{"id":44220,"date":"2021-06-12T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=44220"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:58:32","slug":"dogecoin-co-founder-sells-nft-collection-tied-to-meme-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/dogecoin-co-founder-sells-nft-collection-tied-to-meme-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin co-founder sells NFT collection tied to meme cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus sold non-fungible tokens (NFTs) bearing the logo of the digital asset.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Capped Dogecoin \u2014 Much cap, very deflation, many tokenomics. Many available!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tier 1 is available on Rarible, 420 issued: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00wSCeciCB\">https:\/\/t.co\/00wSCeciCB<\/a><br \/>\u2014 Tier 2 is also on Rarible, 3 issued (already sold out)<br \/>\u2014 Tier 3 is up for auction on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/withFND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@withFND<\/a>, only 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1LiijfSvCy\">https:\/\/t.co\/1LiijfSvCy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JprzxPoaeO\">pic.twitter.com\/JprzxPoaeO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyM2k\/status\/1402319560825524228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NFTs are presented as an animation of a rotating coin bearing the Dogecoin image and the letter &#8220;D&#8221;. Markus positions the collection as a limited-supply version of the meme cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to try something new, a new platform that allows issuing multiple copies of the same NFT,&#8221; wrote the co-founder of Dogecoin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He categorized the NFTs into three tiers based on rarity:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tier 1 \u2014 420 tokens on the Rarible marketplace;<\/li>\n<li>Tier 2 \u2014 three tokens on Rarible;<\/li>\n<li>Tier 3 \u2014 a unique token on the Foundation platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A user going by the handle swaggmire <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.app\/@billym2k\/capped-dogecoin-tier-3-46797\">\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0438\u043b<\/a> the NFT in a single edition for 1.5 ETH (about $3,468 at the time of writing). He put the token up for auction with a starting price of 420.69 ETH (nearly $1 million), but later withdrew it from sale.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021, Marcus explained how, in 2015, he left the project and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/dogecoin-cofounder-explains-how-he-got-rid-of-his-coins-in-2015\">sold his savings in Dogecoin<\/a> for an amount equivalent to a used Honda Civic.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that in 2016 he invested $25,000 in the meme cryptocurrency and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-earned-more-than-4-million-from-dogecoin-investments\">earned more than $4 million from it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sotheby\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sothebys-sold-the-covid-alien-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\">sold the NFT CryptoPunk #7523<\/a>, also known as COVID Alien, for 4520 ETH ($11.8 million at the time of the deal).<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dogecoin co-founder (DOGE) Billy Markus sold non-fungible tokens (NFTs) bearing the digital asset&#8217;s logo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44221,"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":[99,1213],"class_list":["post-44220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dogecoin","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44220","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=44220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44222,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44220\/revisions\/44222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}