Bitcoin dropped below the key support level of $60,000 on Wednesday, dragging most of the crypto universe with it, though meme coin Shiba Inu was an exception as it logged fresh highs.
SHIB, the world’s third most googled cryptocurrency so far this year, climbed to a fresh all-time record of $0.00006 earlier Wednesday. It most recently traded at $0.000057, a 24-hour gain of 21.9%, with the coin surging more than 90% in less than a week, according to CoinDesk data.
Some have cited growing support of a Change.org petition to get SHIB added to Robinhood’s trading platform as helping push the digital coin to fresh highs. The petition asks that SHIB gets the same treatment as fellow Robinhood listed meme coin Dogecoin
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SHIB has been recovering from a spill earlier in the week after Tesla
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CoinDesk wrote that SHIB’s recent rise could reflect excessive speculation and greed often seen when markets are topping. The last time SHIB saw a big surge in early May, the move was followed by bitcoin and crypto crashing later that month.
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