The adorable shiba inu who became the face of the viral meme used by Dogecoin died early Friday, her owner announced in a moving poetic tribute. Kabosu was thought to have been 18.

A Shiba Inu with a round smiling face connecting you and me, ... Balltze became a viral internet meme when a photo of him sitting on the floor went viral after it was uploaded to Instagram in 2017.

But now, almost 13 years after the debut of the photo that catapulted her to global fame, the 17-year-old dog from Japan known for the “doge” meme is dangerously ill, her owner says. Much ...

The viral meme rose to internet fame in 2010, when a photo of a Shiba Inu dog crossing its paws was overlaid with scattered comic sans text - depicting what could be the pet’s inner monologue.

Dogecoin logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen photographed for illustration photo on May 6, 2021. Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency styled after an internet-famous Shiba Inu that was ...

Kabosu, a Shiba Inu whose “much wow” face helped launch one of the defining memes of the last decade and inspired the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, died on Friday. She was 18 years old.

The dog that skyrocketed to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency dogecoin has died. The Shiba Inu named Kabosu passed away in Japan at 18 years old, a number of outlets reported.