Just found out Cheems, that adorable Shiba Inu meme dog, passed away last year at 12 years old. He was battling cancer and didn't make it through surgery. Honestly, didn't realize how much of an internet icon this dog was until I saw all the tributes.



Here's the thing though - a lot of people confused Cheems with Kabosu, the actual Shiba Inu behind the Dogecoin meme. They look so similar it's wild. Cheems was his own thing, but crypto folks kept mixing them up when the news dropped.

Kabosu's got the whole Dogecoin legacy - rescued from a puppy mill, adopted by a Japanese kindergarten teacher, became this massive cultural phenomenon back in 2013. Even Elon Musk's been a fan of Dogecoin for years. Pretty crazy how a meme coin inspired by a dog meme became this whole thing.

Current DOGE is sitting around $0.09, down a bit today. Bitcoin's holding at $74.11K. Anyway, RIP to Cheems - the internet really lost something special with this one.
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