Dogecoin jumps after Elon Musk replaces Twitter bird with Shiba Inu | CNN Business

Elon Musk's Twitter makeover has sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency world, as the billionaire CEO replaced the site's iconic bird logo with an image of a Shiba Inu, the canine mascot of Dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency that Musk is being sued over.

The sudden change was revealed in a tweet by Musk on Monday afternoon, accompanied by a screenshot of a year-old conversation where another user jokingly suggested that Musk buy Twitter and change the bird logo to a doge. The move appears to be an apparent nod to Dogecoin, which has been gaining popularity among investors despite its dubious origins.

Dogecoin's price surged over 20% in the past 24 hours, reaching around 9 cents per coin, following news of Musk's tweet. This sudden price hike is likely due to speculation surrounding potential changes to Twitter's policies and the cryptocurrency market's general sentiment towards Dogecoin.

The lawsuit against Musk was filed by Dogecoin investors, who claim that he is running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency. However, lawyers for Musk and Tesla have dismissed the lawsuit as "fanciful work of fiction," labeling it an attempt to capitalize on Musk's "innocuous and often silly tweets."

Musk has been known to use Twitter to troll his fans and critics, making it unclear whether this logo change is permanent or just another one of his pranks. The Dogecoin community seems thrilled with the new development, with many investors seeing an opportunity to profit from the cryptocurrency's recent surge.

Dogecoin was created in 2013 as a joke by software engineers who drew inspiration from the "doge" meme, which became popular on the internet around that time. Its Shiba Inu mascot is a cartoon dog surrounded by Comic Sans text in broken English, mirroring the absurdity of its origins.

As Musk continues to wield his Twitter influence, one thing is clear: the cryptocurrency market is watching with bated breath, wondering what's next for this enigmatic billionaire and his penchant for surprising his fans.
 
omg i'm lowkey freaking out about this lol 🤣 i mean who would've thought dogecoin would be making headlines like this? 🚀 that shiba inu is adorbs tho 👀 anyway, i guess it's no surprise elon's been trolling the crypto world with his tweets for years now. like, this logo change seems pretty obvious to me - he's just playing along with all the dogecoin hype and seeing how far it'll take 🤪 meanwhile, those investors trying to sue him over pyramid scheme stuff? idk what they're expecting tbh 💸
 
omg i think musk is playing a prank on us lol he changed the twitter bird logo to a shiba inu just to troll us poor souls who got invested in dogecoin 🤣 anyway, it makes sense that dogecoin's price went up after this tweet, people are already super hyped about it and now they're even more excited 😂 i dont really get why musk is being sued over it tho, isnt it just a joke? 🤔
 
I'm telling ya, can't live with 'em, can't tweet without 'em. I mean, Elon Musk thinks it's hilarious to just drop a new logo out of the blue like that? 🤣 It's like he's trying to troll us into thinking this is some kind of inside joke between him and Dogecoin fans. Newsflash, Elon: we've got 20% of our investment on the line here! 💸

And what's up with all these people going crazy over a meme? I mean, Dogecoin was created as a joke, folks! It's not like this is some kind of serious, legitimate cryptocurrency or anything. 🤦‍♂️ It's just a bunch of guys messing around on the internet and making money off it. And now everyone's riding the coattails of Musk's Twitter antics? 😂

I swear, the only thing that's more concerning than this lawsuit is the fact that so many people are actually investing in Dogecoin because of a silly logo change 🤣. What's next, folks? Are we gonna start buying into other meme-based cryptocurrencies just because they've got a cute dog on them? 🐶
 
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