{"id":38911,"date":"2021-03-15T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T09:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38911"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:59:35","slug":"elon-musk-weighs-buying-a-shiba-inu-the-dog-that-has-become-dogecoins-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/elon-musk-weighs-buying-a-shiba-inu-the-dog-that-has-become-dogecoins-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk weighs buying a Shiba Inu, the dog that has become Dogecoin&#8217;s symbol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla founder Elon Musk said he is buying a Shiba Inu. The businessman did not specify whether he meant a puppy of that breed or the Dogecoin cryptocurrency featuring the meme dog.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">I\u2019m getting a Shiba Inu <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/resistanceisfutile?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#resistanceisfutile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1370946514974031872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Musk accompanied the tweet with the hashtag #resistanceisfutile.<\/p>\n<p>The post has already drawn more than 225,000 likes. Twitter users commented on it with images of Shiba Inu puppies captioned &#8216;hodler&#8217;:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Hodler <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/7XdsdlUDHO\\\">pic.twitter.com\/7XdsdlUDHO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Owen Sparks \ud83c\udf0e (@OwenSparks_) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OwenSparks_\/status\/1370948794834022402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They also suggested that the best name for the dog, if it really is the dog, would be EGOD [DOGE backwards \u2013 ForkLog note].<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">EGOD <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/vqLkgSqHEi\\\">pic.twitter.com\/vqLkgSqHEi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 im going to buy a tesla with my dogecoin (@buyDOGECOIN_X) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buyDOGECOIN_X\/status\/1370947124028977153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Elon Musk, who called Dogecoin his favourite coin, repeatedly posted memes about it on Twitter. After another series of tweets in early February 2021, the price of the altcoin rose by nearly 50%.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, Musk bought the cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-buys-dogecoin-for-his-younger-son\">for his youngest son X \u00c6 A-12<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response to rumours of an alleged SEC investigation into his tweets about Dogecoin, Musk wryly said that <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-comments-on-rumours-of-sec-investigation-into-his-dogecoin-tweets\">it would be wonderful<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla founder Elon Musk said he is buying a Shiba Inu. 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