{"id":106549,"date":"2021-02-09T04:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T04:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=106549"},"modified":"2021-02-09T04:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T04:02:43","slug":"dogecoin-quickly-becoming-the-cryptocurrency-of-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/economy\/dogecoin-quickly-becoming-the-cryptocurrency-of-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin quickly becoming the cryptocurrency of the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dogecoin is becoming the cryptocurrency of the stars.<\/p>\n
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The meme-inspired coin surged to an all-time high over the weekend after Snoop Dogg and Gene Simmons declared themselves fans on Twitter.<\/p>\n
Dogecoin hit its record peak of about 8.7 cents on Sunday, a day after the “Gin N Juice” rapper born Calvin Broadus tweeted a mock “Snoop Doge” album cover with a dog’s face photoshopped onto his body.<\/p>\n
ELON MUSK'S DOGECOIN TWEETING HAS BELIEVERS BARKING FOR MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n The iconic artist’s post tagged billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk, whose tweets have caused previous price spikes for Dogecoin, which is now the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by total market value, according to CoinMarketCap.com.<\/p>\n Simmons, the former Kiss frontman, has also joined the Dogecoin craze. He called himself the “God Of Dogecoin” in a Saturday tweet a day after claiming he had bought “six figures” worth of the digital currency, which was initially created as a joke.<\/p>\n