id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt arstechnica-com-5132 Dogecoin has risen 400 percent in the last week because why not | Ars Technica .html text/html 785 78 76 Dogecoin has risen 400 percent in the last week because why not | Ars Technica Dogecoin rallied after Elon Musk tweeted a photo of "Doge Barking at the Moon." Dogecoin, a blockchain-based digital currency named for a meme about an excitable canine, has seen its price rise by a factor of five over the last week. Musk has periodically tweeted about the cryptocurrency, and those tweets are frequently followed by rallies in Dogecoin's price. People are trading Dogecoin because it's fun to trade and because they think they might make money from it. The rising price is a sign that a lot of people have decided it would be fun to speculate in Dogecoin. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Ars Technica Addendum (effective 8/21/2018). Ars may earn compensation on sales from links on this site. ./cache/arstechnica-com-5132.html ./txt/arstechnica-com-5132.txt