In early April 2023, Elon Musk amazed the crypto neighborhood once they noticed a Dogecoin mascot (the picture of the well-known meme Shiba Inu canine Kabosu) as an alternative of the routine blue hen on Twitter when the tech mogul solely began rebranding the social community as X. This Twitter emblem change happened on April 3.
DOGE briefly changed Twitter’s blue hen emblem
Elon Musk is understood to be one of many greatest Dogecoin supporters, who has usually touted this meme cryptocurrency in his tweets lengthy earlier than he acquired Twitter for $44 billion. On that information, the unique meme cryptocurrency skyrocketed first by 8% after which by roughly 30% in complete because the Dogecoin neighborhood thought that Musk had lastly started integrating DOGE on Twitter.
Evolution of 𝕏 logos. pic.twitter.com/kdTI3XuqNm
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) April 16, 2025
Earlier than he purchased the platform, Musk a number of occasions urged that DOGE needs to be built-in on Twitter for tipping content material makers. Bitcoin and Ethereum suggestions had already been built-in earlier by Jack Dorsey who was the platform’s chief govt at the moment.
Dogecoin was created by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in 2013 as a joke primarily based on the Bitcoin code. In December 2021, Musk introduced that Tesla would combine DOGE as a method of fee for merchandise. In April 2022, SpaceX adopted within the footsteps of Tesla.
Musk’s huge help for Dogecoin continues
Because of Musk’s tweets, in early Might 2021, the meme coin spiked to an all-time excessive, reaching $0.7376. Previous to that, Musk tweeted that he was “The DogeFather” and he additionally touted DOGE throughout his debut on the favored Saturday Evening Dwell TV present in April that 12 months.
In 2025, Musk even went so far as utilizing the identify of his favorite cryptocurrency for the shortened identify of his new mission – the US Division of Authorities Effectivity the place he was appointed because the boss by president Donald Trump. Musk prefers to name this regulatory and auditory company D.O.G.E. Nevertheless, this 12 months, he clearly said that the US authorities has no plans for utilizing Dogecoin or another cryptocurrency.
Presently, DOGE is the ninth largest cryptocurrency with the market capitalization worth standing at $22.8 billion. On this record, it’s forward of Cardano’s ADA. Its founder Charles Hoskinson as soon as urged that maybe Musk is among the largest DOGE holders since he loves this coin a lot.
