Dogecoin Up 12% As Influencers Keep Money Flowing 4
Dogecoin’s price has spiked to $0.35, an increase of 12% in the past 24 hours, as social media influencers continue to throw their support behind the Internet’s most valuable Shiba Inu dog.
Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that was originally created as a joke, now has a market cap of almost $46 billion, making it the sixth-largest cryptocurrency.Its weekly jump of 24.5% makes it the second best-performing cryptocurrency.It’s just behind BTC Cash , a BTC hard fork, that recorded weekly gains of 24.8%.
Coinciding with today’s rise is a series of Dogecoin-endorsing tweets by WSB Chairman , an anonymous Twitter account with close to 1 million followers, including Elon Musk.
The account is unrelated to r/WallStreetBets, the Reddit forum that started the January GameStop frenzy.
The user rose to immense popularity when it tweeted out on January 31, “Has Doge ever been to a dollar?” In a truly parabolic spirit, that simple tweet, once liked by Elon Musk, brought the account’s follower count from 12,000 to 750,000 in a week.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about Doge,” he tweeted this morning.“The community is so strong, there is no way this shit doesn’t become recognized as a legitimate cryptocurrency in the future.” I’ve been thinking a lot about Doge… The community is so strong, there is no way this shit doesn’t become recognized as a legitimate cryptocurrency in the future.Name one other crypto that has united all types of people like Doge.
— The Chairman (@WSBChairman) May 1, 2021
“Name one other crypto that has united all types of people like Doge,” WSB Chair continued.Indeed, Dogecoin has attracted a wide array of people—and brands like Snickers and Axa cashing in on the Doge craze—ranging from the former pornstar Mia Khalifa and Dogecoin’s posterboy Elon Musk.Back by popular demand
Mark Cuban, investor and NBA team owner, has also been vocal about Dogecoin’s potential.
He said on April 12 that his team, the Dallas Mavericks, would keep 112,000 Doge (now $39,200) on its balance sheet.
Mark Cuban One-Ups Elon Musk: Mavs to Hold Dogecoin on Balance Sheet
Cuban told chat show host Ellen Degeneres earlier this week : “Although Dogecoin is not the best investment, it is preferable to invest in the asset than to play the lottery; it is also a way in which you can learn to use cryptocurrencies.”
The grizzled entrepreneur thinks the coin’s price has been hampered by withdrawal restrictions on commission-free trading app Robinhood.Robinhood, a popular way to buy Doge, doesn’t let customers transfer their Doge to a cryptocurrency exchange or spend it elsewhere.Mark Cuban: Dogecoin Growth Limited by Robinhood’s Withdrawal Policy
This is common for large financial institutions, since it prevents them from getting in trouble with law enforcement over money laundering.PayPal does the same for its crypto sales.
However, it means that such crypto can’t be, for instance, staked in decentralized finance smart contracts .
Robinhood said in March it would offer a crypto wallet “as fast as possible.” This, presumably, would let customers withdraw Dogecoin to their own cryptocurrency wallets.
In another show of celebrity support, Remy Munasifi, a YouTube comedian whose videos amass tens of millions of views, released on Thursday a Dogecoin-endorsing rap video for ReasonTV, a libertarian media outlet.“There are various indicators showing that the U.S.could be headed for a currency crisis,” ReasonTV’s caption said.“One of them has paws.” Remy rides #dogecoin to the moon..
