【狗狗幣】Dogecoin幕後最大莊家藏馬斯克「生日密碼」 馬斯克：切記審慎投資（第三版）
狗狗幣（Dogecoin）價格近日如坐火箭，香港也有不少投資者議論。Dogecoin現時最大玩家現持有Dogecoin 28.39%流通量，網民分析該名最大玩家的交易數據，發現不少交易活動都具有Tesla （美：TSLA）創辦人馬斯克（Elon Musk）的「生日密碼」，令外界懷疑多次高調吹捧的馬斯克，正是該名Dogecoin最大玩家。馬斯克暫時未有回應報道。
馬斯克周五（7日）就在社交媒體Twitter再發文評論Dogecoin，貼上「馬斯克說Dogecoin可以是加密貨幣的未來」影片連結，附上帖文稱：
加密貨幣前途光明，但請切記審慎投資（Cryptocurrency is promising， but please invest with caution！）
A joke cryptocurrency has risen more than 26,000% in the last six months, outpacing nearly every other investment
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Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency branded after a viral dog meme from years ago, hit a new all-time high Friday afternoon. It now has a market capitalization of about $92 billion following a six-month climb of more than 26,000 percent. Over that same time period, the S&P was up 19 percent, while crypto rivals bitcoin and ether were up 286 percent and 698 percent, respectively, according to CoinMarketCap. And stock market darling Tesla? It is up 56 percent since November. “The joke is on Wall Street this time,” said Mati Greenspan, portfolio manager and founder of Quantum Economics. “What you have is a situation where teens on TikTok are outperforming even the smartest suits by thousands of percentage points.” In 2013, software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer launched the satirical cryptocurrency as a way to make fun of bitcoin and the many other cryptocurrencies boasting grand plans to take over the world.
They called it dogecoin – pronounced “doje coin” with a soft “g” sound – after the once-popular “doge” shiba inu meme. Its purpose? To be a faster but “fun” alternative to bitcoin. “The appeal of dogecoin has always been its honesty,” Galaxy’s researchers Alex Thorn and Karim Helmy explained in a note to clients on May 4. “Unlike many other cryptocurrency projects…there’s no grand vision, no pronouncements about how dogecoin will change the world.” In addition, while bitcoin has a capped supply of 21 million coins, there is currently no limit to the number of dogecoins that can be created. “One of the value propositions of bitcoin is digital scarcity; that there will only be 21 million,” said Greenspan. “There is no such hard cap [with dogecoin], and it has a really crazy inflation schedule.”
The Elon Musk effect
It isn’t totally clear when or why dogecoin captured the heart of Elon Musk. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO has spent years talking up the token. Musk’s tweets with sometimes oblique references to dogecoin often send it to new record-high prices. These posts have also helped drive retail investor interest. “You have this one guy who is sort of like the cult leader,” said Asheesh Birla, a general manager at Ripple, which manages an alternative cryptocurrency used for payments. Musk, however, isn’t alone in his celebrity endorsement of the animal-branded token. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Snoop Dogg and Kiss bassist Gene Simmons have all publicly rallied behind dogecoin. Even beef jerky brand Slim Jim is getting in on the action. Its price surge this week, attributed by one analyst to Elon Musk’s upcoming “Saturday Night Live” appearance on May 8, even managed to briefly crash Robinhood’s trading app. But there is more to dogecoin’s record price run than just celebrity backing. Market conditions have also been right. Multiple rounds of stimulus checks have meant people have more money on hand to spend. Apps like Robinhood have made it easier than ever for the casual investor to make a bet on stocks, turning day-trading into a pandemic pastime. There is also the enduring sentiment to “stick it” to the establishment. “Dogecoin is like this kind of big F-U to the system,” said Avi Felman, Head of Trading at BlockTower Capital. “It’s like, ‘Yeah, this thing can have value, too. And I’m just going to buy it, because I’m going to buy it.'” Experts say the dynamic is reminiscent of the GameStop trading frenzy from earlier this year. “Elon is basically pushing up this message of, ‘Why can’t dogecoin have value?'” said Felman. “It’s part of the GameStop boom. People like these narratives. They like these stories. They like these jokes. And dogecoin just captured the mind and imagination of every single retail investor.” The rise of commission-free trading through online brokerage apps like Robinhood also made it easier than ever to buy into crypto. “You have a rabid online community,” Birla said of the fanbase of doge evangelists. “You have Twitter and Reddit, where they’re all sort of congregating and thinking about how to pump dogecoin.”
Valuing dogecoin
Dogecoin price spikes after Elon Musk’s SNL appearance tweet, memes take over Twitter
Dogecoin traders have taken over social media as they believe the cryptocurrency will hit the dollar mark with Musk’s SNL appearance. (Source: Fireintheholee1/ Twitter)
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is all set to be a guest-host on Saturday Night Live (SNL) television programme. The much-anticipated appearance is set to be a potentially market-moving event for his favourite cryptocurrency, Dogecoin.
Based on the “Doge” meme and started as a “fun” alternative to Bitcoin, Dogecoin’s value has risen phenomenally ever since Musk started to endorse it. And it was no different this time as well, with Dogecoin traders worldwide organising watch parties for Musk’s appearance.
Musk, who is the rare business mogul to be asked to host the live comedy show, teased all on the eve of the show with a tweet along with fellow guests. However, it wasn’t just the two other SNL guest stars — The Kid Laroi and Miley Cyrus — but he also included Dogecoin’s mascot, a Shibu Ina, photoshopping it of course. “I’m a wild card, so there’s no telling what I may do,” he was heard saying in a promotional video released by SNL.
SNL also informed that 100,000,000 DOGE will be distributed among everyone who takes part in the BTC streaming event. Promoting “crypto mass adoption,” they stated that Musk is hosting a 5000 BTC giveway during the show.
We are ready to present the event we announced on our show today. We want to thank our supporters and also help crypto adoption.
100 000 000 DOGE will be distributed among everyone who takes part in this event. Join now: /www.btcstream.top/ — SNL (@mouawad) May 7, 2021
Our mission is to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems. We want to thank our supporters and also help crypto mass adoption.
1 – Like & retweet 2 – Join here: /www.btcstream.top/ https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/1x1.png 5000 BTC will be distributed among everyone who takes part in this event. — SNL (@mouawad) May 7, 2021
Shortly after, the price of the cryptocurrency rose to an all-time high of above 72 cents before falling slightly, Bloomberg reported.
Prices have soared an astounding 12,000% this year and about 30,000% since a low last July, the report added. “Dogecoin’s market cap — the value of all the coins known to have been digitally minted — is now about $88 billion, up from $35 billion just last week,” it said.
So, as the “dogefather” — a name Musk himself came up with — is all set to make an appearance in the late-night comedy show, people are celebrating it nearing the dollar mark through hilarious memes. On Twitter, #DogeCoinTo1Dollar and #DogecoinRise dominated trends worldwide.
Doge getting ready for tomorrow pic.twitter.com/sKKIiCVg0y — Nife Oluyemi (@nifeoluyemi) May 7, 2021
Love this one. Pass it on pic.twitter.com/uWaslMbf88 — Omar Navarro (@RealOmarNavarro) May 8, 2021
#doge
is going to be 1 usd in next days.
İs going to be 10 usd in next months.
is going to be 100 usd until end of this year.
is going to be 1000 usd in one year.
Thanks @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/r9F0zY869m — MAN IN BLACK (@Fireintheholee1) May 8, 2021
Although Musk said that he believes that crypto could be the default future currency of the earth, nonetheless, people shouldn’t invest their life savings into cryptocurrency. “First of all, I think people should not invest their life savings in cryptocurrency. To be clear, I think that’s unwise,” he warned in a video released by TMZ.