The Shiba Inu who rose to fame as the face of Dogecoin through a meme has died. Kabosu was 18

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• May 25 2024

The dog who shot to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has died

The Shiba Inu who rose to fame as the face of Dogecoin through a meme has died. Kabosu was 18

The dog who shot to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has died

The dog who shot to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has died.

The Shiba Inu named Kabosu died in Japan at the age of 18, several media outlets reported. The dog's owner, Atsuko Sato, said in a post that Kabosu died in her sleep. The account for Dogecoin on X also said she died, calling her an inspiration.

Sato, a 62-year-old kindergarten teacher in Japan, adopted the dog from a shelter in 2008, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Sato regularly posted pictures of Kabosu and her cats online. It was an image of Kabosu, with her head tilted in a seemingly questioning manner, that caught the attention of early cryptocurrency adopters, and it became a meme almost overnight.

A developer named Billy Markus actually used the image to mock many of the cryptocurrencies being traded at the time. Markus co-invented Dogecoin using the Kabosu meme. The dog's image was transferred to a gold coin in 2013 as the emblem for Dogecoin, according to the Journal.

Kabosu's image was soon shared by traders, celebrities and even members of Congress.

Dogecoin, pronounced dohj-coin, has flirted with mild popularity over the years. April 20, 2021 was "Doge Day." Dogecoin supporters wanted the cryptocurrency to shed its image as a joke currency and be seen as a way to make quick and easy transactions, despite not being widely accepted as a form of payment.

A year later, billionaire Elon Musk suggested that Twitter should consider offering its users a way to pay for subscriptions with Dogecoin.