Shiba Inu price prediction amid intensifying Shiba Memu competition

  • Shiba Inu is expected to rise higher if it breaks above $0.00001.
  • Shiba Inu is facing stiff competition from new Shiba-themed meme coins like Shiba Memu.
  • Shiba Memu has raised over $1.7 million in its ongoing token presale.

The value of Shiba Inu (SHIB) has surged by 32% over the past 30 days, offering meme coins traders and investors a reason to smile. This upward momentum is not solely due to prevailing positive sentiment in the crypto market. There are a number of other factors main among them being the upcoming Shibarium, an innovative layer-2 scaling solution that distinguishes itself with unique attributes.

Besides its arch-rival, Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu has also been facing steep competition from newcomer meme coins like PEPE and Shiba Memu (SHMU), which is currently in the presale phase. So let’s delve into what the future holds for SHIB amid this competition.

Shiba Inu facing a major resistance at $0.00001

At press time, SHIB’s trading price, according to information from CoinGecko, was $0.00000998. SHIB has demonstrated a rising trend of 19 % in the last seven days. The token has today continued with the bull trend gaining 1% at the time of writing.

Prior to today’s price surge, SHIB on Wednesday, experienced a huge rise of 5.75%, reaching $0.00001005.This upward trend fits with a recovery pattern that started two days ago after hitting a low of $0.0000947.

SHIB price prediction

SHIB’s price has remained well above the 50-day and 200-day Moving Average lines, reflecting the market’s active buyer activity. The bullish pressure on the market is further increased by the MACD line crossing above the signal line, although the RSI is moving closer to the overbought zone.

Nevertheless, for Shiba Inu to make good its bullish potential, it has to beat the resistance at $0.00001 which is further supported by the 200-day MA, creating a strong counterforce to the upward trend of SHIB.

While SHIB might have some trouble breaking through the $0.00001 level and could drop much lower to the area around the 50-day MA, any significant surge above this price level might push SHIB to new highs in the near future.

Shiba Inu vs Shiba Memu

While the hype around Shiba Inu has increased in the recent past as the community awaits the launch of Shibarium, a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered meme coin by the name of Shiba Memu is giving Shiba Inu some steep competition.

Shiba Memu combines meme coins’ concept of building a strong and passionate community around a common idea with artificial intelligence. Shiba Memu incorporates cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology, promoting itself not just as a crypto-token for entertainment but also as an innovator offering practical utility in the digital sphere and luring Shiba Inu whales.

The Shiba Memu community is expanding, and the coin is swiftly rising to the top of the meme tokens market. Besides its growing community, its innovative approach to meme coins is grabbing people’s interest and luring in investors from all over the world as evident in the amount it has managed to rise in its token presale in about a month.

In addition to all the good features, SHMU’s price continues to rise throughout the presale. At the time of writing, one SHMU token was going for 0.019450 USDT with the next price rise expected to take place in 6 hours’ time. Those interested in participating in the Shiba Memu presale can purchase SHMU tokens here.

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Bittrex agrees to settle $24M in SEC lawsuit, doesn’t accept or decline allegations

  • Bittrex was charged in April by the SEC for selling unregistered securities.
  • Besides Bittrex, Coinbase and Binance are also facing similar charges.
  • Although Bittrex agreed to pay the $24 million, it has not mentioned anything to do with accepting or denying the SEC allegations.

The US-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has agreed to settle $24 million with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the lawsuit where the SEC accused the exchange of offering unregistered securities to US investors. The SEC has today confirmed the payment in a tweet.

The exchange, however, has not agreed to nor rejected the SEC allegations of offering unregistered securities.

SEC’s allegations against Bittrex

The US SEC had filed a lawsuit against Bittrex and its former CEO, William Shihara, in April for selling unregistered securities. The SEC also claimed that the exchange’s foreign subsidiary, Bittrex Global GmbH, has failed to register as a national securities exchange.

Bittrex is not the only cryptocurrency under siege by the SEC. Binance and Coinbase are also facing similar charges. However, both Binance and Coinbase have vowed to fight till the end. Coinbase, which is a listed public company says that the SEC is contradicted since it knew about the exchanges dealing when the company applied to be listed as a public company.

However, the court is yet to approve the settlement and a Bitterx spokesperson said that they would comment more about the settlement once the court approves the agreement

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Rocket Pool soars after Coinbase’s purchase of RPL tokens

  • Rocket Pool price soared nearly 10% after Coinbase Ventures’s purchase of RPL tokens.
  • The Coinbase venture arm announced the strategic investment on Thursday.
  • RPL rose to highs of $29.25, with over $15 million traded in 24 hours as volume spiked 75%

Rocket Pool (RPL) price soared nearly 10% on Thursday to trade at intraday highs of $29.25 on the crypto exchange Coinbase. The token’s 24-hour trading volume rose 75% to over $15 million.

The price of the decentralised Ethereum staking protocol was around $28.45 at the time of writing, still up roughly 7% after a slight drawdown following broader crypto reaction to the US inflation data release.

Why did Rocket Pool price go up today?

Rocket Pool is a liquid staking protocol on Ethereum that has increasingly become popular across the ecosystem. Its website shows the protocol has over 779,800 ETH staked and more than 3,110 node operators. According to data from DeFiLlama, only Lido and Coinbase have more TVL than Rocket Pool among liquid staking platforms.

The native RPL tokens are used for incentivizing ecosystem users and for governance purposes. The RPL price surge today came after a major announcement related to the token.

On Thursday, Coinbase Ventures – the investment arm of US-based crypto exchange Coinbase, announced it had made a strategic investment in Rocket Pool. This was done via a purchase of RPL from the Rocket Pool team, Coinbase Ventures wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

The investment follows the Coinbase unit’s move to join Rocket Pool’s Oracle DAO and the unveiling of Base, the crypto exchange’s layer-2 platform. Highlighting the collaboration with Rocket Pool, the Coinbase team said the investment is part of the push to scale Ethereum’s infrastructure and bring the next billion users to the ecosystem.

“We know the Rocket Pool team shares this belief and we’re delighted to support them via active participation in their Oracle DAO and using ETH from our corporate balance sheet to operate several hundred nodes on the Rocket Pool network,” they wrote on X.

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Gemini lists XRP, opens token deposits

  • At press time XRP token was trading at $0.6294, down 3.97% in 24 hours.
  • Only XRP deposits were possible at the time of writing.
  • The exchange has promised to open XRP trading soon.

Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it will support the XRP Ledger (XRP) blockchain, adding it to a growing list of supported networks. The exchange has opened token deposits with trading expected to start soon be possible.

The news has however done little to stop the bearish trend that has seen the XRP token price drop by over 6% in the past seven days.

Why Gemini listing is a great plus for XRP

The XRP token was delisted by all cryptocurrency exchanges when the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs for what it stated as selling a security without the required registration. However, exchanges have been lining up to relist XRP after Ripple won the case.

Gemini is known for having strict listing requirements, and many cryptocurrencies have struggled to meet them. Therefore, this news is encouraging for the XRP community after the recently won battle against the US SEC although there are speculations that the case could be appealed.

With Ripple (XRP) now available on Gemini Exchange, it is poised to reach a wider audience of investors and traders leading to increased liquidity and trading volume for the cryptocurrency. Besides its widespread acceptance across the crypto space, Ripple has also been working extremely hard to gain acceptance in the traditional financial world.

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Binance Labs commits to a $5M investment in Curve DAO tokens

  • Binance Labs is offering support to Curve after the recent hack.
  • The investment is part of recent OTC deals done by Curve founder with notable figures in the crypto space.
  • Curve Finance is later expected to deploy to the Binance-backed BNB Chain.

The venture capital and incubator division of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Binance Labs, has agreed to invest $5 million in Curve DAO (CRV) tokens.

The collaboration, which will also see Curve Finance deploy to the Binance-backed BNB Chain, was announced by Yi He, co-founder of Binance and head of Binance Labs.

The investment seems to be a part of recent over-the-counter (OTC) transactions that Curve founder Michael Egorov conducted with prominent individuals in the cryptocurrency industry. Among them, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, purchased 5 million CRV tokens for $2 million, while Huobi co-founder Jun Du purchased 10 million.

Binance support to Curve DAO after the hack

Yi He has stated that Binance Labs pledges its full support to Curve through investment and a strategic partnership in light of the recent developments that have had an impact on the protocol. The Binance co-founder went ahead to state that they see this collaboration as a beginning and are eager to continue working together to advance the development of the DeFi ecosystem.

According to on-chain data gathered by Spotonchain on Dune Analytics, Michael Egorov has sold more than 156 million CRV tokens so far for a total of $46.4 million. According to DeBank, the transactions appear to be strategically intended to lessen the potential liquidation risks that Egorov may face across numerous decentralised finance platforms as a result of a $50 million stablecoin loan he had taken earlier.

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