In Japan died a furry dog and “face” of Dogecoin Kabosu

Market News
27.05.2024

The dog breed of shiba-in called Kabosu (translated from Japanese «pumpkin») was 18 years old, she became famous in the early 2010’s when the picture of the dog became a meme.

Her owner Atsuko Sato reported about the death of Kabosu on her blog. According to the woman, the dog died «quietly» on May 24 at 7:50. In 2022, Kabosus was diagnosed with chronic lympholeecemia, which is malignant blood formation, and acute cholangiophepatosis – liver inflammation, the dog owner said

In 2013, the cryptocurrency Dogecoin was created, which began to use the image of Cabus. This memcoin was acquired by the American billionaire Elon Musk. He announced that Dogecoin will be accepted for payment by Tesla, Starlink and Starship; also an integration into the X-Social Network (Twitter) payment service is planned.

Dogecoin is now in the top 10 largest cryptocurrency with a capitalization of more than $23 billion. As of May 24, 2024 11:00 (AM) one Dogecoin is worth $0.163055 per coin, according to data on the Binance exchange.

Source: https://rbc-ru.turbopages.org/rbc.ru/s/society/24/05/2024/665040b29a7947817372eb32