The well-known meme shot Kabosu to fame in 2010 when she was only 5 years old. And who would have thought in 11 short years that single picture would’ve had such a huge impact? It’s grown into so much more than just a silly photo.
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While many of us know Kabosu from the doge meme, a lot of people might know her better as the face of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, two cryptocurrencies that are now worth over $70 billion, along with countless others.
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And while Kabosu’s face is a money-maker for sure, Elon Musk has played a big role in the cryptocurrencies’ rise. Dogecoin currently has a market cap of $35 billion alone thanks to Musk’s promotion of it. And Shiba Inu, which was inspired by Dogecoin, has surpassed its inspiration’s market cap in an even shorter amount of time.
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The money-making doesn’t stop there. Earlier this year Kabosu’s owner auctioned off the meme as an NFT. The auction prompted a bidding war and ended up selling for over $4 million.