Dogecoin Jumps 20% After Musk’s Twitter Shout-Out; Bitcoin Joke Spurs Dialogue With Saylor

Why Elon Musk was tweeting about dogecoin early Sunday morning is anyone’s guess. But the small cryptocurrency spiked 20% following the SpaceX CEO’s weekend Twitter antics. It also started a dialogue with MicroStrategy CEO and noted bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor.

Update (Dec. 20, 16:52 UTC): Adds MicroStrategy CEO’s response to a Musk bitcoin tweet.
Update (Dec. 20, 23:52 UTC): Adds Musk’s response to MicroStrategy CEO’.