{"id":38262,"date":"2021-03-03T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38262"},"modified":"2025-08-30T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T00:45:11","slug":"musk-unveils-plan-for-a-new-city-as-users-recall-dogecoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/musk-unveils-plan-for-a-new-city-as-users-recall-dogecoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk unveils plan for a new city as users recall Dogecoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has approached Texas authorities regarding the creation of a new city named Starbase (Star Base), according to Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cameroncounty.us\/spacex-incorporation-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the statement<\/a> by Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevi\u00f1o, SpaceX is interested in including the Boca Chica community in the new settlement, where the company has rocket production and a launch site.<\/p>\n<p>Trevi\u00f1o added that the county would consider any requests in accordance with applicable law.<\/p>\n<p>Musk on Twitter confirmed his intention to create Starbase, which, he said, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1366859619461570561\">will cover a larger area<\/a> than the existing settlement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Creating the city of Starbase, Texas<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1366848696298561536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFrom there to Mars and to the stars,\u201d added SpaceX&#8217;s chief.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Commenting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-03-02\/musk-floats-starbase-name-change-for-texas-rocket-launch-town?sref=AACmJ2tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> on the company&#8217;s likely plans to build around Boca Chica a new city, Judge Trevi\u00f1o said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTweeting does not make this a reality. They still have to clear many hurdles before they can do so. I think they may be getting ahead of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In replies to Musk&#8217;s tweets, users did not miss the chance to revisit the Dogecoin theme (DOGE), which the entrepreneur regularly addresses in his tweets.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the new city would be dog-friendly, he replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVery much so. And its leader will be DOGE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Very much so &#038; its leader shall be The Doge <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXmuW5c0y9\">https:\/\/t.co\/VXmuW5c0y9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1366857632372256770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The symbol of Dogecoin is the Japanese breed Shiba Inu, memes of which Musk has frequently posted on Twitter. The day before, Musk posted a tweet joking that his messages simply shield the altcoin from price declines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Doge meme shield (legendary item) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CeomU9q84c\">pic.twitter.com\/CeomU9q84c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1366477626429169666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But in reality they contributed to a Dogecoin pump. For instance, in early February, amid a series of his tweets, the coin&#8217;s price <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-tweets-about-dogecoin-again-as-the-coin-climbs-nearly-50\">rose by almost 50%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports indicated that the SEC was <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-comments-on-rumours-of-sec-investigation-into-his-dogecoin-tweets\">investigating Musk&#8217;s Dogecoin posts<\/a>. The entrepreneur did not confirm them, but welcomed the prospect of a regulatory showdown with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-buys-dogecoin-for-his-younger-son\">bought some Dogecoin<\/a> for his younger son. He also said that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-joins-bitcoin-meme-tied-to-100000-price-target\">he had set up &#8216;small farms&#8217; with his children to mine the coin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s news on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has asked Texas authorities to consider creating a new city named Starbase (Star Base), according to Forbes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[99,1217],"class_list":["post-38262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dogecoin","tag-elon-musk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38264,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38262\/revisions\/38264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}