
{"id":52392,"date":"2025-03-17T13:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=52392"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:12:47","slug":"shiba-inus-shytoshi-kusama-vanishes-from-x-the-calm-before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=52392","title":{"rendered":"Shiba Inu\u2019s Shytoshi Kusama Vanishes from X: The Calm Before the Storm?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SHIB\u2019s former lead developer hasn\u2019t posted on X since March 7, leaving some puzzled, though Shibarium\u2019s marketing strategist reassures that Kusama is simply focused on ambassadorial duties.<\/p>\n<p>Many SHIB proponents remain optimistic, expecting major partnerships or developments once Kusama resurfaces.<\/p>\n<h2><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Kusama Disappears<\/h2>\n<p><span>Over the past few years, Shytoshi Kusama \u2013 the pseudonymous former lead developer and strategist behind the popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB) \u2013 has been <\/span><span>very<\/span><span> active on X, often giving information about the project\u2019s progress, partnerships, or other developments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, they have been suspiciously quiet lately. The last time the developer <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Astra__Nova\/status\/1897983898010939842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>interacted<\/span><\/a><span> on X was on March 7, reposting Astra Nova\u2019s dive into the world of AI entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While some community members were <\/span><span>left<\/span><span> baffled about Kusama\u2019s absence on the social media platform, LUCIE (Shibarium\u2019s marketing strategist) sees no drama. They <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lucieshib\/status\/1900261995137405291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>reminded<\/span><\/a> <span>that<\/span><span> the developer has become an ambassador of the project and \u201cis doing <\/span><span>exactly<\/span><span> what he announced he would.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m sure he will have <\/span><span>a lot<\/span><span> to talk about once he returns to socials,\u201d LUCIE added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most comments on the post were quite positive, with some users <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Candlemaker34\/status\/1900288697762812153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>expecting<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cgroundbreaking partnerships\u201d for Shiba Inu once Kusama breaks their silence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>\u2018A New Role: Same Mask, Different Task\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Kusama disclosed their shift from a lead developer to an ambassador towards the end of January <\/span><span>of<\/span><span> this year. <\/span><span>Back<\/span><span> then<\/span><span>, they<\/span> <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/major-shiba-inu-announcement-is-this-why-shib-price-plunged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>explained<\/span><\/a><span> that the transition occurred because \u201cthere is no more vision needed, only execution and communications.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA new role: Same mask, different task. I will now be Shiba <\/span><span>Inu<\/span><span> lead ambassador (if you don\u2019t mind). My job moving forward will be to guide projects interested in building with the 36 Chambers of Tech (rebranded to ShibOS simply because there are more than 36 now) and helping them implement global solutions at all levels with our technologies,\u201d the announcement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kusama\u2019s statement <\/span><span>was followed<\/span><span> by a double-digit correction for Shiba Inu\u2019s price. The valuation tumbled to around $0.000176 before quickly rebounding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nonetheless, the spike was short-lived, and SHIB continued its downtrend in the following months. As of this writing, it trades at around $0.00001316, representing a 25% decline compared to the figure observed at the time of Kusama\u2019s January disclosure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB-Price-4.png\"><\/a>SHIB Price, Source: CoinGecko<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/shiba-inus-shytoshi-kusama-vanishes-from-x-the-calm-before-the-storm\/\">Shiba Inu\u2019s Shytoshi Kusama Vanishes from X: The Calm Before the Storm?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR SHIB\u2019s former lead developer hasn\u2019t posted on X since March 7, leaving some puzzled, though Shibarium\u2019s marketing strategist reassures that Kusama is simply focused on ambassadorial duties. Many SHIB proponents remain optimistic, expecting major partnerships or developments once Kusama resurfaces. Kusama Disappears Over the past few years, Shytoshi Kusama \u2013 the pseudonymous former lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":52393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}