Shiba Inu (SHIB) Lead Shytoshi Kusama Goes 137 Days Silent on X

137 Days Without a Post

Shiba Inu (SHIB) lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama has now gone 137 days without a single post on X, with his last post and last direct interaction on the platform both dated May 13. The stretch — more than four full months — has turned the account into one of the most closely watched feeds in the Shiba Inu ecosystem, with community members parsing every movement around the profile for evidence that a return is being staged. The silence has not been absolute. Kusama has edited his X profile on several occasions during the period, and those edits are precisely what keeps the comeback discussion alive. His location field was first set to “backlog, Marketing and positioning” and was later updated to “close,” while his bio was trimmed from a detailed work-in-progress note reading “Pure focus: AI App/site: ROS Finishing touches: Beta website complete. Final bug pass” down to a single word, “Polish.” To the community, the trajectory reads like a project moving toward completion: the bio tracked an AI app and website build, then collapsed into a final-polish phase, and the location shifted to “close.” Because Kusama’s past statements and project updates have historically generated outsized attention across the memecoin sector, any direct post from the account could move sentiment quickly. Community discussion has repeatedly centered on the possibility of a new ecosystem statement or project update when the account wakes up. As of this writing, no comeback has been confirmed, and our desk treats the profile edits as ambiguous signals at best — an official word exists only when Kusama posts directly. With October approaching, Shiba Inu watchers are monitoring the account daily for the first break in the 137-day silence.

First Golden Cross of 2026 Nears

The technical picture is building its own catalyst while the social channels stay quiet. On SHIB’s daily chart, the 50-day moving average is climbing steadily toward the 200-day moving average, and the two are close enough that a golden cross — the bullish crossover signal that momentum traders track alongside indicators such as the MACD — could confirm in upcoming sessions. If it does, it would hand Shiba Inu its first major golden cross signal of 2026 and its first such crossover in roughly two years. The historical record gives the setup its weight. The last visible golden cross on the token’s daily chart formed in November 2024; one month later, in December 2024, SHIB rallied to a high of $0.0000334. The months that followed told a different story, as the daily chart rolled over into a sequence of death cross signals that defined the medium-term downtrend. That contrast is why the current convergence is being watched not merely as a short-term trade but as a potential inflection in the altcoin’s medium-term technical structure. Traders framing the setup are also weighing recent chart context from our own coverage: SHIB cleared two-month resistance at $0.00000570 before the current approach, and a bullish RSI divergence printed near the $0.00000547 weekly bottom earlier this cycle. Neither signal guarantees the crossover confirms — moving-average crossovers are lagging indicators by construction, and price must hold trend for the 50-day to finish its climb — but the convergence itself is measurable on the daily chart right now, and it is the most concrete technical event on SHIB’s calendar. Readers tracking the market in real time can follow live spot and futures prices on Gate.

Between Silence and Signal

Taken together, the two threads describe a market coiled between silence and signal. The primary record for the comeback narrative is the account itself: Kusama’s X profile — the bio reduced to “Polish.” and the location set to “close” — is the only verifiable source, and it shows work being narrowed rather than a stated return. On the chart side, the daily moving-average convergence is a verifiable data point in its own right. If the crossover confirms while Kusama reappears, SHIB would combine a technical trigger with a leadership catalyst; if either fails, the token’s range-bound structure likely persists. Readers weighing an entry into the asset can consult our beginner’s guide to buying SHIB for the practical steps.