July 10, 2026 – A community advisor says the paused Shiba Eternity game and metaverse are loaded with updates, even as Shibarium activity and the SHIB price stay quiet.
In Summary
Advisor Mazrael says the paused Shiba Eternity game and metaverse both hold updates for relaunch.
Shibarium daily transfers have slipped toward 1,170, well below June’s spike of nearly 37,730.
SHIB trades near $0.0000043, roughly 95% below its 2021 high, yet holders total nearly 1.6 million.
Lead developer Kaal Dhairya frames 2026 around repair, focus, and an on-chain repayment plan.
Shiba Inu is planning a comeback for two of its best-known apps. A game advisor named Mazrael shared that news this week. Moreover, he said both Shiba Eternity and the metaverse still sit on pause. However, he added that each one now holds big updates for a relaunch. Plenty of work goes on quietly behind the scenes, he noted. So the pause looks like a plan, not a quiet retreat.
Both apps once helped drive the push toward real, everyday use. Indeed, the community has waited a long time for clear utility wins. As a result, a strong relaunch could pull fresh eyes back to that goal. Still, the timing remains unknown, yet the tone points to new energy.
Shiba Inu game and metaverse near relaunch
Shiba Eternity first went live in October 2022 as a free mobile card game. A game studio built it, and downloads quickly climbed the app charts. At launch, it topped card rankings on both big mobile stores. The first release even routed a share of its revenue into SHIB burns. It shipped with 10,000 hero characters and 500 collectible cards. That early demand proved fans wanted branded, fan-led fun. Overall, that mobile hit gave the brand rare mainstream reach.
Later, the team began testing a Web3 version on the Shibarium network. That closed beta ran through late 2024, though a public launch never came. Also, the team built the newer edition to reward players on-chain. So a clean relaunch could re-link the token to active daily users. Fans still recall that early buzz, so hopes for a return run high.
Meanwhile, the metaverse offers users a virtual world within the broader network. When it returns, people will reach it through the main Shib.io portal. Plus, the team recently dropped several old domains to keep holders safe. This shift to a single trusted portal should reduce mix-ups and phishing risk.
Shibarium activity cools across the network
Shibarium works as the layer-2 engine behind these apps. Since its 2023 launch, the network has cleared over 1.56 billion transfers. It has also spun up roughly 270 million wallet addresses so far. On top of that, the chain has mined more than 14 million blocks.
Lately, though, daily use has slipped to only about 1,170 transfers. For scale, daily transfers peaked at around 37,730 on one day in June this year. Then the activity faded fast, and the recent lull soon followed. That count sits far below the busy runs that fans once cheered.
So burns from the network stay small at close to 1 billion tokens. Many fans hoped for much bigger burns once the layer-2 caught on. These figures show why some holders now doubt the pace of growth. Even so, the long-term totals still point to durable, working rails.
SHIB price mirrors a patient market
SHIB trades near $0.0000043, about 95% under its all-time high. That peak came back in 2021, and the coin has drifted quietly since. In June, the coin even printed a fresh low near $0.0000040. Still, its market value holds near $2.5 billion, a top-tier spot.
SHIB now ranks around 30th among all tracked crypto assets. Daily trade volume lately sat near tens of millions of dollars. In fact, the number of holders keeps rising and is now near 1.6 million wallets. So user loyalty appears steady even as trade volume remains low.
Traders often read more holders as a sign of patient belief. By contrast, thin daily use hints that fresh hype has moved on. That gap between a calm price and rising wallets defines SHIB right now. For many holders, that calm still signals faith in a slow recovery.
Shiba Inu’s vision endures despite setbacks
Lead developer Kaal Dhairya wrote a frank year-end letter to the crowd. He called the past stretch the hardest phase in the project’s story. A bridge hack hit the network in 2025, and some leaders then walked away. In response, Dhairya rolled out a payback plan for the users it hurt.
He named that plan Shib Owes You, a clear on-chain record of claims. Each claim lives as an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. Holders can also sell, split, or merge those claim tokens later. Plus, a security firm reviewed the smart contracts before any launch.
Also, he vowed to pause any project that cannot reach break-even. Furthermore, Dhairya said the team will revisit tokenomics to align rewards. He also asked loyal builders to step up and carry more weight. Because of that focus, 2026 will center on repair and lasting work. In short, the team chose survival over spectacle.
Yet Dhairya swore the Shiba Inu vision still lives after a very hard year. For now, the relaunch teasers give the crowd a fresh reason for hope. Even so, the network still needs live products, not just hopeful signals. In the end, clear dates and real delivery will decide if the drive returns. Buyers will watch both Shiba Inu apps closely for playable builds and firm timelines.
