Dogecoin Drops After Elon Musk's Twitter Stops Using Its Dog Logo

DOGE surged on April 3 after Elon Musk's social-media company inexplicably removed its blue bird logo, replacing it with dogecoin's mascot.

AccessTimeIconApr 6, 2023 at 9:02 p.m. UTC
Updated Apr 6, 2023 at 10:20 p.m. UTC
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Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped after Twitter stopped using the cryptocurrency's mascot as its logo.

It was recently down 7.3% to about 8.6 cents and got as low as 8.5 cents earlier in the aftermath of the change.

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DOGE surged as high as 10.5 cents on April 3 after Elon Musk's social-media company inexplicably shifted to using dogecoin's Shiba Inu as its logo instead of its iconic blue bird.

UPDATE (April 6, 2023, 21:08 UTC): Updates price.

UPDATE (April 6, 2023, 22:20 UTC): Updates price.

Edited by Nick Baker.

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