Shiba Inu Has Strayed from Ryoshi’s Vision, Claims Oscar Token in 2025

Oscar Token drops a truth bomb on the Shiba Inu community—the meme coin's current trajectory bears little resemblance to its founder's original decentralized dream.

The Vision Drift

What started as a 'decentralized spontaneous community building experiment'—Ryoshi's own words—has morphed into something else entirely. The project's evolution, while commercially successful, has critics whispering about mission creep and centralized decision-making creeping into the ecosystem. It's the classic crypto tale: revolutionary ideals meet the hard reality of market pressures and development roadmaps.

A Fork in the Road

The critique highlights a tension at the heart of many crypto projects. Balancing pure decentralization with the need for structured development, security, and mainstream adoption is a tightrope walk. Some purists see any deviation from the original manifesto as a betrayal, while pragmatists argue adaptation is necessary for survival. Shiba Inu's massive ecosystem, including its layer-2 blockchain Shibarium, represents a scale its anonymous founder might never have envisioned.

Legacy vs. Liquidity

So, what remains of Ryoshi's vision? The community's fervor, certainly. The dog-themed branding, absolutely. But the philosophical core? That's up for debate. Oscar Token's commentary taps into a deeper anxiety within crypto: the fear that financialization strips projects of their soul, leaving behind just another asset to trade—often by people who couldn't explain the underlying technology if their portfolio depended on it. The ultimate irony? A token created as an experiment now has a market cap that would make a central banker blush.

Oscar Token & Shiba Inu Fallout

Several commentators accuse the Shiba Inu team of abandoning the token and looking elsewhere for financial growth. Despite the grievances, the Oscar team announced that their support for the Shibarium network will remain intact.

However, the Shiba Inu team is yet to respond to the Oscar token’s allegations on X.read the tweet.

Public Statement Regarding the @Shibtoken Account

From the very beginning, we genuinely believed that we could help SHIB and add real value to the ecosystem in some way. We are confident that, from the first day of OSCAR’s existence, our actions were guided by that intention.… https://t.co/bp6mYiWIWG

The fallout comes after K9 Finance threatened to cut support with the Shiba Inu team if they don’t compensate the victims of the $2.4 million hack. They gave a deadline of January 6, 2026, to sort out the issue, threatening to part ways if they don’t align with the demand.