Dogecoin spikes 9% after logo appears to find way back to Musk's Twitter

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  • The price of the world’s seventh largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose 8.9% on Tuesday.

Dogecoin mania made a comeback on Tuesday after a logo for the popular meme-based cryptocurrency seemed to find its way to the profile of Elon Musk's rebranded Twitter account. 

The price of the world's seventh largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose 8.9% to $0.08 at 4:39 p.m. in New York, according to CoinGecko. That's the highest price since April, with trading volume surging to more than $1.7 billion.

The rally took place as the symbol "Ð" appeared in a part of Musk's Twitter profile that's usually used to signify a location. It was placed right behind the new "X" logo for the company.

Musk, who bought the social media platform last year, also retweeted a user who goes by pseudonym "DogeDesigner." 

Elon Musk's Twitter profile

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Doge's steady rise

Musk's tweets have long been known to influence the price of dogecoin. The cryptocurrency surged earlier this year after Twitter briefly changed its logo to a meme of a Shiba Inu dog that's associated with the token, only to crash more than 8% after it was removed. 

Dogecoin's market capitalization currently stands at $11.4 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. It's the third best preforming token tracked by the platform over the past week, rising 18.9%.


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