New Delhi: A month ago, when billionaire Elon Musk tweeted that he will send Dogecoin to the moon, it catapulted the digital currency to new high and set off wave of speculations about the future of the cryptocurrency.
Now, a hard-core fan of Elon Musk has ‘literally’ sent the Dogecoi to the moon. A US-based YouTuber named Reid Williamson has managed to send a tangible version of the meme-cryptocurrency to space. He did this to mark the 50th birthday of Dogecoin father Elon Musk.
On April 1, Elon Musk had tweeted, “SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moon.” Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX later said that it will launch “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” in the first quarter of next year i.e. 2022 and it will be funded by this crypto currency.
Reid posted a video on YouTube – “I Sent A LITERAL Dogecoin To Space,”. In this video, he documents all the steps of sending it to moon – from purchasing a replica of Dogecoin to weather balloons, GPS trackers and helium gas tanks to send it to the moon.
“Reid and his friends set up the balloon with the Dogecoin securely fastened onto it and a camera attached to it. They launched this balloon into space. Video from the footage shows that the weather balloon stayed in space for a considerable amount of time. It later landed about 30 miles away from where it took off, reported a leading daily.
Dogecoin is one of the few cryptocurrencies that suddenly grabbed eyeball after Elon Musk tweeted about it and sent its price spiralling.
Musk’s fresh tweet gives boost to Dogecoin
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk can’t stop tweeting about his favorite cryptocurrency ‘DOGECOIN’. After a relatively long hiatus, the billionaire posted a meme, “Unleash the Doge!”.
Release the Doge! pic.twitter.com/9bXCWQLIhu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2021
The crypto community responded quickly to this, with people as always divided, the dogecoin price jumped by 4% following the post.
