Shiba Inu Market Maker Is On The Move With Billions Of SHIB, Here’s What We Know

A fresh wave of on-chain activity shows billions of Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens shifting hands through a major market ￰0￱ large-scale transfer points to behind-the-scenes moves that could redefine how SHIB is positioned in the market, underscoring the meme coin’s continued presence among high-volume ￰1￱ Moves Billions Of SHIB To Exchange Shiba Inu (SHIB) is making headlines once again after major institutional activity was recorded ￰2￱ to Arkham Intelligence, Wintermute, a leading global market maker , transferred 11.375 billion SHIB, worth approximately $139,460, to Coinbase on August ￰3￱ move was made from the market maker’s wallet, which currently holds $608.2 million in crypto ￰4￱ its recent transfer, its Shiba Inu position now stands at 37.89 billion tokens, valued at $465,740.

What makes this large-scale token transfer significant is Shiba Inu’s price reaction afterwards—or lack ￰5￱ Wintermute’s 11.3 billion SHIB move, the meme coin remained relatively stable, showing a new level of steadiness for an asset known for its sharp price swings and ￰6￱ strength indicates that the market is now capable of handling high-volume movements without triggering panic or abrupt sell-offs among retail investors. Notably, this is not the first time Wintermute has initiated such a large volume ￰7￱ show that on June 7, 2025, the market maker transferred 2.87 trillion SHIB, valued at $36.6 million, from BitGo to Coinbase ￰8￱ the time, the transaction raised concerns of a possible dump, but it was clarified as a liquidity management operation aimed at redistributing tokens across multiple trading ￰9￱ maintaining steady liquidity across exchanges, Wintermute helps limit price slippage and enhance market ￰10￱ this may discourage short-term speculators, it increases Shiba Inu’s appeal to institutional ￰11￱ recent large-scale transfers also suggest that SHIB’s market may be shifting toward greater stability, with liquidity management taking priority over hype-driven ￰12￱ the meme coin has declined by more than 3% over the last week, according to CoinMarketCap, its ecosystem is evolving into a seemingly institutional-grade structure, laying the groundwork for longer-term ￰13￱ Inu Set For 17X Price Surge Market expert CryptoElites recently highlighted a bullish technical setup that could drive the Shiba Inu price toward a massive ￰14￱ to his chart analysis released on X social media, SHIB has been consolidating for months, forming a symmetrical triangle pattern within tightening price ￰15￱ chart indicates that if Shiba Inu can sustain support levels and break past the upper resistance line of the triangle, it could target a price of $0.00023, representing a potential 17x increase from current levels of around $0.000012.

Notably, this ambitious forecast comes as the meme coin continues to show weak performance in recent months despite rising whale activity and an uptick in its burn rate .