SHIB up 25% in January – how high can it go this week?

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Simon Chandler

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Simon Chandler is a Brighton-based writer and journalist with over a decade of experience writing about crypto, technology, politics and culture. Since late 2017, he has written for Cryptonews.com,…

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January 8, 2026

Shiba Inu's price has fallen slightly over the past 24 hours as the total crypto market cap has dropped to $3.17 trillion.

Despite the possible pullback, SHIB is still up 22% over the past week, marking a rebound after a tough year in which the index was down 60%.

Now, with a strong start to 2026 and growing signs of strength on the chart, SHIB looks closer than ever to a major breakout.

Entering the new year, the token had been stuck in oversold territory for months, setting the stage for a rebound.

With construction and mood swings, Shiba Inu price predictions are changing dramatically.

Shiba Inu Price Forecast: SHIB Up 25% in January – How High Can It Go This Week?

Sentiment in financial markets is currently mixed, with falling oil prices and rising stocks (in some areas) offset negatively by rising geopolitical tensions.

It is in this context that the cryptocurrency market today suffered a drop in Shiba Inu price more than Bitcoin and Ethereum, but not like other top-100 tokens (eg Zcash, Provenance Blockchain, Pump.fun, Render, Kaspa).

And if we look at the SHIB chart today, we can see that the medium and long-term picture still looks positive.

Notably, the SHIB Relative Strength Index (yellow) has risen to 70 over the past few days, and will remain above 50 after today's plunge.

In other words, Mem Token seems to have moved out of the oversold territory and now into a bullish phase.

This is evident from the fact that the SHIB price went down before the recent rally and the coin trading is getting tighter.

A key resistance level to look out for in this context is $0.000010, which could be an indicator of a continued and strong rally if the coin breaks decisively.

If so, we could see the Shiba Inu price reach $0.000025 in Q2, and $0.000036 in H2.

Long-term, growth will depend on SHIB's fundamentals, which remain strong for the meme token, but may not be as strong as the community thinks.

It has launched its own DEX (ShibaSwap) and layer-two (Shibarium) in recent years, but these are suffering from very low volume, indicating an inability to achieve large scale usage or adoption.

Regardless, SHIB remains one of the most popular meme coins in crypto, and could see the year at $0.00010.

SUBBD allows users to find crypto using artificial intelligence

For traders looking to move away from top-100 tokens like SHIB, there are newer, smaller-cap alts, including various presale coins.

The most interesting of these is SUBBD (SUBBD), an ERC-20 token that has just raised $1.4 million in its ongoing sale.

What's interesting about SUBBD though is that it's launching an adult content creation platform to make the AI ​​and crypto experience more rewarding for creators.

The SUBBD platform not only allows users to come up with ideas for posts and content, but also contains several AI tools that can generate avatars, virtual performers, and videos.

This makes the content creation process more efficient, but the use of crypto and Ethereum blockchain means that payments to creators are more transparent and fair.

Features like these promise to make SUBBD one of the most advanced content creation platforms on the Internet, which helps explain why its sales are doing so well.