Dogecoin: the crypto coin that was born from a meme

This cryptomoney created in 2013 had a surprising upturn in recent months, reaching a value of two million dollars.

Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer are the creators of Dogecoin, a curious cryptocoin that saw the light of day in 2013, which thanks to the rise of electronic currencies in December last year, reached a total value of 2 million dollars.

This refers to one of the best known memes on the internet, a Japanese dog of the Shiba Inu breed and was launched with the aim of making fun of the "crypto fever" in 2013. Despite not highlighting much when it was launched and becoming a joke on the internet forums, this coin managed to create a community that funded Jamaican Olympic teams and water projects in Kenya.

Palmer expressed his dissatisfaction to the BBC about this situation, because most talks are about the profitability of the digital currency, which has not been planned for its economic success.

This is not the only case of unconventional cryptomoney coins. In December 2017 some internet users paid up to 133 thousand dollars for Crypto Kitties, a "pet crypt" using Ethereum's platform and Blockchain technology, which you could feed and sell.