The dog that inspired Dogecoin is dead

Kabosu, the dog who started a thousand “doge” memes, has died, his owner announced Friday. The Japanese shiba inu “fell sound asleep” Friday morning at the age of 18, Atsuko Sato wrote in a blog post. Outside the window, birds were singing on a beautiful morning. As I touched her, she slowly passed away,” wrote Sato, a kindergarten teacher in the Japanese city of Sakura. “I think she was the happiest dog in the world.” Kabosu became one of the most recognizable animals on the Internet in 2010 when a photo of her posing with folded paws and a questioning expression spread on forums such as Reddit. proliferation of “doge” memes, based on an intentional misspelling of the word “dog,” with netizens photoshopping Kabosu’s face onto pastries, monuments, and other animals. The popularity of “doge” memes was cemented in December 2013, when Kabosu became the face of the alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin – a tongue-in-cheek response to Bitcoin that reflected the internet’s love of animal memes. Other meme tokens followed, including a shiba inu coin. Dogecoin counts Elon Musk among its fans. In May 2021, he polled his millions of Twitter followers on whether Tesla should accept cryptocurrency as payment. A month earlier, as cryptocurrencies enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, demand for Dogecoin grew so much that it briefly broke the cryptocurrency trading system of Robinhood, a stock trading platform and investment. An X article from Dogecoin on Friday called Kabosu the “inspiration” of the community. “The impact of this dog across the world is immeasurable,” the message read. Sato said in a series of Instagram posts in 2022 that Kabosu suffered from leukemia and liver disease. She plans to hold a “farewell meeting” on Sunday.

LONDON –

Kabosu, the dog who started a thousand “doge” memes, has died, his owner announced Friday.

The Japanese shiba inu “fell sound asleep” Friday morning at the age of 18, Atsuko Sato wrote in a blog post.

“In front of the window, birds were singing on a beautiful morning. As I touched her, she slowly passed away,” wrote Sato, a kindergarten teacher in the Japanese city of Sakura. “I think she was the happiest dog in the world.”

Kabosu became one of the most recognizable animals on the Internet in 2010 when a photo of her posing with folded paws and a questioning expression spread on forums such as Reddit.

This sparked a proliferation of “doge” memes, based on an intentional misspelling of the word “dog”, with netizens photoshopping Kabosu’s face onto pastries, monuments and other animals.

The popularity of “doge” memes solidified in December 2013, when Kabosu became the face of the alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin – a tongue-in-cheek response to Bitcoin that reflected the Internet’s love of animal memes. Other meme tokens followed, including a shiba inu coin.

Dogecoin counts Elon Musk among its fans. In May 2021, he polled his millions of Twitter followers on whether Tesla should accept cryptocurrency as payment.

A month earlier, as cryptocurrencies enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, demand for Dogecoin grew so much that it briefly broke the cryptocurrency trading system of Robinhood, a stock trading platform and investment.

An X article from Dogecoin Friday called Kabosu the “inspiration” of the community. “The impact of this dog across the world is immeasurable,” the message read.

Sato said in a series of Instagram posts in 2022 that Kabosu suffered from leukemia and liver disease. She plans to hold a “farewell meeting” on Sunday.