That same year, two software designers had the idea to parody bitcoin, then gaining traction as the first decentralized cryptocurrency, with a joke coin that would feature the doge meme as its ...

Elon Musk seemingly can't get enough of "Doge," a popular internet meme from the 2010s. The four-letter word is also the acronym for the Department of Government Efficiency, a new Trump initiative ...

Its acronym, "DOGE," also references a meme that inspired a cryptocurrency, Dogecoin. Here's a quick overview of the history of the meme, which originated with a photo of a Shiba Inu dog.