SOL - Step Aside Dogecoin: 'Father Of MEMEs' Richard Dawkins Gets Crypto Named After Him As Birthday Present Elon Musk LOLs At Dawkoin | Benzinga
Richard Dawkins, the renowned evolutionary biologist who coined the term “meme” in his 1976 book “The Selfish Gene,” received a unique birthday present this year: a cryptocurrency named after him — the Dawkoin.
What Happened: Dawkins, who turned 82 on Tuesday, acknowledged the creation with a touch of amusement, tweeting, “Well, just fancy that. To commemorate my birthday, and the coining of the word ‘meme,' somebody has created a meme coin, the Dawkoin. I don't even know what that means, but it sounds intriguing.”
This development caught the attention of Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and a vocal supporter of cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), the original meme coin. Musk responded to Dawkins’ tweet with a laughing emoji, hinting at his awareness of the Dawkoins phenomenon.