Kabosu, dog who inspired the doge meme, dies

On Friday Kabosu died, the shiba inu that inspired the viral Doge meme and Cryptocurrency – Dogecoin. Dogecoin broke the news earlier today in a statement at X; ‘Today our shared friend and inspiration for the community has passed on gently while being held by his person’. No one can therefore estimate the effect one dog has had globally.”

During Sunday on May 26, kabosu’s owner announced that they could have a farewell ceremony for kabochan as reported on the blog. Kabosu contracted leukemia and liver disease and died later in 2022. A journey from a rescued dog to an internet sensation.

Atsuko Sato is a teacher in a kindergarten in Japan who saved a kabosu from puppy mills in 2008. In 2010, after two years of owning it, she posted the dog’s photograph known as Doge on her blog.

In an interview with a news agency, Sato said it was so strange when she found out that her dog was a famous pet online. Kabosu’s inner self is disclosed via goofy memes made out of poor translations into English.

Dogecoin is one of the eight most valuable cryptocurrencies globally. Dogecoin, initially begun as a jest by two software developers, is currently eighth most valuable cryptocurrency globally. It was estimated by Forbes that Dogecoin, the most valuable among all crypto currencies in terms of market value at twenty-three billion dollars according to them because they had such an unshakable belief in its endless capacities. Billy Markus co-founder of Doge told Reuters he thought it was funny to trade on Doge’s, so in just a couple of hours he launched a new dog coin.

Elon musks’s favourite cryptocurrency Dogecoin was inspired by Kabosu, the favorite meme dog for millennials.With time, Snoop Dogg and Stoner hip-hop king took Dogecoin under his wings, then Shark Tank entrepreneur Mark Cuban followed suit and finally Kiss bassist Gene Simmons showed interest in the same. Cheap, highly volatile memecoins, for instance-Shiba Inu and some of them based on dogs,cats have been developed as well by it.

A $4.2 million worth of viral went for – In 2021. Sato made a deal to sell off kab osu’s viral photo as Non-Fungible Token (NFT) to a group called PleasrDAO for $4.2 million(approximately 33 crores). It became the 5th top high cost image ever. Still, at that time, on November 2023 kabosu and her couch statue were opened up at sakura close to 100, 000 usd which was raised through the crypto organization own the Doge.”