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Bizarre $600K Elon Musk crypto statue marketing stunt falls flat

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seemingly given the cold shoulder to a $600,000 monument of him in goat form —  which was created as part of a bizarre crypto marketing stunt.Delivered to Tesla’s Austin headquarters on Nov. 26, the 30-foot, 12,000-pound metal statue of Elon Musk was part of a publicity stunt by the co-founders of the memecoin Elon Goat Token (EGT).The statue features the head of Elon Musk on the body of a goat that is riding a rocket. The statue also sees Musk wearing a dog collar with a Dogecoin (DOGE) token attached.We’re very proud of our accomplishments and commitment to #EGTWe’ve always had long term vision for $EGT and will continue to build the brand and utility. We feel our hard work can lead to Elon claiming #ElonGOAT and we will work towards this goal! Maybe have some fun too! pic.twitter.com/Rk2Gdn5PpE— Elon Goat Token (@ElonGoatToken) November 27, 2022According to the EGT whitepaper, the whole project was engineered to be roadworthy and fastened to a 50-foot semi-trailer for transportation. The conceptual design was drawn and rendered in Los Angeles. The founders of EGT, who are self-described “Elon Superfans,” said in the project description on their website they were trying to do “something no other Crypto project has dared to do” to gain recognition and legitimacy for their project with an acknowledgment from Musk.Unfortunately for EGT however, the $600,000 monument has failed to gain any public acknowledgment from Musk himself, at least on Twitter. Despite this, it still got plenty of mainstream media coverage, including from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and The Washington Post.Plenty of Musk-themed tokens There isn’t much information about EGT and its purpose other than it was launched in Jan. 2022 on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), and has been criticized for its Musk-centric marketing plan and lack of utility featured upon launch, according to its own whitepaper. The token is also one of many Elon Musk-themed tokens attempting to exploit the entrepreneur’s fame to market its token. Other Musk-themed tokens include Dogelon Mars (ELON) and spaceTwitterDoge and elonDogeTwit.As of the time of writing, EGT has 18,400 followers on Twitter, while Coingecko and Coinmarketcap both list EGT, but neither has data surrounding its market cap. Its price appeared to have spiked momentarily before dipping to month lows after the delivery of the statue.According to its whitepaper, EGT claims to now be working on having real utility in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, having migrated smart contracts from BSC to the Ethereum blockchain. Related: It’s time for crypto fans to stop supporting cults of personalityOver-the-top publicity stunts have been a popular method for crypto projects over the years.In 2018 Ukrainian social network ASKfm launched an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) by leaving a wallet with 500,000 tokens at the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain above sea level in the world. At the time, ASKfm calculated the tokens in the wallet at $50,000, a sum calculated by an estimate of their value once the pre-sale and ICO launch.Another stunt in 2018 saw the owner of the Epoch Cryptocurrency website Wong Ching-kit drop stacks of cash off a roof in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong to promote a competition where participants could allegedly win large cash prizes. Most recently, Rahul Advani, APAC Policy Director of Ripple argued that crypto will need to move away from “hype cycles” and towards “building real utility.” He explained that the fall of FTX will prompt regulators and governments to scrutinize crypto regulations much more closely.

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Shiba Inu (SHIB) fetches 30% gain on Robinhood listing rumor and bullish chart pattern

Shiba Inu (SHIB) seems to be preparing for a bullish breakout as a falling wedge pattern begins to form.The price of SHIB has been trending lower inside an area defined by two contracting trendlines while accompanying a decline in trading volume. That shows that investors have been less concerned about the downtrend.  As a result, falling wedges typically provide an ideal springboard for an upside break once the price closes above the structure’s upper trendline. On Thursday, SHIB showed signs of following a similar topside break.SHIB/USDT daily price chart featuring a falling wedge. Source: Fiery Trading Notably, the token briefly closed above the falling wedge’s upper trendline, hitting an intraday high of $0.00003290. The upside move raised anticipation that SHIB would continue its trend higher in the coming sessions, with Fiery Trading analysts noting that an ongoing bullish retracement across the crypto market would further boost the altcoin’s upside bias.The analysts said,”With the entirety of the crypto market seeing strong bullish moves, it’s to be expected that SHIBA will follow. This token is currently trading near the top resistance of the pattern so that a breakout might occur soon. Look for a daily close above the resistance.”The next upside target for SHIBA decisive move above the falling wedge’s upper trendline could have traders eye for a bullish confirmation near $0.00003929. Simply put, if the price of SHIB breaks above $0.00003929, a previous level of resistance, traders may end up placing upside bets toward the level that comes at a distance equal to the maximum gap between the upper and lower trendline ($0.00004240). SHIB/USDT daily price chart featuring a falling wedge setup. Source: TradingViewAs a result, the potential falling wedge breakout could put the price of SHIB en route to $0.00008026, as shown in the chart above. Conversely, a pullback move from the wedge’s upper trendline could have SHIB retest the structure’s lower trendline around $0.00002350 support.Potential Robinhood listing backs the current rallySHIB’s bullish setup emerged primarily after it rebounded by nearly 30% in three days.At the core of SHIB’s sharp retracement were a few fundamental catalysts. These include speculation about the token’s listing on Robinhood, a zero-commission trading app with over $14 million in average daily volume. SHIBA INU ROBINHOOD LISTING SAID TO COME AS EARLY IN FEBthis is about 6 months too late— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 12, 2022Additionally, SHIB also rallied higher in line with a bounce-back across crypto markets on Wednesday, with top digital asset Bitcoin (BTC) rebounding by more than 12% and Ether (ETH) rising by nearly 18% in the past three days.Related: Five coins that saw huge gains in 2021While it is likely that SHIB’s price boomed due to excessive speculation, Vladimir Kardapoltsev, CEO of blockchain wallet company PointPay, noted that its potential to log more gains in 2022 was huge due to SHIB investors’ recent holding pattern.”It is worth mentioning that in just over five weeks, the average holding duration for Shiba coins on Coinbase Global has climbed from 6 to 32 days,” he told Cointelegraph, adding that “people have been hoarding SHIB because of Shiba Inu’s willingness to become more than just a Dogecoin-like meme token.”Kardapoltsev said,”There are several critical criteria that investors and potential buyers should consider when determining the price of SHIB in 2022. Shibarium, the gaming video game Oshiverse, and ShibaSwap have all contributed to Shiba Inu’s surging pricing, placing it ahead of competitors such as Dogecoin, which is still a meme currency play with minimal development.”The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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