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Shiba Inu‘s trading volume surpasses that of Bitcoin

By Daniela Ešnerová

11:01, 28 October 2021

Shiba Inu SHIB token symbol
Shiba Inu SHIB token symbol – Photo: Shutterstock

Shiba Inu’s trading volume over the last 24 hours surpassed that of the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

Traders who bought and sold the dog-themed cryptocurrency exchanged more than $46bn (£33.5bn) in the last day, while there was $40.7bn worth of flows between Bitcoin buyers and sellers in the same period, according to data on CoinMarketCap.com

This makes Shiba the second most traded cryptocurrency of the day, behind Tether which had a trading volume above $125bn in the same period; and ahead of the fourth-ranked Ethereum with a daily trading volume above $23.7bn.

Record-breaking rally

Shiba has been on a record-breaking streak in the last days, fuelled also by rumours and hopes, that the meme-cryptocoin will be listed for trading on an US retail trading platform Robinhood.

On the back of this rally, Shiba broke into the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation on Thursday morning and quickly advanced ahead of Dogecoin and Polkadot, claiming the eighth spot. Shiba’s market capitalization stood at $42.3bn at the time of writing.

Shiba Inu gained more than 32% over the last 24 hours and over 176% week-on-week at the time of writing. It was trading at its record high of $0.00007776.

XRP/USD

0.56 Price
-0.860% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.01168

DOGE/USD

0.20 Price
+1.590% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 0.0012872

SOL/USD

201.71 Price
+2.570% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 2.2652

BTC/USD

77,025.00 Price
+1.420% 1D Chg, %
Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
Overnight fee time 22:00 (UTC)
Spread 106.00

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However, with traditional stock trading you enter a contract to exchange the legal ownership of the individual shares for money, and you own this equity.

CFDs are leveraged products, which means that you only need to deposit a percentage of the full value of the CFD trade in order to open a position. But with traditional stock trading, you buy the shares for the full amount. In the UK, there is no stamp duty on CFD trading, but there is when you buy stocks.

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Markets in this article

ETH/BTC
Ethereum / Bitcoin
0.03878 USD
0.00043 +1.130%
SHIB/USD
Shiba Inu / USD
0.00001949 USD
-0.00000025 -1.310%

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