Shiba Inu: Shytoshi Kusama Marks 74 Days of Silence on X, Is Break Coming Soon?

The Shiba Inu community eagerly watches as Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama is set to mark 74 days of silence on X.

Since May 13, Kusama has neither posted on X nor engaged with any post. This would not be the first time Kusama has stepped away from posting on X to maintain a low profile on social media. A similar trend was seen in late 2025 and also part of 2026.

The Shiba Inu lead ambassador attributed his silence on X to building something; in January, he revealed an independent AI project he had been working on since then.

Kusama has frequently used X as his primary communication channel with the community; oftentimes he updated his bio and location to communicate subtle hints and sometimes conveyed his thoughts through live broadcasts, as he has in recent times.

However, with his silence on X for more than two months, the Shiba Inu community is left to piece together developments from Shiba Inu ecosystem contributors and on-chain activity instead.

After past periods of hiatus, Kusama has broken his silence with fresh updates. This precedent is fueling speculation that the latest silence could lead to a potential update from the Shiba Inu lead ambassador. As of press time, it is unconfirmed whether a major announcement is imminent.

Shiba Inu burns stay active

Community-led Shiba Inu burn activities continue despite Kusama’s silence on X. According to Shibburn, the last 24 hours have seen 7.15 million $SHIB burned, with the daily burn rate rising 66%.

60.58 million $SHIB was burned in the last seven days, culminating in 288.61 million $SHIB burned in the last 30 days. Robinhood was the biggest monthly burner, sending 152,792,823 $SHIB to dead wallets in 106 transactions.

A total of 410,840,455,020,349 $SHIB have been burned in 21,280 transactions so far; significantly contributing to the burn total is Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin’s massive 410 trillion $SHIB burn in May 2021.