PANews reported on December 3 that according to Lookonchain monitoring, a "sniper" earned 2,277 ETH (worth US$8.3 million) by trading SHIRO within 18 hours.

After Shiro Neko announced the contract address, the "sniper" immediately used 9 wallets to snap up 18 trillion SHIRO at a price of 41.48 ETH (worth $151,000). So far, the sniper has sold 15.6 trillion SHIRO in exchange for 2,319 ETH (worth $8.44 million).

Interestingly, Shiro Neko announced the contract address at 20:03 UTC on December 2, 2024. However, many wallets - most likely insiders - had already purchased SHIRO before the official announcement.