SHIB Expands With 24,000 New Wallets While Whales Hold Firm

TL;DR

Shiba Inu has added 24,000 new wallets in a week, reaching a total of 1,584,275 unique addresses. Despite increased retail demand, whale holdings remain stable.

Key points

Shiba Inu added 24,000 new wallets in a week
Total unique addresses reached 1,584,275
Retail demand increased while whale holdings stabilized

Shiba Inu recently saw one of its strongest daily growth periods in weeks, culminating in a total of 24,000 addresses created in a seven-day timeframe.

In a recent tweet, Shiba Inu-focused X handle Shibizens revealed that April 27 saw strong daily growth, causing a weekly increase to a total of 24,000 new wallets.

Shiba Inu is seeing increased interest, surpassing 1.5 million in unique addresses. Retail demand has increased, but whale positioning stays steady.

SHIB ON-CHAIN REPORT | April 27 – May 4, 2026

Market Overview
🟧 SHIB crosses a major adoption milestone while exchange activity remains active but balanced. Retail demand surged while whale positioning held steady.

Holder Milestone
SHIB reached 1,584,275 unique addresses,… pic.twitter.com/RmxtN1MLXi

— Shibarium | SHIB.IO (@Shibizens) May 4, 2026

According to data shared by Shibizens, Shiba Inu now boasts 1,584,275 unique addresses, with an increase of 1,100 to 10,000 daily. This stabilized at 1,050 new holders per day in the past week.

The top 100 wallets still hold about 61% of Shiba Inu supply, excluding burn. This shows whales are holding while retail is entering.

Binance holdings slightly increased to about 82.1 trillion SHIB, Robinhood remains stable at nearly 54 trillion SHIB, while Crypto.com showed outflows toward cold storage.

Towards the weekend, Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama had a discussion with the crypto community. The message touched on how everyday systems are framed. Barcodes, global trade networks, food supply chains, digital marketplaces, and AI platforms are not isolated tools but rather layers of a single, interconnected infrastructure.