Memecoin market capitalization has increased by more than 9% in the past 24 hours, significantly outperforming the rest of the cryptocurrency market, which has seen a slight decline of more than 0.2% over the same period.
CoinGecko The top five memecoins by market capitalization in the memecoin market capitalization category account for approximately 35% of the total memecoin market cap of $66 billion.
Among the top 5 memecoins, dogwifhat reached an all-time high in the most impressive rally of the last 24 hours. According to The Block’s pricing page, the coin is trading at $3.18, up more than 42% in the last 24 hours.
Elon Musk hints at Tesla Dogecoin payments
The rally in the Memecoin subsector came after Elon Musk discussed the possibility of customers purchasing Tesla cars with Dogecoin in a video posted on X.com..
“When can I buy a Tesla with Dogecoin? I think we’ll have to enable it at some point,” Musk said. video Uploaded by X user @dogeofficialceo. The Tesla CEO said the following during a recent visit to the company’s Giga Factor in Berlin: “whyYou can purchase Tesla products through Doge, which is great. So Dogecoin has reached the moon,” he added.
Another boost in memecoin market activity comes after news that the Solana-based Dogwifhat mascot (a Shiba Inu in a top hat) could grace the Las Vegas skyline after successfully raising $650,000 from the community. The Dogwifhat logo can now appear in full LED form in the Las Vegas Sphere for a week.
According to the fundraiser’s webpage, requests for community donations exceeded the fundraising goal, reaching $672,288.156 in USD Coin (USDC).
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