Doge meme canvas makes it to US Senate meeting: "Doge is inevitable"

Billy Markus, the software developer behind the original meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE), created in 2013 together with fellow enthusiast Jackson Palmer, has shared a snippet from a recent speech made in the US Senate by Senator Joni Ernst (IA) from the Republican Party.

Ernst used a picture of the famous Doge meme overtaking a city in her address to the Senate. Doge took over Washington D.C. on that canvas. Markus shared his amusing and serious commentary on this Doge meme demonstration.

Doge meme canvas at US Senate meeting: "Doge is inevitable"

Senator Joni Ernst highlighted the significance of the newly created Department of the Government Efficiency spearheaded by billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – D.O.G.E, adding that tax dollars must not be wasted. She urged her fellow Senators and politicians to join this initiative, stating that “Doge is inevitable.”

The canvas features a well-known Internet meme where a Doge dog in the form of a sand-dust cloud is devouring Washington D.C, hinting at D.O.G.E. operations spreading around the governmental city quickly and inevitably.

Billy Markus, also known on social media as Shibetoshi Nakamoto, commented on this tweet, saying: “Pretty funny to see this doge meme IN THE SENATE”

pretty funny to see this doge meme IN THE SENATE pic.twitter.com/R2wvboJofZ

Markus’s army of followers responded quite enthusiastically to his Doge post, publishing comments about the thing widely associated with Markus’s brainchild making its way into the US Senate: “Doge is the future.”“You've really made it now.” “Politicians are catching on.” And there was even one proposing Markus should be voted for the Senate: “Billy for Senate.”

Dogecoin crashes 16% after printing similar rise

In the last week, the largest meme cryptocurrency has demonstrated high volatility movements as it first skyrocketed by roughly 16% on January 3 and plunging by 17.06% over the past two days. Dogecoin shed its massive gains, falling from $0.40 back t $0.32, where it is changing hands at the time of this writing.

Billy Markus highlighted the Dogecoin surge on January 3, publishing a post about this. As for the Bitcoin price crash which took place on January 7 and pulled down the rest of the crypto market, along with DOGE, he commented, tweeting: “Bitcoin ate some fast food this morning.”