The Doge Meme Dog Turns 16 This Year (6 pics)
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.
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.
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.
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.
