Overview
- Santiment reported a 111% week-on-week jump in SHIB transactions of at least $100,000, placing it among the fastest-growing large-transfer tokens over $500 million in value.
- Market desks interpret the spike as renewed positioning by institutional and high-net-worth participants for the 2026 trading cycle.
- Santiment also flagged broader rotation into high-volatility meme assets, with SHIB’s activity rising alongside peers even as leadership rotated among tokens.
- Retail interest remains subdued, with searches and exchange app downloads flat as SHIB’s price hovered near $0.00000875 on Friday.
- Analysts caution that Santiment’s large-transfer metrics track movement rather than direction, so the increase does not by itself confirm net buying.