Musk replaces Twitter's blue bird logo with Doge meme: Here's why

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has changed the iconic blue bird logo - which has served as a home button on the web version, with the 'doge' meme of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency.

Twitter users noticed the 'doge' meme, which is part of the logo of the Dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency and was created as a joke in 2013, on the web version of Twitter on Monday. However, the mobile version of Twitter remained unchanged.

Musk also shared a hilarious post on his account wherein the 'doge' meme (which features the face of a Shiba Inu) in the car and telling the police officer, who seems to be seeing his driving license, that his photo has been changed.

Twitter's CEO also shared the screenshot of the March 26, 2022, conversation between him and the anonymous account where the latter was asking to change the bird logo to 'doge'. Sharing this post on Twitter, Musk wrote, 'As promised.'

Dogecoin soared by nearly 30%, according to Bloomberg, after its picture suddenly appeared in the website interface and 'Doge' started trending on Twitter.

According to Variety, Musk, who bought Twitter last fall in a USD 44 billion deal, is a well-known superfan of the Doge meme and he has promoted Dogecoin both on Twitter and during his appearance last year hosting 'Saturday Night Live.'

He is even facing a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support Dogecoin.

"Elon Musk paid $44 billion for Twitter just to do this," Fintwit tweeted.

Notably, Musk had shared a picture of the 'Doge' posing as the Twitter boss adding that the 'new CEO is amazing'.