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In early April 2023, Elon Musk surprised the crypto community by temporarily replacing Twitter's blue bird logo with a Dogecoin mascot—the Shiba Inu dog Kabosu—shortly after rebranding the social network as X. This logo change occurred on April 3rd.

DOGE briefly replaced Twitter's blue bird logo

A prominent Dogecoin supporter, Musk has frequently promoted the meme cryptocurrency on Twitter long before his $44 billion acquisition. News of the logo change initially boosted DOGE's price by 8%, later rising to approximately 30% in total, fueled by speculation that Musk was integrating DOGE into Twitter.

Evolution of ? logos. pic.twitter.com/kdTI3XuqNm— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) April 16, 2025

Before purchasing Twitter, Musk repeatedly suggested integrating DOGE for tipping content creators. Bitcoin and Ethereum tipping had already been implemented by former CEO Jack Dorsey.

Created in 2013 by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a Bitcoin-based joke, Dogecoin saw further adoption when Musk announced in December 2021 that Tesla would accept it for merchandise. SpaceX followed suit in April 2022.

Musk's continued support for Dogecoin

Musk's tweets propelled DOGE to an all-time high of $0.7376 in early May 2021. This followed his self-proclaimed title of "The DogeFather" and his promotion of DOGE during a Saturday Night Live appearance that April.

Interestingly, in 2025, Musk even used the name of his favorite cryptocurrency—Dogecoin—to abbreviate his new project, the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), a position he was appointed to by President Donald Trump. However, he clarified that year that the U.S. government has no plans to utilize Dogecoin or any other cryptocurrency.

Currently, DOGE holds the ninth position among cryptocurrencies, boasting a market capitalization of $22.8 billion, surpassing Cardano's ADA. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson speculated that Musk might be one of DOGE's largest holders given his enthusiastic support. Read the original article on U.Today