Porn star Mia Khalifa, known for films and adult sites, likely purchased an unknown amount of the rapidly rising cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE).
Okay I caved and bought the dog stocks lmaoooooo
— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) January 29, 2021
“Okay, I caved and bought the dog stocks, funny to tears,” wrote the Lebanese-born porn star.
The price over the 24 hours rose about tenfold. The coin reached a new all-time high of $0.078. At the time of writing DOGE, after a pullback, was trading around $0.055 (per CoinGecko).
The pump was sparked by members of the Reddit community r/SatoshiStreetBets. They view themselves as the cryptocurrency counterpart to r/WallStreetBets, which previously drove up GameStop shares (ticker GME) against the expectations of big players on Wall Street.
Earlier Khalifa admitted she had bought GME shares in small amounts.
I am playing with pennies 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/lVk4SBwi5i
— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) January 27, 2021
The meme cryptocurrency, created by Jackson Palmer as a joke and symbolised by a Shiba Inu dog image, has repeatedly become the subject of memes or attention-grabbing posts on social media. Each time, the coin’s quotes moved in response.
In early July 2020, DOGE rose 130% in two days amid a viral TikTok video. In the same month, Elon Musk’s tweet about the prospects of using Dogecoin technology as a global financial system boosted the altcoin’s price by 17%.
In December, Tesla founder again mentioned the meme cryptocurrency and its price jumped.
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