Shiba Inu Exchange Inflows Rise to 145B Amid Price Pullback
Shiba Inu (SHIB)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Shiba Inu is facing fresh selling pressure as exchange inflows turned positive during its retreat toward the $0.000005 level. CryptoQuant data indicates a net inflow of approximately 145.9 billion SHIB on August 29, signaling that more tokens entered exchanges than left them. This follows a previous day where net flow reached roughly 261.7 billion SHIB, suggesting elevated selling pressure has persisted.
The token had previously climbed from $0.0000044 on August 18 to a peak of $0.00000590 by August 21 before losing momentum. By August 28, SHIB closed around $0.00000519, placing it roughly 12% below that recent high. The earlier advance appeared to benefit from a broader crypto rebound rather than a specific Shiba Inu catalyst.
The report notes that while inflows increase available supply, they do not prove all tokens are immediately ready for sale. Tokens may move to exchanges for market making, collateral, or portfolio management rather than an immediate sale. Burns continue to remove supply, though amounts remain small relative to the 589 trillion token circulating supply. The immediate test for traders is whether buyers can defend the $0.000005 level to prevent a deeper correction.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for SHIB, measured when this story was written up on 29 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows SHIB trading at $0.000005180 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 48.4% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 51.7%. These short-term readings are lower than the 24-hour buy ratio of 49.9%, indicating that buying pressure is fading in the immediate term. The 1-hour volume delta is negative at -$5,613, while the 4-hour delta is positive at +$13,718, showing mixed short-term sentiment. The 24-hour volume delta is -$8,577, but the cumulative CVD for the day closed at +$29,220. This suggests that while recent hourly flows have been slightly bearish, net buying has occurred over the majority of the day. The buy ratio represents the proportion of trades executed by buyers versus sellers, while volume delta measures the net value of those trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 45.6% sits at the 11th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.8% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What SHIB did over the 23 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for SHIB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 49.6%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 49.9% slightly higher by 0.3 points. However, the 24-hour spot volume of $4,391,214 is only 0.46 times the weekly average, indicating significantly lower activity than usual. Net buying occurred on 3 of the last 7 days, and the 8-day price change was -12.4%. The total volume delta for the 8-day period was -$1,040,083, contrasting with the positive CVD seen in the last 24 hours. This suggests that while today saw a brief resurgence in buying, the broader weekly trend remains weighted toward selling and lower volume.