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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Josh Taylor and Alex Hern

Twitter makes unexplained logo change to Dogecoin cryptocurrency image

The Dogecoin logo on Twitter where the company’s blue bird logo usually appears.
The Dogecoin logo on Twitter where the company’s blue bird logo usually appears. Photograph: Taidgh Barron/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Almost 24 hours after Twitter changed its blue bird logo to a badly cut-out image of a dog meme made famous by cryptocurrencies, the company’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, has still offered no explanation or justification for the change.

On Monday, US time, users noted that the blue bird logo on Twitter’s homepage and loading screen had been replaced with the shiba inu image associated with the Dogecoin memecoin cryptocurrency. For hours, neither Twitter nor Musk even acknowledged the change.

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