaking: Coinmarketcap List Three Fake Shiba Inu Tokens, Refuse To Communicate With SHIB Team

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Coinmarketcap (CMC) listed three Shiba Inu fake tokens, allowing Malicious actors to vandalize the SHIB listing.



The listing of three fake tokens and Coinmarketcap nonresponsive behavior was confirmed by Shiba’s Official Twitter handle:

Shibtoken writes:

“Please be aware that Coinmarketcap knowingly listed three fake contract addresses for SHIB; none of these three addresses (Bep 20, Solana, or Terra) are valid shib addresses and are unsafe to use. Do not interact with addresses, and Do not purchase SHIB from them, as your funds will be lost forever. 

Coinmarketcap has refused to communicate with the SHIB team on updates to the token page and willingly allowed Malicious actors to vandalize our listing. “

The matter is severe for ShibArmy because coinmarketcap is one of the most visited websites for getting information regarding cryptocurrencies standing at number 63 in the world’s top websites. If these fakes coins are not removed immediately, Many new comes can fall in buying these scam coins.

Shib teams remind that SHIB is an ERC-20 Token Only! and is not present on any other chain-like Solana, Binance chain, or Terra, so users need to be very cautious and not buy any fake Shiba coin CMC. 

Shib team requests its Army to remain calm as Shiba Inu breeds are working diligently to handle this matter. 

“At this time, we ask the ShibArmy to act calm, and professional. Our team has already submitted inquiries for the 3 erroneous contracts in regards to SHIB at CoinMarketCap. We are awaiting a response, and want nothing more than to come to a conclusion for the community.”

Such an act from CMC has caused some incredibly harsh reactions from the SHIB community, Top Twitter accounts are not afraid to say ‘CoinMarketCap Fool SHIBArmy once, shame on you. ‘Actions from CoinMarketCap continue to slash confidence’. ‘What a shame CoinMarketCap. The worst App for Crypto ever.’

SHib community desperately wants a more decentralized system that allows to track projects, and respects their progress, efforts, and evolution.

Coinmarketcap has been causing grave problems for some coins, recently Floki Inu claimed that they had burned 10.65 Trillion Tokens, But Coinmarketcap Do Not Reflect Such Burnings In Floki Max Supply, and also CryptoCom CEO strongly Criticized Coinmarketcap for providing incorrect information about his exchange. Baby Doge, another rising meme coin, posted a complaint that Coinmarketcap refuses to verify their supply and demand for a more decentralized version of coinmarketcap.

Robinhood Confirms No Plans To Invest In Bitcoin, Inform They Need More Regulatory Clarity To List New Coins

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Robinhood Confirms that they will not invest in Bitcoin.



The Wall Street Journal reports that online broker Robinhood has no intention of investing corporate funds in digital assets despite significant customer demand.

In the last quarter, Robinhood earned $51 million in revenue from crypto trades and held $6.16 billion in cash and equivalents. Unlike Tesla and Block, Robinhood does not hold any Bitcoin.

Robinhood Chief Financial Officer Jason Warnick told WSJ that the exchange has no goals to invest in Digital Gold:

“There aren’t compelling reasons strategically for our business to put any meaningful amount of our corporate cash into cryptocurrencies.” 

According to Warnick, Robinhood has yet to expand the list of supported cryptocurrencies, but before that, the company wants to see clarity on the regulation of digital assets.

“Robinhood is keeping an eye out for comments from regulators on how to treat crypto assets. That is why Robinhood hasn’t added any new coins or currencies on top of the ones it already offers.”

When asked when the online broker will add Shiba Inu (SHIB) to their platform, the CFO replied:

“It’s not lost on us that our customers and others would like to see us add more coins. We’re a highly regulated company in a highly regulated industry, and we think it’s important that we get a bit more clarity from regulators.”

Warnick’s response fueled rumors of a possible SHIB listing on Robinhood. In particular, there were messages on Twitter that the company would announce this in early February.

U.S Congressman Tom Emmer, Presented Bill Restricting Fed From Issuing CBDC Directly To Individuals

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Congressman Tom Emmer introduced a bill to bar the Fed from offering central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals.


Emmer proposed amendments to the Federal Reserve Act: “the Federal Reserve Bank may not directly offer products and services to an individual, maintain an account on behalf of an individual, or issue CBDCs directly to an individual.”

According to the congressman, requiring citizens to open accounts with the Fed to access digital currency will be a “slippery slope, similar to Chinese authoritarianism.”

“As other countries, like China, develop CBDCs that fundamentally omit the benefits and protections of cash, it is more important than ever to ensure the United States’ digital currency policy protects financial privacy, maintains the dollar’s dominance, and cultivates innovation.”

Emmer suggested that Digital Dollar must maintain privacy like cash:

“Any CBDC implemented by the Fed must be open, permissionless, and private. This means that any digital dollar must be accessible to all, transact on a transparent blockchain, and maintain the privacy elements of cash.”

He said that To maintain the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency in a digital age, it is vital that the United States lead with a posture that prioritizes innovation and does not aim to compete with the private sector.

He also noted the risk of CBDC that can collect personally identifiable information on users and track their transactions indefinitely, which can be used for mass surveillance, so the agency “does not have and should not have” any such powers.

The bill has no co-authors yet. In the lower house of the US Congress, the Republican Party, to which Emmer belongs, is in the minority.

Earlier, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell promised to provide a report on the digital dollar in the coming weeks. Recall that in June 2021, Emmer called for the elimination of the possibility of control over citizens in the design of the digital dollar.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) Is Back In Top 10 Most Purchased Tokens By Ethereum (ETH) Whales

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Whales are suddenly showing some keen interest in buying SHIB.



1000 biggest ETH wallets started taking an interest in the Shiba Inu token once again, and Shib became one of the top 10 purchased tokens, according to Whalestats data.

“SHIB is back on top 10 purchased tokens by 1000 biggest ETH wallets.

As reported by TheCryptoBasic today, Jan 13th world’s third-biggest ETH Whale’ Light’ bought 58,900,000,000 Shiba Inu tokens For $1.9M, making SHIB her largest holding. Shiba surged more than 20% in the last 24 hours as a far-right libertarian financial blog, “ZeroHedge” reported that Robinhood could list SHIB in early February.

According to Whales stats, SHIB also had come back to be the biggest token position by dollar value among the top 1000 ETH whale wallets. According to data the top 1000 ETH wallets holds on average $1,679,762,356 ($1.67B) worth of Shib coins that represent 15% of their total holding positions in dollar terms (excluding ETH) leaving behind FTX coin.

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image source: Whales stats

ZeroHedge’s official Twitter handle has more than 1 million followers and is one of the popular news aggregator sources. Therefore, this report got significant attention, and rumors about the Robinhood listing were revived.

These reports are considered rumors only until and unless we get any official announcement from the Robinhood team. The exchange herself can only verify the news about listing on the exchange. Usually, the exchanges don’t disclose any details until shortly before launch – not even which assets they are planning to list next, as this goes against their policies and international laws of market manipulations.

Whatever, SHIB is set back on the ride for the Moon following these rumors. In trading, all professional traders have one common strategy, i.e., “Buy the Rumor, Sell the News,” and the same is happening with the SHIB token right now.

Due to the interest of Whales’ in the token, Shiba Inu has been the top gainer among the top 50 cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours according to Coinmarketcap.

World Third Biggest ETH Whale ‘Light’ Bought 58,900,000,000 Shiba Inu Tokens For $1.9M, Making SHIB Her Biggest Holding

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Shib’s price is rising, causing Ethereum whales to buy Shiba Inu more and more.



Some rumors about SHIB listing on Robinhood in February are causing Top Ethereum wallets to purchase Shiba Inu coins insanely.

One of the giant Ethereum whales given the name of ‘Light’ ranking the third amount the top 1000 Ethereum rich list bought staggering 58,900,000,000 (58.9B) for $1,906,59 (1.9M).

Yesterday’s Twitter account and a Political News Source @zerohedge with 1.1M followers posted that Robinhood will probably list Shib in Feb 2022. Such news from a top account increases whales’ attraction to buy an enormous sum of Shib and caused Shib’s price to increase 20 percent in the last 24 hours, currently trading at $0.0000326.

Overall, “Light” holds 228 tokens, among which SHIB token makes 34% of her total portfolio, as the whale has accumulated Millions of Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens worth ,201,843,200. Shiba Inu is the top holding of the whale representing 34% of her entire portfolio.

The second-largest token the whale is holding is a stable coin USDC. 12.55% of the Light portfolio represents the USDC token. The whale has $441,278,368 worth of USDC stable coin. Right now, the whale also holds 127,386 Ethereum that represents 12% of her portfolio.

She holds such a large amount of stable coin that shows that the whale can convert her holdings to purchase more of Shia Inu or any other coin. Whale’s aggressive accumulation can also be considered a bullish sign for Shib as it may show that the accumulation phase might be over for Shiba Inu, and a new price surge may come soon.