Meme crypto Dogecoin becomes the second top coin bet on by whales for trading after Ethereum
Original canine cryptocurrency Dogecoin has flipped the second most popular crypto, Ethereum, pushing it from the spot of most-traded token for the biggest BSC wallet owners, according to a recent tweet by WhaleStats data platform.
In the meantime, these largest investors in BSC tokens are holding almost 325 million Dogecoins.
DOGE surpasses Ethereum for whales
@WhaleStatsBSC Twitter page has announced that over the past 24 hours, DOGE has swapped places with ETH and took the privileged position of the most traded cryptocurrency by the biggest 1,000 investors in BSC-based tokens.
However, Ethereum is now the most widely held cryptocurrency for these whales. The token that has the biggest position in dollar value is BTCB—Bitcoin BEP2, a coin run and wrapped on Binance and pegged 1 to 1 with the original flagship cryptocurrency invented by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto.
The tweet by @WhaleStatsBSC also says that the top 1,000 BSC-based wallets are holding 324,950,073 Dogecoins. That is worth a whopping $46,070,284 and the current DOGE/USD exchange rate.
JUST IN: $DOGE had flipped $ETH to be most traded token by 1000 biggest #BSC wallets over the last 24hrs 👏👏
The top 1000 #BSC whales are hodling 324,950,073 #DOGE worths $46,070,284 🐳🐳
Whale leaderboard: https://t.co/Uc1nehVFyZ#dogecoin #DogeArmy #DoOnlyGoodEveryday pic.twitter.com/418FT0oKcg
— WhaleStats – the top 1000 BSC richlist (@WhaleStatsBSC) February 21, 2022
Sling TV accepts Dogecoin and other crypto via BitPay
As covered by U.Today earlier, U.S.-based provider of streaming TV services, Sling TV, has made Dogecoin one of the payment options for customer subscriptions and now accepts the meme crypto and other digital currencies via BitPay.
Elon Musk promises another use case for DOGE
On Saturday, Tesla boss and centibillionaire Elon Musk teased the community with the option of Tesla readying to build a futuristic diner (which will also be a drive-in theater) in the Hollywood area, where clients will be able to pay in DOGE.
This may be combined with Tesla charging stations that recently opened in Santa Monica and have quickly become very popular with drivers.