Dogecoin

Why Did Elon Musk Change the Twitter Logo to the Dogecoin Cryptocurrency Meme? Billionaire was named in lawsuit filed last year accusing him of racketeering ...

“This court should put a stop to plaintiffs’ fantasy and dismiss the complaint.” (Twitter’s mobile apps weren’t changed.) The doge image (of a Shiba Inu) is part of the logo of the Dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency, which was created as a joke in 2013 — to mock other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Musk’s legal team filed a motion on Friday, March 31, to have the lawsuit dismissed, per a Reuters

Twitter changed its homepage icon to the doge meme photo, sending dogecoin up in value. Meanwhile, Musk seeks to dismiss a related lawsuit.

The change came after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a $258 billion lawsuit accusing him of artificially inflating dogecoin's price.

[ for wild price swings](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/05/07/dogecoin-soars-past-70-cents-to-record-high-after-elon-musk-snl-tease/?sh=1bc8486f1efa). [ worth has declined Monday](https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/?sh=6c8a9d247999), according to Forbes’ estimates. [Elon Musk’s Twitter Teases Dogecoin Support, Sending Its Price Soaring Amid $258 Billion Row](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/04/03/a-legitimate-cryptocurrency-dogecoin-price-suddenly-soars-after-elon-musk-hits-back-at-258-billion-lawsuit/?sh=959f3de4ba07) (Forbes) [Dogecoin Soars Past 70 Cents To Record High After Elon Musk SNL Tease](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/05/07/dogecoin-soars-past-70-cents-to-record-high-after-elon-musk-snl-tease/?sh=1bc8486f1efa) (Forbes) The billionaire’s dogecoin remarks have also landed him in legal hot water. He did, however, tweet a meme cartoon shortly before 3 p.m. [ of a pyramid scheme](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/04/03/a-legitimate-cryptocurrency-dogecoin-price-suddenly-soars-after-elon-musk-hits-back-at-258-billion-lawsuit/?sh=959f3de4ba07).

Dogecoin is pumping as Elon Musk's Twitter mysteriously replaces its bird logo with a Doge mascot on its homepage.

Though the company [parted](https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/20/elon-musk-discloses-that-tesla-owns-dogecoin-but-how-much-does-it-have/?guccounter=1) with 75% of its Bitcoin holdings last year, the CEO said during an earnings call, “We have not sold any of our Dogecoin; we still have it." Lawyers for Musk and Tesla billed the lawsuit a "fanciful work of fiction." “This court should put a stop to plaintiffs’ fantasy and dismiss the complaint.” [pic.twitter.com/wmN5WxUhfQ] Shortly after the change was made, Musk [down](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin) from its all-time high today. Dogecoin rose over 20% to around $0.092 on Monday in less than an hour, notching its highest price in over a month, according to [climax](https://decrypt.co/102711/dogecoin-down-over-90-since-elon-musks-snl-appearance) in May 2021 leading up to Musk’s appearance on the late-night comedy show “Saturday Night Live.” The token climbed as high as $0.73, according to [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin). [Bitcoin](https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-bitcoin-four-minute-instant-guide-explainer) in the past. [reported](https://decrypt.co/120224/dogecoin-fans-still-hopeful-after-elon-musks-twitter-payments-update) that the company was building a payments product in a way that was supportive of crypto payments. [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin). [Dogecoin](https://decrypt.co/resources/dogecoin-crypto-cryptocurrency-guide-how-to-buy-doge) rallied on Monday after the token’s mascot was included in a peculiar reference on Twitter.

Musk is being sued for $258 billion after investors claimed he was running a pyramid scheme to support Dogecoin. Photo: ALY SONG (Reuters).

[like the New York Times](https://twitter.com/nytimes), lose their blue checkmark. “This court should put a stop to plaintiffs’ fantasy and dismiss the complaint.” Related stories Investors claim that Musk artificially grew Dogecoin’s price by more than 36,000% and then let it crash, in order to short the currency. However, its current price (hovering just under $0.1) is well below the 2021 high of $0.64. [according to a Reuters report](https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-seeks-end-258-billion-dogecoin-lawsuit-2023-04-01/). Musk announced the switch

More specifically, a Shiba Inu that looks suspiciously like the logo of the dogecoin cryptocurrency. Upon seeing it, many suspected that Twitter CEO Elon Musk ...

He has expressed support for dogecoin in the past and is even currently involved in a A new animal has taken the place of the bird — a dog. More specifically, a Shiba Inu that looks suspiciously like the logo of the dogecoin cryptocurrency.

Elon Musk tweets out meme after blue bird on homepage replaced by image of shiba inu associated with cryptocurrency.

According to a leaked internal memo, Twitter is now worth less than US$20bn, under half what Musk paid for it six months ago. The plaintiffs reportedly complained the sell-off of Dogecoin began when Musk appeared on Saturday Night Live and referred to Dogecoin as a “hustle” in a segment. “Musk used his pedestal as world’s richest man to operate and manipulate the Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme for profit, exposure and amusement,” the complaint reportedly stated. [reported in June last year](https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/elon-musk-sued-258-billion-over-alleged-dogecoin-pyramid-scheme-2022-06-16/) that according to the complaint, the plaintiffs claim Musk knew that since 2019 the cryptocurrency had no value, but promoted Dogecoin to profit from its trading. Musk has not explained the reason for the change, but some users speculated it was meant to be an April fool’s day gag that the company was unable to bring in on time on 1 April. Twitter changed its iconic blue bird logo on Monday to mimic the logo of a popular cryptocurrency – an image of a dog that featured in viral memes – in what appears to be a late April fool’s day gag from the company’s billionaire owner,

Elon Musk is currently facing a $258 million class action federal lawsuit accusing him of engaging in a pyramid scheme for voicing his support for Dogecoin ...

"And change the bird logo to a doge." Musk often voiced his support for the coin and was even nicknamed "The Dogefather." There was a concerted movement to get the coin to $1, which has not yet happened.

Dogecoin rose as much as 30% after Twitter users noticed their home buttons changed into the dog meme the cryptocurrency is named after.

[Next for Donald Trump](https://time.com/6264352/donald-trump-arrest-what-happen/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) Twitter didn’t respond to a question about the home button change. in New York, Twitter owner Others have kept their checks with a note they were either Blue subscribers or legacy verified accounts. Dogecoin rose to as high as 10.2 cents from around 7.7 cents after the change. The token gave up some gains to trade 8.6% higher at 11 a.m.

Crypto celebrities like Vitalik Buterin Burn of Shiba Inu, Musk's Dogecoin Tryst, and Big Eyes Coin's Presale Success have been brought to light by a report ...

Crypto celebs hold a lot of sway in a crypto market that pores each tweet and statement of these movers and shakers of the crypto community. Analytics Insight and the team is not accountable for the investment views provided in the article. The incredible run of the Big Eyes presale indicates the coin’s potential. Big Eyes Coin is a project that is looking to unseat the established players of the meme coin space. The price movements suggest the influence of crypto celebs on a token’s performance. Big Eyes is built around its community, and the token has plans to build associations with influencers to grow the community ever further. Upward price movements of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu can confirm the effect that celebs and influencers hold on the (crypto) world. The biggest crypto celeb and future Mars overlord Elon Musk has sought the dismissal of a lawsuit against him by Dogecoin investors. A report of the largest crypto transactions has shined some light on Vitalik Buterin and his involvement with the Shiba Inu network. The cute token has vowed to take on the likes of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. The Shiba Inu network is growing in utility and is adding many Decentralised Applications (DApps) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) projects to the ecosystem. What does the involvement of influencers mean for crypto projects like

The price of Dogecoin has jumped 30% over the past 24 hours, spiking after Twitter replaced its iconic blue bird logo with a cartoon Shiba Inu dog. Dogecoin was ...

](https://www.barrons.com/market-data/cryptocurrencies/btcusd?iso=coindesk) There’s a rational bull case for the memecoin. ](https://www.barrons.com/market-data/cryptocurrencies/dogeusd?iso=kraken)

Though crypto prices have recovered at the start of 2023, trading volumes and liquidity in the crypto market have dried up when measured over the past year amid ...

Dogecoin's Shiba Inu dog replaced Twitter's blue bird as the social media company's logo on Tuesday, helping the meme coin add as much as $4 billion to its ...

The price for cryptocurrency Dogecoin spiked by about 30% Monday after Twitter CEO Elon Musk changed the app logo from its blue bird to a Shiba Inu dog, ...

Alors que le milliardaire est accusé en justice d'avoir manipulé les cours de l'actif, Elon Musk préfère provoquer ses opposants en changeant le logo du ...

Avant de commencer à reculer peu après la diffusion d’une émission satirique dans laquelle Elon Musk a qualifié dans un sketch la cryptomonnaie « d’arnaque ». [selon la base de données CoinMarketCap](https://coinmarketcap.com/fr/currencies/dogecoin/). [plainte d’investisseurs](https://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/elon-musk-accuse-d-avoir-manipule-le-dogecoin-258-milliards-reclames-20220617) estimant avoir été lésés par la publicité qu’a faite le milliardaire du Dogecoin. Elon Musk a également a publié [un échange avec un abonné](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642976364080041984?s=20) qui lui suggérait en mars 2022 de racheter Twitter et de changer son logo, avec la légende « comme promis ». Et la plaisanterie a fait son effet en bourse. [un montage](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642962756906418176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1642962756906418176%7Ctwgr%5E2f5bd8eef2e12e4b4e253fe0ed16d874025c3b3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leparisien.fr%2Fhigh-tech%2Fune-histoire-de-fraude-de-crypto-et-de-provoc-pourquoi-un-chien-est-apparu-a-la-place-du-logo-de-twitter-03-04-2023-SN2OCT3NQVDBPAELDHTVVHPLOQ.php), on peut voir le chien, symbole du Dogecoin, subir un contrôle de police.

L'oiseau bleu a été remplacé par l'image d'un chien shiba inu, un mème bien connu sur Internet et symbole de la cryptomonnaie dogecoin.

[qu’il détenait des dogecoins](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/25/elon-musk-on-his-crypto-portfolio-and-why-he-supports-dogecoin.html) et que Tesla en détenait également, on ignore si c’est encore le cas. Le milliardaire américain a cependant également fait chuter massivement le cours de la cryptomonnaie quelques mois plus tard, en mai 2021, en la présentant comme une arnaque durant la très populaire émission télévisée américaine « Saturday Night Live ». Les avocats d’Elon Musk ont appelé vendredi [à l’abandon des poursuites](https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-seeks-end-258-billion-dogecoin-lawsuit-2023-04-01/), estimant qu’« il n’y a rien d’illégal à tweeter un message de soutien à une monnaie virtuelle parfaitement légitime, dont la valorisation se maintient aux alentours de 10 milliards de dollars [un peu plus de 9 milliards d’euros] ». A sa création en 2013, le dogecoin était présenté comme une parodie des cryptomonnaies plus ou moins robustes lancées dans l’espoir de répliquer le succès du bitcoin. En haut du site Internet de Twitter, le petit oiseau bleu a laissé place à un nouveau logo, mardi 4 avril : un chien jaune au regard troublant. Les plaignants, des investisseurs ayant perdu de l’argent en achetant et revendant des dogecoins depuis 2019,

Le cours du dogecoin a flambé mardi, après que le propriétaire de Twitter a choisi comme nouveau logo du réseau social un chien, associé à cette ...

Le propriétaire de Twitter a d'ailleurs confirmé être à l'origine du changement de logo, en publiant un échange antérieur dans lequel un utilisateur de Twitter l'avait exhorté à faire cette modification, ce à quoi il avait répondu : « Comme promis ». 88 milliards de dollars de capitalisation. Dopé par une certaine frénésie d'achats autour de valeurs improbables début 2021, ainsi que par les multiples messages positifs d'Elon Musk sur Twitter, le Dogecoin s'était envolé jusqu'à plus de 70 cents en mai 2021. Dans la soirée de lundi à mardi, certains habitués de Twitter ont découvert en ouvrant le réseau social un changement inattendu. Avant de prendre les rênes du réseau social, le milliardaire avait déjà utilisé son audience sur Twitter pour faire à plusieurs reprises la promotion de cette cryptomonnaie créée à l'origine comme une plaisanterie. Un oiseau bleu qui se transforme en chien de race, et ce sont 4 milliards de dollars investis sur une cryptomonnaie en moins d'une heure.

Si le marché des cryptomonnaies stagne depuis quelques jours, une flambée a été observée du côté du dogecoin, la fameuse cryptomonnaie à tête de chien.

La valeur du Dogecoin a grimpé en flèche aujourd'hui avec une augmentation exceptionnelle de 30 % peu de temps après qu'Elon Musk ait pris la décision ...

Accusé en justice d'avoir manipulé le cours du Dogecoin, Elon Musk a fait du symbole de la cryptomonnaie le nouveau logo de Twitter.

[donnent de la visibilité au Dogecoin](/crypto/apres-le-rachat-de-twitter-par-elon-musk-le-cours-du-dogecoin-double-en-une-semaine_AV-202211020344.html). Alors qu’il ne valait qu’à peine plus de sept centimes durant le week-end, la cryptomonnaie est désormais aux alentours des neuf centimes. Sur la première partie de l’année, des publications d’Elon Musk sur Twitter La tête de chien devient alors l’égérie du Dogecoin. [depuis sa reprise de la plateforme](/tech/twitter/elon-musk-est-desormais-la-personne-la-plus-suivie-sur-twitter_AV-202303300136.html) en octobre 2022, il tire également les ficelles du Dogecoin depuis 2021. Vendredi 31 mars, les avocats du milliardaire ont demandé le rejet de la plainte.