Gate News bot message, according to the platform's latest announcement Gate plans to stop listing weekly and bi-weekly futures contracts for the A, ETC, ORDI, and SHIB markets starting from 16:00 (UTC+8) on March 13, 2026. This adjustment aims to further optimize the contract product structure. According to the schedule, after the settlement of the current weekly and bi-weekly contracts for the A, ETC, ORDI, and SHIB markets at 16:00 (UTC+8) on March 13, 2026, the platform will no longer list new weekly and bi-weekly futures contracts. The existing weekly and bi-weekly contracts for A, ETC, ORDI, and SHIB that are listed before settlement can still be traded normally.

February 14 News, the crypto sentiment platform Santiment recently pointed out that the Meme coin sector is showing "classic capitulation signals," with market pessimism rapidly accumulating, potentially foreshadowing a reversal. Santiment stated that discussions on social platforms about "the end of the Meme coin era" have significantly increased, and when a sector is collectively denied, it often marks the beginning of contrarian capital starting to position. Data shows that over the past 30 days, the overall market cap of Memecoins has decreased by 34.04%, falling to approximately $31 billion. During the same period, Bitcoin briefly approached the $60,000 mark in early February, intensifying selling pressure on high-risk assets. Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, most meme coins performed weakly, with only a few experiencing short-term surges, including Pippin which surged over 240% in a week, while TRUMP and SHIB saw relatively limited gains, indicating that market sentiment remains cautious.

A cryptocurrency investor from Dubai recently posted on X stating that she has sold all her XRP holdings and increased her Shiba Inu (SHIB) positions. This statement quickly sparked discussions within the community. She straightforwardly said, “I just sold all my XRP and bought more SHIB.” Since XRP has long been regarded as a utility token with cross-border payment and institutional application value, while SHIB originates from internet meme culture, this asset switch is seen as a radical risk reallocation. In fact, this is not the investor’s first expression of strong bullishness on SHIB. In January this year, she publicly predicted that SHIB could reach $1 by 2026. Although many consider this target highly challenging, it also highlights her high confidence in the high volatility potential of Meme coins. Her complete exit from XRP is interpreted as a typical case of shifting from “value logic” to “emotion and speculation-driven” strategies.

On January 26, news reports indicate that with the continuous attention from the market on the Meme coin track, the Fat Penguin Token PENGU and Pepe Coin (PEPE) are attracting funds. The current price of PENGU is approximately $0.01001, down about 17% in the past 24 hours, with a market capitalization of around $629 million. Trading volume has unexpectedly increased to $118 million, showing high-frequency turnover amid downward volatility. PEPE is reported at $0.000005009, attempting to establish short-term support after previous sharp fluctuations. The overall market capitalization of Meme coins is about $44.4 billion, with a slight decline of 0.2% during the day. DOGE and SHIB are under noticeable pressure, while PEPE maintains a relatively stable market share. The value trajectories of the two are markedly different: PENGU relies on the Pudgy Penguins brand, covering multiple scenarios such as NFTs, derivatives, and gaming, and has accumulated millions of followers on social platforms; PEPE is mainly driven by community and meme culture, with a relatively limited ecosystem extension.

Gate Web3 BountyDrop launches the Shib Owes You Airdrop event, where participants have the chance to share 10,000,000 SOU. The newly launched web version allows users to participate in tasks more intuitively, improve airdrop efficiency, and support seamless on-chain interactions.

As the Meme coin sector heats up again, Pepe (PEPE) is being increasingly viewed by analysts as a direct challenger to Shiba Inu (SHIB). Cryptocurrency analyst Y00thereum recently stated that driven by a recent strong rally, Pepe's market cap is expected to surpass Shiba Inu before April 20, 2026, attracting significant market attention. Data shows that PEPE surged over 60% last week, while SHIB's increase during the same period was about 22%. Y00thereum believes that this clear performance difference reflects stronger current capital inflows and market momentum for Pepe. He pointed out that at the current pace, PEPE's market cap could rapidly close the gap with SHIB in the coming months, potentially even surpassing it ahead of schedule.

Entering 2026, the price of Shiba Inu (SHIB) has experienced a strong rebound, with a total increase of about 32% since the beginning of the year, becoming one of the core focuses in the Meme coin market recovery. Against the backdrop of an overall bullish crypto market, SHIB briefly broke through the $0.0000087 mark, with trading volume and on-chain funds expanding simultaneously, indicating a return of capital preference for high-risk assets. Data shows that SHIB's trading volume surged by 131% in the past 24 hours, reaching approximately $320 million, with market activity significantly increased. Meanwhile, the overall market capitalization of Meme coins once rose to $51.7 billion, with a single-day increase of over 5%. Popular tokens such as DOGE, PEPE, PONKE, Pudgy, and others rose in tandem, further reinforcing the market consensus of a "Meme coin market comeback."

The Memecoin sector experienced a strong rebound at the start of 2026, with market capitalization rising from $38 billion to $47.7 billion and trading volume surging. DOGE, SHIB, and PEPE all saw significant gains, and market risk appetite increased, potentially affecting other altcoins such as Solana.

Gate News Bot Message, January 4th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, SHIB (Shiba Inu) is trading at $0.0000084521, up 5.40% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.0000084909 and a low of $0.0000068327. The 24-hour trading volume is $140 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $4.98 billion, an increase of $255 million from yesterday. ## Important recent news about SHIB: 1️⃣ **"Shib Owes You" Compensation Plan Officially Launched to Resolve Historical Issues** The Shiba Inu team announced a compensation plan called "Shib Owes You" (SOU), aimed at systematically resolving previous issues.

The Shiba Inu team recently announced an official compensation plan called “Shib Owes You” (SOU), aimed at resolving the unresolved user losses from the previous Plasma Bridge hack incident. The scheme converts victims’ claims into traceable and transferable NFTs through an on-chain mechanism, providing an institutionalized solution for long-standing unresolved compensation. According to the project founder Kaal Dhairya in his year-end open letter, SOU plans to upgrade the originally scattered and informal compensation commitments into a formal process executed by smart contracts. Affected users will receive NFTs deployed on the Ethereum blockchain, with each NFT representing the unpaid principal amount of a wallet. All data will be stored both on-chain and in private databases to ensure transparency and auditability.