Floki: Elon Musk Tweets Name Of New Dog Sending Cryptocurrency Skyrocketing
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Meme master Elon Musk has finally chosen a name for his new dog. Bright and early Friday morning, the serial entrepreneur revealed he plans on naming his new Shibu Inu dog Floki. Naturally, the seven-word tweet sent the cryptocurrency market soaring, with two coins in particular receiving a substantial bump after the announcement.
In addition to Dogecoin, two other cryptocurrencies have received a bump after Musk's twilight tweet on Friday. Hours after the tweet, $SHIB — the symbol for digital coin Shiba Inu — rose 25-percent in pricing, trading around $0.00000827 per coin. $FLOKI — a digital coin named after a character in History Channel's