Elon Musk has made SHIBA INU meme-token (which is being promoted as a rival of Dogecoin) surge 11 percent by his recent tweet about a Shiba dog and Floki ship builder from the Vikings series.
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Musk wants to name his Shiba dog Floki, SHIB spikes
Elon has tweeted that his Shiba Inu dog will be named Floki. That’s a fictional character of the “genius ship builder” from the popular Vikings movie series, without who Ragnar would have been unable to sail to new lands.

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The token of the same name (SHIBA INU) started growing on that tweet immediately, soaring over 11 percent.
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Analyst Michael van de Poppe pointed at the coin’s rise in the comments.

Earlier, U.Today reported that Musk ridiculed the Shiba Uni community for tweeting that nobody will use DOGE – Musk’s favorite meme-coin.

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