A dog-eat-dog world: the rise and fall and rise of Dogecoin

The Elon Musk-endorsed cryptocurrency slumped following the Tesla CEO’s SNL appearance. Was the dip a blip in Doge’s rocket trip to the moon? Or something more serious?

On Saturday 8th May, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made history as the first person with Asperger’s syndrome to host Saturday Night Live. This announcement, made during his opening monologue, was met with enthusiastic applause by the studio audience.

Unfortunately, not every aspect of his hosting gig met with the same reaction. Towards the end of his opening skit Musk’s mother, Maye Musk appeared to ask what her son had got her for Mother’s Day, joking “I just hope it’s not Dogecoin!”

“It is,” her son replied. “It sure is.”

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