Shiba Inu celebrates its second anniversary, having launched in August 2020, with an initial outstanding supply of one quadrillion chips

Shiba Inu is celebrating its second anniversary; here’s how the journey has progressed in those two years. Shiba Inu (SHIB) marks its second anniversary, after launching in August 2020, with an initial circulating offering of one quadrillion tokens.

Fun fact: 2 years ago today Shiba Inu was born.#shib #SHIBARMY pic.twitter.com/Kh75EFPF0h

– Blockbulletin (@Blockbulletin_) August 1, 2022

Within two years, the vaunted “Dogecoin killer” has seen growth on all fronts, but also incredible falls.

Two years, and the journey continues

The community : As of this writing, Shiba Inu owners number 1,216,316, according to WhaleStats data, while SHIB boasts 3.4 million followers on Twitter.

Crypto exchange listings : Shiba Inu has seen numerous listings on several global exchanges, there are over 100 today, including Coinbase, Binance, Kraken and others. Most recently, Shiba Inu launched Bitmex and Coins.ph.

Collaborations Shiba Inu has known many “collaborations” over time. Most recently, Shiba Inu announced its partnership with visualization studio The Third Floor (TTF) to design and build its project SHIB.io The Metaverse. In December 2021, Shiba Inu Games partnered with PlaySide to work on a mobile game that will feature NFTs from the “Shiboshi“. Shiba Inu also announced a collaboration with designer John Richmond, making his entry into the fashion world.

In February, Italian restaurant Welly underwent a rebranding after its partnership with Shiba Inu. The payment gateway NOWpayments also continues to expand its support for SHIB.

Combustion Efforts : Community burning efforts are more active, with over 410,375,889,785,602 burned from the initial 1 quadrillion supply.

Launches and continued development : The first breakthrough was the launch of Shibaswap in July 2021. At the end of March 2022, the Shiba Inu Metaverse was born. In addition, the official Shiba Inu burn portal was launched in April of this year, burning billions of Shiba Inu tokens. Ongoing developments include Shiba Inu’s main financial components, Shibarium, SHI (Shiba Inu’s stable currency) and SHIBFE, which are nearing completion. Others are ShibaSwap 2.0, Shiba Inu Games x Playside, etc.

The Shiba Inu team is growing : In November, Shiba Inu revealed that William Volk was the lead consultant for Shiba Inu Games. Shiba Inu also announced the hiring of its first legal counsel: Craig Kessler Esquire (CK1), as well as additions to the Metaverse teams in Sherri Cuono, Marcie Jastrow and David Kern.

At one point, SHIB surpassed Dogecoin in market capitalization. Currently, SHIB ranks 13th, according to data from Coingecko.