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> In 2021 the "Doge" meme sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $4m (£3.2m). > Kabosu is also the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which was originally cr
by tcmb 2y ago
> In 2021 the "Doge" meme sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $4m (£3.2m).
> Kabosu is also the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which was originally created as a "joke" currency and is the sleeve sponsor of Watford Football Club.
Absurd times we live in, comedic and dramatic at the same time.
- riffraff 2y ago> is the sleeve sponsor of Watford Football Club. is this true? it is not listed on the club's website[0], maybe it was a one-time-only kind of deal? I do recall a couple of those for nascar (dogecar looked great too), the whole dogecoin community was great back then, but this seems big-ish. [0] https://www.watfordfc.com/club/partners https://www.watfordfc.com/club/partners
- dole 2y agoFor the 2021-2022 season. https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as-its-sleeve-sponsor-7e52e03347ae https://medium.com/instant-sponsor/watford-signs-dogecoin-as... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusive-dogecoin-watford-sleeve-sponsor-premier-league/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv...
- SushiHippie 2y agohttps://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uniform-sponsorship https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/watford-fc-dogecoin-sleeves-uni... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusive-dogecoin-watford-sleeve-sponsor-premier-league/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2759960/2021/08/14/exclusiv... (paywalled) Seems like they were a 'sleeve sponsor' for the 2021/22 season
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- another2another 2y agoThat "joke" currency currently has a market cap of $23 billion and a trading volume of $2.6B over the last 24 hours. >Absurd times we live in, comedic and dramatic at the same time. So yes, totally agreed.