Elon Musk has quashed speculation that Dogecoin could be used by the United States government as part of a new Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E).

埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）取消了猜测，即美国政府可以将狗狗币用作新的政府效率部（DOGE）的一部分。

Musk, who is currently helming D.O.G.E for President Donald Trump, made the remarks on Sunday at a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, hosted by his America PAC.

马斯克目前正在为唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统担任总统，他于周日在威斯康星州格林贝市的一个市政厅举行了讲话，由他的美国PAC主持。

“There are no plans for the government to use Dogecoin or anything as far as I know,” the Tesla/SpaceX CEO said. “They happen to be similar names, but really, we’re literally just trying to make the government 15% more efficient.”

特斯拉/SpaceX首席执行官说：“据我所知，政府没有计划使用狗狗币或其他任何计划。” “它们恰好是类似的名字，但实际上，我们实际上只是在试图使政府提高效率15％。”

Announced by Trump in December, D.O.G.E is the agency tasked with slashing federal spending and streamlining operations. The extragovernmental agency has reportedly saved around $130 billion since starting in January, with an average of $840 in savings for taxpayers.

特朗普在12月宣布的Doge是该机构，负责削减联邦支出和简化业务。据报道，自1月份开始以来，该机构额外的机构节省了约1300亿美元，平均节省了840美元的纳税人。

However, despite its main focus on government efficiency, Musk’s involvement in the project has sparked speculation about cryptocurrency-related initiatives.

但是，尽管马斯克对该项目的参与主要关注政府效率，但仍引发了人们对加密货币相关计划的猜测。

In February, D.O.G.E’s official website was briefly updated with an image of Dogecoin’s Shiba Inu mascot following Trump’s inauguration, which rumors had President Trump planning to install an agency focused on cryptocurrency.

2月，在特朗普就职典礼后，Doge的官方网站简要更新了Dogecoin的Shiba Inu Mascot的图像，谣言使特朗普总统计划安装一家专注于加密货币的机构。

This fueled further speculation of a crypto tie-in and drove the price of the meme asset up 15% at the time.

这进一步猜测了加密货币搭配，并将Meme Asset的价格推高了15％。

Musk has previously shared bullish views on Dogecoin through his tweets and public statements. He has defended the meme coin’s inflationary model, calling it “a feature” that will aid in boosting Dogecoin’s usability for everyday transactions.

马斯克以前通过他的推文和公开声明分享了对狗狗币的看涨观点。他为模因硬币的通货膨胀模型辩护，称其为“一项功能”，有助于提高Dogecoin对日常交易的可用性。

Earlier this month, Musk slammed meme coins and likened them to a casino and advised investors not to put their life savings into them.

本月初，马斯克猛烈抨击了模因硬币，并将其比作赌场，并建议投资者不要将他们的生命储蓄投入其中。

However, he singled out Dogecoin, adding that the meme coin is "the only one that started as a meme coin." This implies that Dogecoin has shed its meme coin status and is now viewed as a serious cryptocurrency.

但是，他挑出了Dogecoin，并补充说，模因硬币是“唯一最初是作为模因硬币的硬币”。这意味着Dogecoin脱落了其模因硬币的地位，现在被视为严重的加密货币。

The price of DOGE is down 5.2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko, in line with a wider market correction.

根据Coingecko的说法，在过去的24小时内，Doge的价格下跌了5.2％，这与更广泛的市场更正一致。