- Shiba Inu teased a new partnership with Bitget, likely involving a SHIB-branded payments card.
- A card could drive significant adoption by allowing SHIB holders to use the token for everyday payments.
- Burns alone aren’t enough — real utility and mass adoption are essential for SHIB’s next major rally.
Shiba Inu’s official X account has sparked major speculation after teasing a new partnership with Bitget, one of the largest exchanges globally with roughly 120 million users. The teaser described the upcoming product as “wallet-friendly. Useful. And unmistakably SHIB,” paired with a bank card emoji — a strong hint that Bitget may be preparing to launch a SHIB-branded payments card. If confirmed, this could become one of the biggest adoption boosts the SHIB ecosystem has seen in years.
Could a Bitget Card Trigger an Adoption Wave?
A SHIB-focused card would allow users to spend their tokens more easily, opening the door to daily-use payments and expanding SHIB’s utility beyond trading and speculation. For a community that has long pushed for real-world use cases, this type of integration could be a turning point. Bitget’s massive user base also means SHIB could gain exposure to millions of new holders at once — something even large exchange listings rarely achieve at scale.
This comes at a time when Shiba Inu’s price is struggling. SHIB is down 1.8% in the past 24 hours, 10.8% on the week, 7.1% over the past 14 days, and 8.5% in the previous month. Since November 2024, the token has dropped by about 62.7%. A wave of new adoption — especially tied to a widely-used financial product — could help stabilize sentiment.
Why Burns Alone Won’t Bring Back a Rally
Many SHIB holders still hope for a repeat of the 2021 burn event, when Vitalik Buterin burned 90% of the supply he was gifted, triggering one of the largest price surges in SHIB’s history. But lead developer Shytoshi Kusama has made it clear: burns alone won’t push SHIB back to previous highs. Price growth needs to come from both supply reduction and widespread adoption — meaning real users, real utility, and real-world integration.
A Bitget card fits squarely into that second category. It could create an everyday use case for SHIB, turning passive holders into active spenders and attracting entirely new audiences who see SHIB as a functional payment asset rather than just a meme.
Shibarium’s Role in the Bigger Picture
Shibarium, SHIB’s layer-2 network, has steadily grown since launch, but it still needs more applications, more partners, and more activity to fuel sustained adoption. A payments card aligned with Bitget’s infrastructure could help drive that traffic, especially if it integrates with Shibarium-based apps or wallets.
