{"id":489022,"date":"2022-04-27T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T08:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=489022"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T09:03:37","slug":"dogecoin-doge-struggles-drops-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/dogecoin-doge-struggles-drops-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin (DOGE) Struggles, Drops 9% After Elon Musk Twitter Buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dogecoin struggles to maintain its momentum, dropping steadily by 9%. And it seems investors are letting the chips fall where they may.<\/span><\/p>\n Following the announcement that Elon Musk would buy Twitter, DOGE soared 26% and everything went bullish especially after the news that the Tesla CEO bought Twitter for $44 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n Suggested Reading | Dogecoin (DOGE) Trading Volume Plunges \u2013 Here\u2019s Why<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Apparently, the popular meme coin had a sharp spike in April 5 when Musk decided to join Twitter\u2019s board with a 9.2% stake. Now, DOGE is losing all the gains and dropping hard in a short span of time.<\/span><\/p>\n It seems that the buy pump following the Twitter acquisition of Musk was practically short-lived. Today, DOGE is slipping fast at 9%, according to CoinMarketCap. Currently, the DOGE value is a little above $0.14 per coin which reached its peak yesterday at around $0.1667.<\/span><\/p>\n In the early months following its launch, DOGE surged and it even peaked at above $0.73 in May 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n Since then, Dogecoin has had difficulty gaining traction despite being perpetually linked to the self-acclaimed “Dogefather” Musk.<\/span><\/p>\n His clever memes and tweets stir more attention for dog-inspired meme coins.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dogecoin was a dog-inspired coin (Shiba Inu dog in particular) created as a joke. It was swiftly created in a matter of three hours.<\/span><\/p>\n After its creation, Musk was very open about his support to DOGE (and other digital tokens), being what he calls as the <\/span>people\u2019s crypto.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n His snaps at Twitter directly impacts DOGE price. The centibillionaire\u2019s influence on the crypto is definitely beyond hype because he can step on the gas and the brakes and it all just happens like clockwork.<\/span><\/p>\nMusk Shakes Things Up For DOGE<\/b><\/h2>\n
DOGE total market cap at $18.10 billion on the weekend chart | Source: TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Most Popular Dog-Inspired Meme Coin<\/b><\/h2>\n