{"id":1373,"date":"2024-10-18T20:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2024-10-18T20:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:03:24","slug":"if-you-invested-100-in-dogecoin-when-elon-musk-first-tweeted-about-the-meme-crypto-heres-how-much-youd-have-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1373","title":{"rendered":"If You Invested $100 In Dogecoin When Elon Musk First Tweeted About The Meme Crypto, Here&#8217;s How Much You&#8217;d Have Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The price of cryptocurrency <strong>Dogecoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>) is hitting one-month highs this week on the heels of new connections to Tesla CEO<strong> Elon Musk<\/strong>, who has often been involved in volume and price increases<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41372691\/elon-musk-powers-dogecoin-rally-meme-coin-jumps-over-7-after-doge-will-fix-it-post\"> for the meme crypto.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at how much Dogecoin has grown in value since Musk first mentioned the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Tweet: <\/strong>Musk is the richest person in the world and also one of the most vocal supporters of the Shiba Inu-themed meme cryptocurrency. In the past, tweets by Musk about Dogecoin have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/21\/12\/24814327\/2021-was-the-year-of-dogecoin-a-month-by-month-retrospective-with-top-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">led to spikes and high volatility.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On April 2, 2019, Musk replied to a tweet saying \u201cDogecoin might be my fav cryptocurrency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d Musk said of winning the fictional title of CEO of Dogecoin in a Twitter poll with 49% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Musk beat out\u00a0<strong>Ethereum\u00a0<\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>)\u00a0co-founder\u00a0<strong>Vitalik Buterin<\/strong>, who got 9% of the vote,\u00a0<strong>Litecoin\u00a0<\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ltc\/usd\">LTC<\/a>)\u00a0creator\u00a0<strong>Charlie Lee<\/strong>, who got 8% of the vote, and payment-processing platform\u00a0<strong>Metal\u00a0<\/strong>founder\u00a0<strong>Marshall Hayner<\/strong>, who got 33% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dogecoin might be my fav cryptocurrency. It&#8217;s pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1113009339743100929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Another significant moment for Dogecoin&#8217;s entry point was on July 17, 2020, marked by Musk&#8217;s tweet about &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41410605\/if-you-invested-100-in-dogecoin-when-elon-musk-first-tweeted-about-the-meme-crypto-heres-h\" alt=\"If\" you invested in dogecoin when elon musk first tweeted about the meme crypto here how much have today>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of cryptocurrency Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is hitting one-month highs this week on the heels of new connections to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has often been involved in volume and price increases for the meme crypto. Here&#8217;s a look at how much Dogecoin has grown in value since Musk first mentioned the cryptocurrency. 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