Dogecoin, the world’s first dog-themed cryptocurrency and perhaps also the first major meme coin, was introduced to the world on Dec. 6, 2013. It was created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a joke and a statement against the speculative nature of cryptocurrencies. Wat Doge? The Dogecoin persona is derived from an iconic Shiba Inu dog named Kabosu, who turned 16 years old this year. Kabosu, an animal shelter dog, would have been put down, had it not been adopted by a kindergarten teacher. The original meme associated with DOGE is now worth millions after being transformed into a non-fungible token. The picture was taken as a part of a random photoshoot when Kabosu was 8 years old. Kabosu was named after a Japanese citrus fruit. On Sunday, Markus asked his nearly 851,000 strong following on Twitter what they will do to mark DOGE’s birthday. In July …