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Dubai-based media personality Sheikhah Alya has sold her entire XRP holdings to increase exposure to Shiba Inu (SHIB), signaling a shift in her crypto strategy. The move comes amid a broader relief rally following last week’s crypto market collapse and has prompted discussion about portfolio rotation and risk management.
Alya said over the weekend via X that she exited her XRP position entirely and moved the funds into SHIB, without providing transaction proof or a detailed explanation. Analysts said the decision reflects a preference for assets with faster price potential during volatile markets.
SHIB is primarily driven by community sentiment, viral trends, and speculative activity, while XRP is more closely associated with utility use cases such as cross-border payments. Critics of the move argued that holding XRP could better support longer-term fundamentals, pointing to institutional adoption and growing regulatory clarity. By contrast, they said SHIB remains a speculative token with sharp price swings and high downside risk.
The decision followed one of the steepest recent downturns in the crypto market. On February 5, XRP fell to roughly $1.13, while SHIB dipped to $0.000005587. Since then, both tokens have recovered: XRP rose to $1.41, a 1.76% rebound, while SHIB increased to $0.000005984, up 0.41% over the last 24 hours.
Despite the rebound, performance remains weak on a longer horizon. SHIB is down 10.7% year-to-date, while XRP has declined 21.5% over the same period.
Observers said Alya’s move aligns with her bullish stance on SHIB in recent weeks. In early January, she predicted the next three to six weeks would be transformative for Shiba Inu investors and said SHIB could produce the largest green candle in crypto history, emphasizing expectations for a major short-term rally.
The rotation from a large-cap, utility-based token to a high-volatility meme coin highlights a trade-off: outsized gains are possible, but the risks are substantial. Experts noted that SHIB’s supply is enormous—approximately 590 trillion tokens—reducing the likelihood of a breakout comparable to its 2021 rally.
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