On Monday, Twitter users noticed that the traditional bluebird logo had been replaced with a cartoon Doge. Meanwhile, top meme coin cryptocurrency Dogecoin is up 23% against the US dollar after the logo change.
Twitter Bird logo changes to Doge
Twitter has updated its logo, replacing it with an image of the famous Shiba Inu Doge. It is not known how long the Doge logo will last, but it has become a topic of conversation on Twitter since people noticed the change. “Does anyone else see Doge as the Twitter logo?” a person asked at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. The news follows Elon Musk’s insistence that a judge drop the $1 billion lawsuit and he stressed that tweeting support for Dogecoin is not illegal.
It also comes at a time when blue checkmark verifications may go away for Twitter users who don’t pay a fee. Twitter’s original blue bird logo is called “Larry T Bird”, and was inspired by NBA legend and Hall of Famer Larry Bird. There was no formal announcement of the logo change, and people suspected Elon Musk was behind it due to his fondness for the famous Shiba Inu meme.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023
The coin of memes dogecoin (DOGE), which is the eighth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, surged more than 23% on the news. DOGE hit a high on Monday of $0.1011 per unit and had a 24-hour global trade volume of $1.22 billion.
Year to date, DOGE It’s down 28%, but in the last two weeks, the meme coin is up 30%. “DOGE logo now appears when you log into Twitter,” one Twitter user commented. “What is Elon Musk trying to tell us and how long will he be there?” added the individual.
Musk joked about changing the logo by sharing a meme that has more than 175,000 likes and more than 22,000 retweets. She also shared an image of the president of Wall Street Bets (WSB) narration Musk changed the logo from the bird to Doge last year. “Haha, that would be crazy,” Musk responded at the time.
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