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

https://news.sky.com/story/kabosu-dies-shiba-inu-which-inspired-the-doge-meme-and-became-face-of-dogecoin-has-died-12895009

by austinallegro • 2 years ago

53 23 2 years ago

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Bluestein4• 2 years ago

Sad.-

One wonders how the asset will behave ...

Dudhbbh3343• 2 years ago

Anything that gets it trending and isn't explicitly negative like a contract issue or exchange delisting should be bullish.

Bluestein4• 2 years ago

Good point.-

yefrem• 2 years ago

there was a short spike, probably related

themaninthedark• 2 years ago

I am sure it will be a good boy....

Bluestein4• 2 years ago

It's "mooning" to heaven, I am sure.-

franky47• 2 years ago

*girl (Kabosu was a female dog)

bobthepanda• 2 years ago

18 is quite long for a dog, no?

ZiiS• 2 years ago

Yes 98% percentile for Shiba Inu's

input_sh• 2 years ago

Above average, but not completely unusual. I'd compare it to being a 90yo human. Rare, but it happens.

INTPenis• 2 years ago

At 98% percentile of Shiba's I'd say it's more like turning 100, at least.

keyle• 2 years ago

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

rexreed• 2 years ago

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

tcmb• 2 years 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• 2 years 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

dole• 2 years ago

For the 2021-2022 season.

https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv...

SushiHippie• 2 years ago

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

another2another• 2 years ago

That "joke" currency currently has a market cap of $23 billion and a trading volume of $2.6B over the last 24 hours.