{"id":76645,"date":"2023-04-04T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T06:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=76645"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:35:41","slug":"dogecoin-symbol-becomes-twitter-logo-as-crypto-surges-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/dogecoin-symbol-becomes-twitter-logo-as-crypto-surges-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin symbol becomes Twitter logo as crypto surges 25%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blue-bird logo on the Twitter account\u2019s homepage was replaced on the evening of April 3 by the Dogecoin (DOGE) shiba inu symbol. The coin\u2019s price rose in response.<\/p>\n<blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'>\n<p dir='ltr' lang='en'>WTF is this? Thought April Fools day was a few days ago! <a href='https:\/\/t.co\/Z6qj1CBTjZ'>pic.twitter.com\/Z6qj1CBTjZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tone Vays (@ToneVays) <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToneVays\/status\/1643017411342352384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src='https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Around 22:00 (Kyiv time), Twitter owner Elon Musk posted a tweet with no commentary. The playful image shows the dog calling the previous logo of the social network \u201can old photo.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'>\n<p dir='ltr' lang='zxx'><a href='https:\/\/t.co\/wmN5WxUhfQ'>pic.twitter.com\/wmN5WxUhfQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1642962756906418176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src='https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>About an hour later, the billionaire posted a screenshot of a conversation with a user from March 2022. The account holder <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-spacex-and-tesla-hit-with-258-billion-lawsuit-over-dogecoin-promotion\">filed a lawsuit against Musk<\/a>, as well as his SpaceX and Tesla companies for promoting the \u201ccryptocurrency pyramid\u201d Dogecoin. The plaintiff sought $258 billion in damages and compensation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'>\n<p dir='ltr' lang='en'>As promised <a href='https:\/\/t.co\/Jc1TnAqxAV'>pic.twitter.com\/Jc1TnAqxAV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1642976364080041984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src='https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'>\n<p>\u201cAs promised,\u201d Musk wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency price jumped more than 25% to above $0.10.<\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image'><img decoding='async' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/UVGeTWh8rx4IUy_ZtcdCnAU5R0_jsefO2EjpbG9eH6-CdXLli035RXZUMx5SjQZF27qIrf7IBjC0WQMzDwDgN-vcpNENX_QB8Z9kcXm2lSUxCTUEAw61BFXBb7nT6kyXzEqHa5x_vzlsz-D84CWPKkg' alt='Dogecoin symbol becomes Twitter logo. Crypto surged 25%.'\/><figcaption>Data: <a href='https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/dogecoin'>CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prices of meme-coin clones also rose: Shiba Inu (SHIB) gained 6.1%, and FLOKI rose 11%.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin rose 0.6% in 24 hours, and the overall cryptocurrency market capitalization increased by 1.1%.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2022, US resident Keith Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-spacex-and-tesla-hit-with-258-billion-lawsuit-over-dogecoin-promotion\">filed a lawsuit against Musk<\/a>, as well as his SpaceX and Tesla companies for promoting the \u201ccryptocurrency pyramid\u201d Dogecoin. The plaintiff sought $258 billion in damages and compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire&#8217;s lawyers asked the court to dismiss the suit, calling the claims <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-asks-court-to-dismiss-258-billion-dogecoin-promotion-lawsuit\">\u2019a whimsical fabrication\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in October the entrepreneur closed the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-closes-deal-to-buy-twitter\">to acquire the social network<\/a> for $44 billion.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Musk was the largest shareholder in Twitter after buying in April <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-acquires-9-2-stake-in-twitter\">9.2% of the company&#8217;s shares for $2.89 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blue-bird logo on the Twitter account\u2019s homepage on the evening of April 3 was replaced by the Dogecoin (DOGE) shiba inu symbol. 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