Shiba Inu struggles to regain momentum after 93% drop from ATH
Shiba Inu (SHIB)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Shiba Inu reached its peak at $0.00008616 in October 2021 but has since seen a drastic decline. The asset has plummeted by over 93% compared to its all-time high and recent performance has been less than stellar. This struggle to regain lost momentum leaves investors wondering if the coin can overcome challenges for another meteoric rise.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for SHIB, measured when this story was written up on 26 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows Shiba Inu trading at $0.000005960 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 63.4%, indicating strong short-term buying interest. However, this momentum fades significantly in the 4-hour window, where the buy ratio drops to 45.9%, suggesting that sustained buying pressure is weakening over slightly longer timeframes. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 50.7%, showing a near-even split between buyers and sellers over the full day. Volume delta reflects this intraday shift, with a positive +$62,581 in the last hour contrasting against a negative -$47,716 over four hours. This indicates that while immediate trading activity is bullish, the broader four-hour trend has seen more selling volume than buying volume.
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.
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 average buy ratio was 50.5%, making today's 1-hour reading of 63.4% an unusually high spike in buying intensity compared to the weekly norm. The 24-hour volume of $6,370,535 is only 0.69x the weekly average, indicating that trading activity is notably quieter than usual. While the 8-day price change is positive at +9.2%, the current day's volume is significantly lower than the weekly average. This suggests that the recent price gains are occurring on relatively thin trading volume compared to the coin's typical weekly behavior.