Shiba Inu Price Prediction: Will SHIB Delete a Zero in 2026?

Update 25 September 2026: SHIB has not deleted a zero. It trades at about $0.00000589 according to CoinGecko data from 25 September 2026, roughly 30% below the $0.0000085 level analysed here in January, after a 2026 low of about $0.0000041 on 17 July. To reach $0.00001, SHIB would have to gain about 70% before the end of the year. The January analysis follows below, with the scenario table checked against what actually happened.

Where does SHIB stand in September 2026?

The recovery the January analysis hoped for did not come. SHIB lost the $0.0000080 support in late January and followed the broader crypto market lower. According to CoinGecko daily data it traded at about $0.0000070 on 1 February, $0.0000059 on 1 April and $0.0000042 on 1 July 2026. Since the July low the price has recovered by more than 40%.

The fundamentals moved more slowly than expected as well. The Shibarium privacy upgrade, planned for completion by the end of Q2 2026, has not become the price driver the original article anticipated. In September 2026 the team's public updates dealt with infrastructure: a fix for a chain reorganization issue and a reindexing of the Shibariumscan explorer. Burns remain small: 476 million SHIB burned in 30 days sounds large, but against roughly 589 trillion tokens in circulation it is 0.00008%, as our analysis of the SHIB burn math shows. Current targets are in our Shiba Inu price prediction.

Shiba Inu Price Analysis: The January 2026 Outlook

This section was written on 17 January 2026.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) entered 2026 with a mixture of technical recovery and ecosystem-driven optimism. After a volatile 2025, the SHIB price showed signs of life and rose nearly 25% in the first week of January to a high of $0.00001017. The market remained a battleground between retail hope and whale-driven liquidations.

SHIB/USD 4H, 17 January 2026, TradingView

At the time, SHIB/USD was consolidating around $0.00000850. Analysts pointed to a golden cross on the daily chart, where the 23-day moving average crossed above the 50-day average, often a signal for a mid-term trend reversal. If SHIB held its support at the 26-day EMA ($0.0000080), the analysis saw a push towards the 200-day moving average at $0.00001050. The support did not hold.

Shibarium Upgrades and the Privacy Plans

The main fundamental driver for SHIB in 2026 was expected to be the Shibarium privacy upgrade. Planned for completion by the end of Q2 2026, it was to integrate fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) from Zama, allowing confidential smart contracts and private transactions on the layer-2 network, a feature rarely seen among meme coins.

The shift from a simple dog coin to a privacy-focused utility network was a key pillar of this Shiba Inu price prediction. For users who want to move assets securely, choosing a platform from our exchange comparison that supports Shibarium-native tokens matters as the ecosystem grows.

Will the SHIB Burn Rate Drive Scarcity?

One of the most discussed topics in the community is the Shiba Inu burn rate. In mid-January 2026, the burn rate rose by more than 800% on a single day, removing millions of tokens from a circulating supply of about 589 trillion. The immediate price impact of such burns is negligible. The idea is that burns, combined with Shibarium adoption, which uses transaction fees to buy back and burn SHIB, create deflationary pressure over time. So far that pressure is far too small to move the price, as the update above shows.

For long-term holders who store their assets in hardware wallets, the slow burn is still one reason to stay patient despite short-term dips. Live prices for SHIB and other tokens are on our crypto prices page.

Shiba Inu Price Prediction 2026: Key Levels

These were the targets we published in January 2026. The last column shows what actually happened, according to CoinGecko daily data:

SHIB ended both the first and the second quarter below even the bearish scenario.

SHIB/USD 4H, 17 January 2026, TradingView

The major resistance sits at $0.000010. Breaking this psychological zero would likely trigger a wave of FOMO (fear of missing out) and could push the price towards $0.000025 if the broader market, led by Bitcoin, turns bullish. From today's price, that first step alone requires a gain of about 70%.

Final Verdict: Is SHIB a Good Buy in 2026?

Shiba Inu remains a high-risk, high-reward asset. Its correlation with other meme coins such as Dogecoin and Pepe stays high, and 2026 has shown that ecosystem plans alone do not lift the price in a falling market. Deleting a zero before the end of 2026 would require a rally of about 70% within three months. That is possible for a meme coin, but it is not the base case.

FAQ

Did SHIB delete a zero in 2026?

Not so far. SHIB traded at about $0.00000589 on 25 September 2026, according to CoinGecko. Deleting a zero means reaching $0.00001.

How much would SHIB need to rise to delete a zero?

From $0.00000589, SHIB would need to gain about 70% to reach $0.00001.

What was the lowest SHIB price in 2026?

According to CoinGecko daily data, SHIB reached its 2026 low of about $0.0000041 on 17 July 2026.

Does the SHIB burn rate move the price?

Hardly. About 476 million SHIB were burned in 30 days to mid-September 2026, around 0.00008% of the circulating supply of roughly 589 trillion.