Musk, who has branded himself as “The Dogefather” on Twitter, is a huge fan of Dogecoin and frequently tweets about it, which consistently spikes the price.
The cryptocurrency was originally created as a parody, and its most recent spike within the past week was 95.76%, according to real-time data tracked by CoinMarketCap .
Coinbase — among the most popular places to trade cryptocurrency — does not support Dogecoin, but you can add it to you cryptocurrency wishlist.
Dogecoin was created in 2013 by Adobe employee Jackson Palmer and software engineer Billy Markus, according to a report by CoinDesk.
Cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to be used over the internet, according to Coinbase.
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