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One day after Elon Musk sought the dismissal of a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of intentionally inflating the value of Dogecoin, Twitter's iconic blue bird on its home button was replaced with a Shiba Inu logo. associated with cryptocurrency. In a nod to the update, Twitter CEO Musk shared a post Tuesday showing the Doge meme face driving a car while a police officer allegedly checks the driver's license that displays the "old" blue bird logo. . Dogecoin soared nearly 30%, according to Bloomberg, after his photo suddenly appeared on the website's interface and "Doge" began trending on Twitter. Musk also shared a screenshot of an old conversation with a user who asked him to "buy Twitter and change the logo from bird to doge" and wrote "as promised."
The mobile version of Twitter, however, remained unchanged.
The official Dogecoin Twitter account also reacted to the change citing the style of the famous meme and wrote: “Very topical. Wow. many parts How much money. So Crypto.
In February, Musk shared a photo of the "Doge" posing as the boss on Twitter, adding that the "new CEO is awesome." The meme coin was started as a joke in 2013 to make fun of other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
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The update comes days after Musk cracked down on "legacy" blue markings. Twitter began removing verified checkmarks from accounts, including The New York Times, that refused to pay for the service.
On Friday, Musk's lawyers called the lawsuit filed by Dogecoin investors a "fanciful work of fiction" about the Tesla CEO's "harmless and often silly tweets" about the cryptocurrency.
Musk's legal team argued that claims such as "Dogecoin Rulz" and "no ups and downs, just Doge" had no basis to support the claim that he deliberately increased the price of the cryptocurrency by more than 36,000% over two years and then lowered it. . he. resulting in huge losses for their investors.
