The shiba inu price has risen by 3% in the past 24 hours, amid expectation that the beta launch of Shiba Inu's layer-two network Shibarium could happen by the end of the week. This has helped cap a 10% rise for SHIB in the last 30 days, although the coin is down by 3% in the past week.
The arrival of Shibarium potentially marks a new era for Shiba Inu, in which it moves from being just a meme cryptocurrency to being a platform that offers genuine utility. And in conjunction with the potential launch of SHIB: The Metaverse this year, its launch could help rally SHIB to new record highs.
SHIB's chart is in a mixed position, and could potentially go either way from here on out. Its relative strength index (purple), for example, has begun rising again after dropping close to 50 in the past few days, indicating a slight recovery of the momentum it had towards the end of February.
At the same time, SHIB's 30-day moving average (red) continues to rise incrementally above its 200-day average (blue). This suggests that its current rally may have space left to continue before the coin becomes overbought.
In terms of resistance levels, a clean break above $0.0000135 could indicate a more sustained rally for the altcoin. And with SHIB's 24-hour trading volume rising above $400 million today, it looks as though it has the liquidity and the interest to mount such a rally.
Indeed, one thing that may help SHIB continue to rise is the aforementioned launch of Shibarium in beta. While unconfirmed, it has been reported within the coin's Crypto Twitter community that Shytoshi Kusama -- one of the lead developers behind the layer-two network -- has said this beta launch will happen "This Week".
This may explain SHIB's above-average rise today.
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