Ethereum marked its 10th anniversary on July 30. This was a major milestone that brought renewed momentum across its ecosystem during the month. The network’s native token, ETH, nearly doubled in value over the past two months, climbing from around $1,500 in April to a local peak of $3,800 in July.
This rally coincided with a broader resurgence in Ethereum’s on-chain activity, growing stablecoin volumes, and institutional demand for the ETH coin. Amid all this, some of Ethereum’s earliest memecoins recorded gains driven by whale speculation and retail hype.
Shiba Inu
Shiba Inu, one of the original meme coins on Ethereum, saw a dramatic price surge in July as Layer-1’s (L1) broader ecosystem rallied around its 10th anniversary.
Between June 22 and July 21, SHIB’s price jumped nearly 50%, riding the wave of renewed optimism and increased on-chain activity tied to the resurgence in the meme market.
This rally was fueled by a sharp rise in whale accumulation—wallets identified by Nansen as holding more than $1 million worth of coins. According to Nansen data, these investors ramped up their SHIB holdings by 4% during this one-month window, helping drive the price surge.
As of this writing, this cohort of SHIB investors holds 109.69 billion tokens.
The accumulation trend among these key holders pushed SHIB to a cycle peak of $0.00001597 on July 22.
However, as market-wide bullish sentiment cooled, the meme coin frenzy began to fade. SHIB currently trades at $0.00001313, down 16% from its recent peak.
SHIB Faces August Slump? Indicator Warns of Downturn
Readings from the token’s Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator confirm the bearish bias against the altcoin. At press time, SHIB’s MACD line (blue) rests below the signal line (orange), indicating waning buy-side pressure in its spot markets.
The MACD indicator identifies trends and momentum in its price movement. It helps traders spot potential buy or sell signals through crossovers between the MACD and signal lines.
As with SHIB, when the MACD line rests below the signal line, it indicates bearish momentum. Traders see this setup as a sell signal. Hence, it could exacerbate the downward pressure on the meme coin as August commences.
In this scenario, its price could plunge to $0.00001108
Conversely, if August brings renewed demand for the meme coin, it could reverse its current downward trend and climb above $0.00001354
FLOKI
Launched in June 2021, FLOKI is another early Ethereum-based meme altcoin that rode the bullish wave in early July to record gains.
According to readings from the FLOKI/USD one-day chart, the token began climbing steadily on June 23, eventually reaching a local peak of $0.0001577 by late July.
This rally was largely driven by intense whale accumulation, evidenced by its large holders’ netflow, up 951% in the past month.
The large holders’ netflow measures the difference between the amount of tokens that whales buy and sell over a specified period. When it surges like this, it signals strong accumulation by whales. This indicates growing confidence or a bullish outlook on the asset.
Although a wave of profit-taking has since pulled the price down by 21%, whale activity has not slowed. Instead, big players appear to be treating the dip as a buying opportunity, with large holder netflow spiking by over 500% in the past seven days alone.
If this trend continues, FLOKI could rally toward $0.0001399.
However, once whale accumulation stalls, and they begin to take profit, FLOKI’s price could fall further to $0.0001007.
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