Who let the DOGE out?
Ever wondered how a cryptocurrency based on a meme could reach a market cap of $50 billion?
At its highest, the total market capitalization of Dogecoin hovered around $50 billion, making it more valuable than automobile company Ford Motor Co., and nearly as valuable as Twitter - the platform that had a huge part to play in Dogecoin’s rise to the moon.
What is Dogecoin? Why is it so popular?
Inspired by a meme, and favoured by Shiba Inus worldwide, Dogecoin was created in 2013 by IBM engineer Billy Markus from Portland and Adobe software engineer Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia.
Dogecoin is an open-source digital currency forked from one of the earliest cryptocurrencies, Litecoin. Dogecoin has no limit to its supply and ranks #6 among cryptocurrencies at the time of writing.
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What does Elon Musk have to do with Dogecoin?
Musk is also known to have referred to doge as his “fav” cryptocurrency, and even tweeted that “Dogecoin is the people’s crypto.”
The Tesla chief’s mention of Doge this year happened in February, shortly after he announced his break from Twitter. Following his tweet, prices rose slightly to $0.05798, based on data on blockchain and cryptocurrency website Coindesk.
Later in April, Dogecoin prices were sent skyward— witnessing a 400% spike between April 9 - April 16th. At this point, it did appear that most major Dogecoin price movements coincided with Musk’s tweets — indeed making him befitting of the title of “The Dogefather”.
During the same week, Musk tweeted “Doge barking at the moon”, accompanied by a rather cryptic-looking graphic.
Doge Barking at the Moon pic.twitter.com/QFB81D7zOL
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2021
Musk, however, isn’t the only noteworthy personality to sing Doge’s praises.
Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the basketball team the Dallas Mavericks, had posted a series of public posts about Dogecoin as well.
In April, Cuban revealed that his NBA team was on track to complete an impressive 6,000 dogecoin transactions, citing Dogecoin as a currency that people “would actually use for transactions.”
Because Doge is the one coin that people actually use for transactions. We take many others via @BitPay . But people spend their Doge and that means more businesses will start taking it. The greatest inhibitor to it's growth is that you can't spend the Doge you buy on Robinhood https://t.co/TrhT9pYkcb
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 26, 2021
Even Snoop Dogg (or Doge?) got himself into the whole Dogecoin hype.
@elonmusk pic.twitter.com/KElwKghpei
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) February 6, 2021
Rollercoaster Dogecoin Prices Hit 2021 All-Time-High Before Saturday Night Live
The week leading up to Musk’s guest-host spot on Saturday Night Live saw Dogecoin prices running wild and free.
Dogecoin prices reached their peak at $0.7376 on 8 May 2021, hours before Saturday Night Live (SNL), according to figures from blockchain data platform Coinmarketcap.
Dogecoin hodlers across the globe watched Saturday Night Live with bated breath, anticipating the potential effects Musk's live commentary might have on the meme-inspired cryptocurrency’s prices.
After Musk had referred to the meme-inspired cryptocurrency as a “hustle” on live American television, prices plummeted nearly 30%.
Are the Doge Days Over? Elon Musk Calls A Hot Tub Heated By Mining Dogecoin “A Great Idea”
Dogecoin has since fallen 42.9% from its highest value in 2021. But don’t fret — the doge days might not be over just yet.
For starters, Elon Musk has expressed his support for a possible - though rather unorthodox use for the meme-based coin.
A hot tub that's heated by mining dogecoin. Elon Musk, I don't care how, just make it happen.
— Blockfolio (@blockfolio) May 29, 2021
On a more serious note, however, Musk revealed that he will be working alongside Dogecoin developers to make Dogecoin more environmentally sustainable — aligning with the recent Tesla announcement to stop accepting Bitcoin payments and citing their intentions to find a more carbon-neutral replacement.
Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency. Potentially promising.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2021
🐶A DOGE music festival?
In light of Dogecoin’s stellar performance, the Dogecoin community has put forward a plan for a DOGE-themed music festival — titled Dogepalooza — to celebrate its success.
The proposed guest list includes prominent personalities including Elon Musk, American rapper Snoop Dogg, musician Grimes, and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. So far, only Elon Musk has responded to the invitation, in a tweet saying that the event sounded “kinda fun.”
Though no concrete dates have been confirmed at the time of writing, the community expects it to happen this fall.
Opinions remain divided about the internet’s most adorable cryptocurrency — but for now, it does seem like Dogecoin is not going away anytime soon.
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