The Shiba Inu community continues to wait for updates from lead developer Shytoshi Kusama, whose last post or interaction on X was on May 13, 2026. His prolonged absence has drawn attention after small profile changes in September 2026, when his X bio was changed to “Polish” and his location to “Close.” Those tweaks fueled speculation that a project may be nearing completion, but Kusama has not confirmed whether they relate to Shiba Inu, his independent AI initiative, or another undertaking.
Despite the social media silence, ecosystem work has continued at a low level. Longtime community member Mazrael relayed developer Kaal Dhairya’s message that the Shibarium reorg is solved, with DRPC still needing to complete the same transition. Mazrael noted Shibarium remains in rebuild mode but has received quiet improvements. CreateX, the standard factory for deploying contracts at the same address across chains, went live on Shibarium. All 12 Safe v1.4.1 contracts were deployed at canonical addresses via the Safe Singleton Factory, and x402 is fully live, allowing AI agents to pay in SHIB, TREAT, or wrapped BONE.
Additionally, the Shibarium RPC listing was refreshed in the Ethereum-lists/chains registry, with updated connection details available on Chainlist. In September 2026, the official SHIB website and ShibaSwap moved to Cloudflare, with IPv6 added on both.
