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. 
 

来源：Adobe / YuDwi StudioDogecoin 社区正在资助在日本建造一座铜像，该雕像描绘了 Kabosu——与臭名昭著的 Doge 互联网模因相关的柴犬。根据 Dogecoin 基金会去年的一份新闻稿，Kabosu 粉丝于 11 月初进行了众筹2022 年为雕像的建设提供资金，并已在 72 小时内达到了 42,069 美元的目标。然而，FTX 的崩溃和加密货币市场的崩溃使这些计划暂时停止，使筹款活动回到了其捐赠目标。尽管如此，这座雕像现在已准备好在 11 月 2 日（Kabosu 的 18 岁生日）揭幕。它将位于樱花故乡广场，狗的父母经常带它去散步。“我们已经运营了两年多，带 Doge 到她从未去过的地方，包括好莱坞、EDM 音乐和太空（The Doge NFT 正在SpaceX 的登月任务），”PleasrDAO 的 tridog 在给 CoinDesk 的电子邮件中说道。 PleasrDAO 是一群 NFT 收藏家，他们购买高价 NFT 并围绕他们建立社区，例如“Own the Doge”——一个向世界各地的慈善机构捐款的团体。“我们的目标是成为所有人的在线 THE Doge 聚集地。总督和模因社区，”tridog 补充道。该组织甚至希望有一天在月球上放置一尊 Kabosu 雕像。为了庆祝雕像的揭幕，社区计划举办互动活动，参与者可以根据其 NFT 持有量赢得某些特权。Own the Doge 甚至正在制作一部纪录片庆祝 Kabosu 的一生，并追踪 Doge 作为模因的崛起。CryptoDoge 中 Doge 的角色启发了众多流行的加密货币，从 2013 年的狗狗币 (DOGE) 开始，随后迎来了柴犬 (SHIB) 和 Floki Inu 等硬币 (特斯拉和 SpaceX 首席执行官埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 使自己成为了狗狗币社区的领导者，将其视为他最喜欢的加密货币，并将其宣传为比比特币 (BTC) 更好的交易方式。这位亿万富翁的社交媒体活动通常会对 DOGE 的日常价格走势产生重大影响。狗狗币现在是市值第十大的加密货币，也是仅次于比特币的第二大受大众认可的加密货币。尽管它很受欢迎，但其联合创始人比利·马库斯和杰克逊·帕尔默对整个加密货币持批评态度。

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