Exchange LBank is marking Shiba Inu's sixth anniversary with a 66,666 USDT rewards campaign, inviting users to trade SHIB on the platform for a chance at a share of the pool. The number itself is a nod to Shiba Inu's own branding, which has long leaned on repeating digits in its marketing and token allocations.
Shiba Inu launched on August 1, 2020, under the pseudonymous creator Ryoshi, and has since grown from a single meme token into a broader ecosystem spanning the ShibaSwap decentralized exchange, an NFT collection, and the Shibarium layer-2 blockchain. The project's community has continued expanding well past its meme-coin origins: Shiba Inu's holder count surpassed 1.6 million addresses around the anniversary, and SHIB's price rose more than 6% in 24 hours and over 16% across the week as the milestone approached, alongside a surge in trading volume to roughly four times its 30-day average.
Shibarium's Growing Footprint
The anniversary campaign coincides with continued growth on Shibarium, Shiba Inu's dedicated layer-2 network. Onchain data from Shibarium's block explorer shows the network has processed more than 1.56 billion transactions across over 18 million blocks since its 2023 launch, with nearly 270 million wallet addresses having interacted with it — activity that has made Shibarium one of the more heavily used layer-2 networks tied to a single meme-origin token.
A Shift in Tone for 2026
Shiba Inu's development team has framed 2026 as a year focused on consolidation rather than expansion, with a project developer describing the period as one of “repair, focus, and building something that can actually last” rather than chasing new hype cycles. Exchange promotions like LBank's anniversary campaign give the token a recurring moment of visibility even as the underlying project leans toward a steadier, less headline-driven roadmap.
