Elon Musk Dogecoin Support on Twitter Makes Cryptocurrency Soar 50 Percent

Elon Musk previously influenced the value of Bitcoin, as well as stocks of GameStop and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt.

By Reuters | Updated: 4 February 2021 15:52 IST

Elon Musk Dogecoin Support on Twitter Makes Cryptocurrency Soar 50 Percent

Photo Credit: Twitter/ @elonmusk

Dogecoin jumped to $0.05798 (roughly Rs. 4) according to data on blockchain website Coindesk

Highlights

Musk first tweeted "Doge"
Musk's tweets about certain companies have sent their prices soaring
Shares in GameStop, Etsy and CD Projekt have jumped thus

Cryptocurrency Dogecoin surged more than 50 percent on Thursday after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted his support for it, two days after he said he was to take a break from Twitter "for a while".

Dogecoin jumped to $0.05798 (roughly Rs. 4) according to data on blockchain and cryptocurrency website Coindesk. Musk first tweeted "Doge" and immediately followed it up with "Dogecoin is the people's crypto".

Dogecoin is the people's crypto
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2021

The Tesla chief's tweets about certain companies and cryptocurrencies have sent their prices soaring in recent weeks. Shares in GameStop, Etsy, and CD Projekt have jumped following comments on his Twitter account about them.

In the crypto world, him putting a "#bitcoin" tag on his Twitter bio sent the most popular currency flying last Friday. He has since taken the tag off.

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Meanwhile, rival cryptocurrency ethereum is also on a record setting spree as investors buy it before the launch of ethereum futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange next week.

Ethereum rose to record high of $1,698.56 (roughly Rs. 1.2 lakhs) before giving up some of those gains to trade 2.7 percent lower in early london trading. Bitcoin, the most popular crypto currency, also fell 1.2 percent to $37,184 (roughly Rs. 27 lakhs).

Cryptocurrencies are gaining traction with more mainstream investors. The euphoria boosted the total market value of all cryptocurrencies above $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 72,97,400 crores) for the first time earlier in January.

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