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> 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.

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.

> 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://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uni...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv... (paywalled)

Seems like they were a 'sleeve sponsor' for the 2021/22 season

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

One wonders how the asset will behave ...

Anything that gets it trending and isn't explicitly negative like a contract issue or exchange delisting should be bullish.
Good point.-
I am sure it will be a good boy....
It's "mooning" to heaven, I am sure.-
*girl (Kabosu was a female dog)
there was a short spike, probably related
See you space cowboy
18 is quite long for a dog, no?
Above average, but not completely unusual. I'd compare it to being a 90yo human. Rare, but it happens.
At 98% percentile of Shiba's I'd say it's more like turning 100, at least.
Yes 98% percentile for Shiba Inu's
There seem to be three articles about this on the front page of HN right now.
RIP boyo
@dang black bar please ...
Seconded, if possible.-