Guwahati: In a bold move, Elon Musk replaced Twitter’s iconic blue bird logo with a meme of the cryptocurrency ‘Doge’.
This is the latest change since Musk bought the microblogging platform for a whopping $44 billion in November 2022.
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As a er of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency created as a joke in 2013, Musk noted that Tesla accepts Dogecoin as payment for merchandise and reiterated that SpaceX will soon do the same.
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The change in Twitter’s logo sparked a flurry of comments on the platform, with some s asking if it was just “fun Tuesday on Twitter” and others dismissing it as “attention-seeky nonsense.”
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However, the impact of doge on Twitter was felt in the cryptocurrency market as Dogecoin soared nearly 30% after its picture suddenly appeared on the website interface.
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As more s started questioning why the logo was changed to doge on Twitter, Musk posted two humorous tweets in response.
In one tweet, he showed the face of the ‘Doge’ meme riding a car while a police officer supposedly checks the driving license displaying the ‘old’ blue bird logo.
In another tweet, he shared a screenshot of an old conversation with a who had asked him to “buy Twitter and change the bird logo to a doge.”
Musk said in the tweet that it’s done “as promised.”
Meanwhile, some s are pointing to a relevant piece of news that a Reuters report highlighted – that Musk is facing a $258 billion lawsuit alleging he ran a pyramid scheme to dogecoin.
The Twitter CEO’s legal team had asked the court to dismiss the dogecoin suit a few days before the meme appeared on Twitter’s site.