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Shiba Inu which inspired the 'doge' meme and became face of Dogecoin has died

53 points by austinallegro 2y ago

Bluestein 2y ago
Sad.- One wonders how the asset will behave ...
- Dudhbbh3343 2y ago
  Anything that gets it trending and isn't explicitly negative like a contract issue or exchange delisting should be bullish.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    Good point.-
- yefrem 2y ago
  there was a short spike, probably related
- themaninthedark 2y ago
  I am sure it will be a good boy....
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    It's "mooning" to heaven, I am sure.-
  - franky47 2y ago
    *girl (Kabosu was a female dog)
bobthepanda 2y ago
18 is quite long for a dog, no?
- input_sh 2y ago
  Above average, but not completely unusual. I'd compare it to being a 90yo human. Rare, but it happens.
  - INTPenis 2y ago
    At 98% percentile of Shiba's I'd say it's more like turning 100, at least.
- ZiiS 2y ago
  Yes 98% percentile for Shiba Inu's
keyle 2y ago
Something to be said about online icons like this. I didn't really care for the dog, but keyboard-cat was my jam.
trollied 2y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464495 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464495
rexreed 2y ago
There seem to be three articles about this on the front page of HN right now.
tcmb 2y ago
> In 2021 the "Doge" meme sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $4m (£3.2m). > Kabosu is also the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which was originally created as a "joke" currency and is the sleeve sponsor of Watford Football Club. Absurd times we live in, comedic and dramatic at the same time.
- riffraff 2y ago
  > is the sleeve sponsor of Watford Football Club. is this true? it is not listed on the club's website[0], maybe it was a one-time-only kind of deal? I do recall a couple of those for nascar (dogecar looked great too), the whole dogecoin community was great back then, but this seems big-ish. [0] https://www.watfordfc.com/club/partners https://www.watfordfc.com/club/partners
  - dole 2y ago
    For the 2021-2022 season. https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as-its-sleeve-sponsor-7e52e03347ae https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusive-dogecoin-watford-sleeve-sponsor-premier-league/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv...
  - SushiHippie 2y ago
    https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uniform-sponsorship https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uni... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusive-dogecoin-watford-sleeve-sponsor-premier-league/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv... (paywalled) Seems like they were a 'sleeve sponsor' for the 2021/22 season
- deleted 2y ago
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- another2another 2y ago
  That "joke" currency currently has a market cap of $23 billion and a trading volume of $2.6B over the last 24 hours. >Absurd times we live in, comedic and dramatic at the same time. So yes, totally agreed.
LightBug1 2y ago
@dang black bar please ...
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Seconded, if possible.-
ionwake 2y ago
See you space cowboy
westmeal 2y ago
RIP boyo

53 points by austinallegro 2y ago

Bluestein 2y ago

Sad.- One wonders how the asset will behave ...

Dudhbbh3343 2y ago
Anything that gets it trending and isn't explicitly negative like a contract issue or exchange delisting should be bullish.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Good point.-
yefrem 2y ago
there was a short spike, probably related
themaninthedark 2y ago
I am sure it will be a good boy....
- Bluestein 2y ago
  It's "mooning" to heaven, I am sure.-
- franky47 2y ago
  *girl (Kabosu was a female dog)

bobthepanda 2y ago

18 is quite long for a dog, no?

input_sh 2y ago
Above average, but not completely unusual. I'd compare it to being a 90yo human. Rare, but it happens.
- INTPenis 2y ago
  At 98% percentile of Shiba's I'd say it's more like turning 100, at least.
ZiiS 2y ago
Yes 98% percentile for Shiba Inu's

keyle 2y ago

Something to be said about online icons like this. I didn't really care for the dog, but keyboard-cat was my jam.

trollied 2y ago

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464495 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464495

rexreed 2y ago

There seem to be three articles about this on the front page of HN right now.

tcmb 2y ago

> In 2021 the "Doge" meme sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $4m (£3.2m). > Kabosu is also the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which was originally created as a "joke" currency and is the sleeve sponsor of Watford Football Club. Absurd times we live in, comedic and dramatic at the same time.

riffraff 2y ago
> is the sleeve sponsor of Watford Football Club. is this true? it is not listed on the club's website[0], maybe it was a one-time-only kind of deal? I do recall a couple of those for nascar (dogecar looked great too), the whole dogecoin community was great back then, but this seems big-ish. [0] https://www.watfordfc.com/club/partners https://www.watfordfc.com/club/partners
- dole 2y ago
  For the 2021-2022 season. https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as-its-sleeve-sponsor-7e52e03347ae https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusive-dogecoin-watford-sleeve-sponsor-premier-league/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv...
- SushiHippie 2y ago
  https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uniform-sponsorship https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uni... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusive-dogecoin-watford-sleeve-sponsor-premier-league/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv... (paywalled) Seems like they were a 'sleeve sponsor' for the 2021/22 season
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another2another 2y ago
That "joke" currency currently has a market cap of $23 billion and a trading volume of $2.6B over the last 24 hours. >Absurd times we live in, comedic and dramatic at the same time. So yes, totally agreed.

LightBug1 2y ago

@dang black bar please ...

Bluestein 2y ago
Seconded, if possible.-

ionwake 2y ago

See you space cowboy

westmeal 2y ago

RIP boyo