According to the latest data from TradingView, Shiba Inu is down close to 38% year-to-date. It is among the least-performing cryptocurrencies in the market as its price is only heading south. If YTD was bad enough, SHIB’s four-year price trajectory is even worse.

Though it experienced several dramatic upticks over the past four years, the price reversal has eroded investors’ wealth. Long-term Shiba Inu holders have been penalized the most, and only short-term investors have made profits. The development indicates the risk of holding long-term on meme currencies.

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Shiba Inu Has Surged Just 33% Between September 2021 and 2025

In September 2021, Shiba Inu was trading at $0.00000691 (five zeroes). It reached an all-time high of $0.00008616 the next month in October 2021. However, things only went downhill from there, and SHIB has failed to reclaim its previous glory. Investors who took an entry position after October 2021 are now mostly underwater. Only short-term investors have made profits in SHIB, while long-term holders are facing the heat.

Data from TradingView shows that Shiba Inu has surged by only 33% from September 2021 to 2025. Therefore, an investment of $1,000 would grow to $1,330 even after holding onto SHIB for four years. That’s meager returns as several other cryptocurrencies have more than doubled in value. SHIB, on the other hand, saw a few bull runs but erased the gains in less than two weeks.

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Take, for instance, Bitcoin, which was trading at $48,000 in September 2021. Fast-forward to 2025, and its price has now risen to $117,000. That’s a surge of 145% in four years and is considered phenomenal returns. An investment of $1,000 would have turned into $2,450 in four years. Not just Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and many other cryptocurrencies have more than doubled in price, except for Shiba Inu.