SHIB community tunes in for important December updates: Important dates revealed

As 2025 comes to a close, the Shiba Inu community is focused on potentially significant developments in the SHIB project.

In a recent tweet, Shiba Inu team member Lucy revealed that NYSE Arca has applied for rule changes for the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF, which includes SHIB. The filing of a rule change could accelerate the launch of a T. Rowe crypto ETF.

Lucy hints that Shiba Inu’s inclusion in crypto ETFs means that regulated products are starting to treat SHIB as part of their core crypto basket.

This week, TokenPlay AI released the Shiba Inu mini app. This move represents SHIB being directly connected to AI infrastructure and running on top of Token OS, turning any token into an intelligent, monetizable mini-app.

Coinbase will begin trading Shiba Inu Eien-style futures in the U.S. on December 12th, and plans to trade monthly futures 24/7 for its debut on December 5th.

Also in December, work will progress on Zama City’s FHE implementation for Shibarium, with a focus on bringing full on-chain privacy and confidential smart contracts to Shibarium and Bone by the end of Q2 2026.

Shiba Inu December Rally?

As of this writing, SHIB has fallen 4.14% to $0.00000849 in the past 24 hours and is down 15.17% since the beginning of November. Shiba Inu is aiming for a third straight month of losses in the fourth quarter, and hopes remain that relief will pick up in the final months of 2025.

Technical and historical trends show that the Shiba Inu has seen sudden spikes after long periods of decline, such as the 144% rise in SHIB in March 2024.

Shiba Inu prices ended October in the red for the first time since their birth, upending a long-standing historical narrative. Most Shiba Inu Decembers have been red, except in 2023, but a change in the historical narrative may encourage a green December this time.

The appearance of the first weekly crossbreed in Shiba Inu history may portend a bottom in SHIB prices in the coming days. That said, for the 2025 closing price to be positive, the Shiba Inu price would need to rise by about 65% from its current price.