2021Shiba Inu in 2021
3 key events this year.
Here is what happened to Shiba Inu in 2021, in date order, with the daily close from our price data where it covers the date.
Source: Binance SHIB/USDT daily closes 2021-05-10 to 2021-09-08; Coinbase Exchange SHIB/USD daily closes 2021-09-09 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
Events in 2021
- May 10, 2021milestone
First daily close in our data $3.466e-05 (Binance SHIB/USDT daily close, 2021-05-10)
Our sourced SHIB price history begins on this day. - May 17, 2021milestone
Vitalik donates and burns SHIB $1.651e-05 (Binance SHIB/USDT daily close, 2021-05-17)
Buterin burns 90 percent of his SHIB and donates the rest. - Oct 27, 2021rally
Highest close in our data $8.108e-05 (Coinbase Exchange SHIB/USD daily close, 2021-10-27)
The highest daily close for SHIB in our price history.
First daily close in our data May 10, 2021
Shiba Inu has a daily close from Binance (SHIB/USDT) starting 2021-05-10. Earlier trading may exist on other markets, but we only show prices we can source. Treat early closes with care: new listings often trade thinly.
Vitalik donates and burns SHIB May 17, 2021
In May 2021 Vitalik Buterin donated SHIB then worth about 1 billion dollars to an India COVID relief fund and burned most of the rest of his holdings.
Highest close in our data Oct 27, 2021
This is the highest daily close for Shiba Inu in our fetched series, which runs from 2021-05-10 to 2026-10-14. Intraday highs and prices on other exchanges may have been higher.
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