The popular meme token BONK has seen an increase of 3.9% in the last seven days and 1,011% in the last 12 months. In recent months, the Solana-based altcoin has been more in the crosshairs of investors than Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE).
Declining Interest in BONK
The cryptocurrency is trading at $0.00001151, experiencing a decrease in transactions compared to mid-January. BONK’s relative strength index is below 50, which could indicate a lack of buyer interest. However, the token could benefit from the loss in value of SHIB, which has significantly reduced whale activity. On Sunday, there were only ten transactions of $100,000 or more. SHIB inflows and outflows decreased by 97.1% and 95.53%, respectively.
The token recorded a 33-fold increase between November and December of last year. According to CoinGecko’s data, BONK’s price rose from $0.000000754317 on November 15, 2023, to $0.00002549000 on December 15, 2023. This increase coincided with the rapid expansion of the Solana ecosystem following the FTX collapse. Currently, the total value locked in Solana is around $1.47 billion. SOL, the native token on the Solana blockchain, is trading at $96.
BONK Developments
The BONK developer community has also strengthened its DeFi presence with integrations. The developers of BONKbot, a trading bot, ran a promotion giving away a BONK token for every SOL deposit. Recent on-chain data may indicate that SHIB whales are buying before it transforms into a full-fledged Web3 community.
Whales caused a 3% drop overnight by purchasing 5% of the token supply in mid-January. On January 16, 2023, approximately 18 whales bought $56.5 million worth of Shiba Inu. Yesterday, 331 billion more SHIB were purchased in ten large transactions. These movements suggest that whales are concerned about the new Web3 orientation. Shytoshi Kusama, a public SHIB developer, stated that .shib-ending Web3 identities would initiate a blockchain-based Web3 economy on the Shiba Inu network.
