Rescue pup to meme star: The real-life ‘Dogecoin’ dog

Sato and her Japanese shiba inu dog Kabosu, best known as the logo of cryptocurrency Dogecoin, playing with a student at a kindergarten in Narita, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. She’s best known as the logo of Dogecoin, but to Sato, Kabosu is the elderly former rescue puppy who accompanies her every day to work at a kindergarten. — AFP

SAKURA, Japan: Her fluffy face now frail, Kabosu still flashes the enigmatic smile that made her the go-to meme dog for millennials and inspired a US$23bil (RM109.84bil) cryptocurrency beloved by Elon Musk.

She’s best known as the logo of Dogecoin, but to Atsuko Sato, Kabosu is the elderly former rescue puppy who accompanies her every day to work at a kindergarten.