{"id":309276,"date":"2024-05-25T01:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=309276"},"modified":"2024-05-25T01:20:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:50:07","slug":"rip-kabosu-shiba-inu-who-inspired-the-dogecoin-doge-memecoin-movement-passes-away-at-18-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/rip-kabosu-shiba-inu-who-inspired-the-dogecoin-doge-memecoin-movement-passes-away-at-18-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Kabosu \u2013 Shiba Inu Who Inspired the Dogecoin (DOGE) Memecoin Movement Passes Away at 18 &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a sad day in the crypto community as one of the\u00a0space\u2019s\u00a0most lovable faces has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptoverse woke up to a tragic announcement this morning: the Shiba Inu who inspired Dogecoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/dogecoin\">DOGE<\/a>) has died.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3VOcxLpxNF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:500px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kabosu, the photogenic Japanese Shiba Inu who inspired countless Internet memes and eventually the DOGE memecoin, took her final nap this morning shortly before 8 am, according to her owner\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kabochan.blog.jp\/archives\/51831907.html\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKabo-chan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today May 24<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At 7:50 am<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I fell asleep\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Outside the window<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Birds sing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a beautiful morning<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stroked me<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To sleep<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It has gone softly\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kabuso was 18 years old, 126 in dog years.<\/p>\n<p>The official Dogecoin X account\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dogecoin\/status\/1793896242168107279\">shared<\/a>\u00a0the following post in her memory:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cToday\u00a0Kabosu, our community\u2019s shared friend and inspiration, peacefully passed in the arms of her person. The impact this one dog has made across the world is immeasurable.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She was a being who knew only happiness and limitless love.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please keep her spirit and her family in your heart, and most\u00a0importantly\u00a0carry her with you as your story continues \u2013 we are all fortunate for hers to have touched and shaped ours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Atsuko Sado, the kindergarten teacher who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/5\/24\/24163865\/doge-meme-shiba-inu-kabosu-dead-crypto\">rescued<\/a> Kabosu in 2008, has long maintained a blog about her life and pets. In 2010, she shared a seemingly unremarkable Kabuso <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kabosu112.exblog.jp\/9944144\/\">photoshoot<\/a>. Little did she know \u2013 she was about to forever change the Internet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190710\" style=\"width: 1063px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Atsuko Sado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The adorable Shiba Inu inspired more memes than could possibly be measured. Eventually, the internet joke became a cryptocurrency that far outgrew its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2023\/10\/12\/dogecoin-co-founder-billy-markus-calls-out-doge-community-says-they-do-nothing-productive\/\">founders\u2019 expectations<\/a> and intentions. That memecoin inspired the owner of an electric car company to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2022\/06\/23\/elon-musk-reveals-why-he-supports-dogecoin-doge-says-he-never-advised-investing-in-crypto\/\">believe in crypto<\/a>, pushing digital assets deeper into mainstream consciousness. Now, with the US election looming, cryptocurrency has become a major hot-button <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/05\/21\/democrats-to-abruptly-reverse-party-stance-on-crypto-to-avoid-election-disaster-mike-novogratz\/\">political topic<\/a> \u2013 thanks, in part, to the attention brought to the sector by one very cute little dog in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in Peace, Kabosu. 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