Shiba Inu all-time high fifth anniversary
On October 27, 2026, the all-time high of Shiba Inu (SHIB) turns five years old. The date also marks the one-year German tax holding-period cutoff for tokens bought around October 2025.
What is happening
SHIB reached its record at 19:54 UTC on October 27, 2021, when it traded at $0.00008616 (about 0.00007424 euros), according to CoinGecko. As of October 17, 2026, the token trades at around $0.00000500, which is 94.2 percent below that peak. Its market value stands at roughly $2.95 billion, placing SHIB 37th among crypto assets, with about $34.2 million traded over 24 hours.
The gap to the record is partly a matter of supply rather than price. Of an initial supply of one quadrillion tokens, CoinGecko lists 589.50 trillion as total supply and 589.24 trillion in circulation. The difference of roughly 410 trillion tokens goes largely back to 2021, when most of the amount sent to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was destroyed. Ongoing burns funded by Shibarium fees run at a few hundred million tokens a month, a tiny fraction of the circulating supply.
For holders in Germany, the anniversary coincides with a tax deadline. Under section 23 of the Income Tax Act, a sale or swap within one year of acquisition is a private disposal transaction. After twelve months, gains are tax free, while losses can no longer be offset. A gain total below 1,000 euros per calendar year remains tax free. Over the past twelve months SHIB is down 48.6 percent, with a one-year high of $0.00001056 on October 27, 2025 and a low of $0.00000411 on July 17, 2026.
Why it matters
The five-year mark is mostly symbolic: the 94.2 percent gap compares a market, supply and holder base that have all changed since 2021. The source article argues that market value is a cleaner measure than price per token, and that the twelve-month window is more practically relevant because it matches the tax deadline.
For holders and traders in Germany, tranches bought in October 2025 are reaching the one-year line, which changes how gains and losses are treated for tax purposes. Each tranche has its own acquisition date, so exchange exports and record keeping matter. The article also notes that the holding period itself has been debated politically for years, though no reliable change has been reported. This is not financial or tax advice.
Key details
- Date: October 27, 2026 (day precision)
- Project: Shiba Inu
- Coins: SHIB
- Category: Event
- Status: Confirmed
- Source: https://cryptoticker.io/en/shiba-inu-five-years-record-holding-period-october-2026