Last May, as Dogecoin’s price approached an all-time high of $0.72, the cryptocurrency’s devoted fan base hoped that Dogecoin superfan Elon Musk’s upcoming appearance on "Saturday Night Live" would shoot the joke coin’s value "over the moon."
In the year since, its price has instead cratered back down to Earth.
As of this writing, DOGE is currently valued at a little over $0.06, down almost 91% since the eve of Musk’s SNL appearance on May 8, 2021. That night, Musk performed a series of monologues and skits that referenced Dogecoin, often mockingly.
During the show’s signature "Weekend Update" sketch, Musk conceded when pressed by cast members that Dogecoin was a “hustle.”
The coin began to plummet in value in real time as the show aired, shedding over 20% of its value in a single hour. So many people tried to offload the cryptocurrency during the SNL broadcast that trading app Robinhood was briefly overwhelmed by the volume of Dogecoin transactions.
After a summer of huge losses,...
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