The Shiba Inu ecosystem has officially moved towards full decentralization through the launch of ShibDAO on May 29, 2025. This community-driven governance platform shifts power from centralized authorities to holders of SHIB, BONE, LEASH, and TREAT tokens, enabling token holders to influence the future direction of the project.
ShibDAO features a decentralized governance system with on-chain staking (Bury 2.0), off-chain voting via Snapshot, and a delegation system that allows token holders to assign their voting power to trusted community leaders. The more tokens staked and the longer the stake duration, the greater the user's voting influence within the DAO.
Four distinct DAOs operate under ShibDAO:
- Shiba Inu DAO - managing social governance and community initiatives;
- Bone DAO - focused on technical upgrades and Shibarium network improvements;
- Leash DAO - acting as a judiciary for dispute resolution;
- Treat DAO - dedicated to innovation funding for new dApps and projects.
The DAO Factory additionally enables community members to create their own DAOs, extending decentralization across gaming, DeFi, art, and public goods sectors within the Shiba Inu ecosystem.
At press time, SHIB traded around $0.00001331-$0.00001337. Market metrics showed mixed signals: a 98.47% decrease in token burn rate in 24 hours alongside a 46.27% increase in trading volume, indicating heightened market activity despite a recent price drop.