Dogecoin (DOGE) co-creator Billy Markus said Sunday that the inflationary nature of the cryptocurrency doesn’t “matter for price.”
What Happened: Markus took to Twitter Inc’s (NASDAQ:TWTR) platform to explain his rationale. He said that while DOGE’s supply is fixed, cryptocurrencies are infinite.
“New coins come out every day, hour, minute, with various parameters and various random reason people can point to that make them superior or not.”
“Those don’t matter for price. Only buying and selling does,” said Markus.
The Dogecoin co-creator said that the fact that DOGE is valuable is “ironic” and so is the fact that it attracts haters.
Markus said in response to a comment on Twitter that DOGE like every other cryptocurrency has a value as “ascribed to it by people.”
At press time, DOGE traded 11.6% higher at $0.33 while BTC traded 4.97% lower at $56,869.09.
See also: How to Buy Dogecoin (DOGE)
Why It Matters: The reason why Musk enjoys Dogecoin is because of irony, according to Markus, but the reason why it has value is “just buying and selling.”
The co-creator of Dogecoin revealed on Twitter that he owns 122,000 DOGE, worth around $40,260 as of press time. DOGE has risen 6,816.94% since the year began.
See Also: Why Is Dogecoin Skyrocketing But Bitcoin, Ethereum Are Tanking?
In an interview with Benzinga last month, Markus revealed he had previously liquidated all his cryptocurrency holdings in July 2015 for nearly $10,000. If he had held on, in March those would have been valued at nearly $2 million.
Last week he advised investors to be rational while investing in “highly volatile assets” like cryptocurrency.
On Sunday, he cautioned against tribalism. “A community is one with people participating. Communities are healthy. Tribalism is people hating on anything different than them. Tribalism is unhealthy,” said Markus.
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