The Dogecoin community is funding the construction of a bronze statue in Japan depicting Kabosu – the Shiba Inu dog associated with the infamous Doge internet meme.

Per a press release from The Dogecoin Foundation last year, Kabosu fans crowdfunding in early November 2022 to fund the statue’s construction, and had already reached their goal of $42,069 within 72 hours. However, FTX’s implosion and the crypto market crash put those plans to a temporary halt, bringing the fundraiser back under its donation target.

Nevertheless, the statue is now prepared for unveiling on November 2 – Kabosu’s 18th birthday. It will be located in Sakura Furusato Square, where the dog’s parent often takes it for walks.

“We've been operating for over two years, bringing Doge to places she's never been, including Hollywood, EDM bangers and space (The Doge NFT going on a SpaceX mission to moon),” said PleasrDAO’s tridog in an email to CoinDesk.  

PleasrDAO is a group of NFT collectors purchasing high-priced NFTs and building communities around them, such as “Own the Doge” – a group that donates to charities around the world.

“Our goal is to become THE Doge gathering place online for all of the Doge and meme community,” added tridog. The group even wants to place a statue of Kabosu on the moon one day.

Celebrating the statue’s unveiling, the community plans to hold interactive events, where attendees can win certain privileges depending on their NFT holdings.

Own the Doge is even working on a documentary celebrating Kabosu’s life, and tracking the rise of Doge as a meme.

The Role of Doge in Crypto

Doge has inspired a plethora of popular cryptocurrencies, beginning with Dogecoin (DOGE) in 2013 before ushering in coins like Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Floki Inu (FLOKI) in later years.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made himself something of a leader within the Dogecoin community, adopting it as his favorite cryptocurrency and promoting it as a superior way of transacting compared to Bitcoin (BTC). The billionaire’s social media activity often has a substantial effect on DOGE’s day-to-day price movements.

Dogecoin is now the tenth largest crypto by market cap, as well as the second most recognized crypto among the general population next to Bitcoin. Despite its popularity, its co-founders Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer are largely critical of crypto at large. 
 

資料來源：Adobe / YuDwi Studio 狗狗幣社群正在資助在日本建造一座銅像，該雕像描繪了Kabosu——與臭名昭著的Doge 網路迷因相關的柴犬。根據狗狗幣基金會去年的新聞稿，Kabosu 粉絲於11 月初進行了眾籌2022 年為雕像的建設提供資金，並已在 72 小時內達到了 42,069 美元的目標。然而，FTX 的崩潰和加密貨幣市場的崩潰使這些計劃暫時停止，使籌款活動回到了其捐贈目標。儘管如此，這座雕像現在已準備好在11 月2 日（Kabosu 的18 歲生日）揭幕。它將位於櫻花故鄉廣場，狗的父母經常帶它去散步。「我們已經運營兩年多了，帶 Doge 去她從未去過的地方，包括好萊塢、EDM 音樂和太空（The Doge NFT 正在SpaceX 的登月任務），」PleasrDAO 的tridog 在給CoinDesk 的電子郵件中說道。 PleasrDAO 是一群NFT 收藏家，他們購買高價NFT 並圍繞他們建立社區，例如“Own the Doge”——一個向世界各地的慈善機構捐款的團體。“我們的目標是成為所有人的在線THE Doge 聚集地。總督和模因社區，」tridog 補充道。該組織甚至希望有一天在月球上放置一尊 Kabosu 雕像。為了慶祝雕像的揭幕，社區計劃舉辦互動活動，參與者可以根據其 NFT 持有量贏得某些特權。Own the Doge 甚至正在製作一部紀錄片慶祝Kabosu 的一生，並追蹤Doge 作為迷因的崛起。CryptoDoge 中Doge 的角色啟發了眾多流行的加密貨幣，從2013 年的狗狗幣(DOGE) 開始，隨後迎來了柴犬(SHIB) 和Floki Inu 等硬幣 (特斯拉和SpaceX 執行長馬斯克(Elon Musk) 讓自己成為了狗狗幣社群的領導者，將其視為他最喜歡的加密貨幣，並將其宣傳為比比特幣(BTC) 更好的交易方式。這位億萬富翁的社群媒體活動往往對 DOGE 的日常價格走勢產生重大影響。狗狗幣現在是市值第十大的加密貨幣，也是僅次於比特幣的第二大受大眾認可的加密貨幣。儘管它很受歡迎，但其聯合創始人比利·馬庫斯和傑克遜·帕爾默對整個加密貨幣持批評態度。

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