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​Dogecoin Sees Massive Rally as Tesla & Elon Musk Embrace It For Payments.

Dogecoin (DOGE) saw a sharp rally in the market today, after Tesla's CEO Elon Musk said his company “will make some merch buyable” with the meme coin.

The surprising statement was published on Twitter by Elon Musk Tuesday morning, causing an immediate surge higher in the price of DOGE.

The statement today follows comments from Musk during an interview with Time that was published yesterday, where the outspoken CEO said that bitcoin (BTC) “at least at its base layer is maybe suitable as a store of value." However, he added that it is “not a good substitute for transactional currency.”

“Even though it was created as a silly joke, dogecoin is better suited for transactions,” Musk said.

The comments have so far (as of 12:00 UTC) led to a spike of more than 25% for the price of DOGE over the past 24 hours. The coin is currently trading at a price of USD 0.2069, and remains up by 16% for the week. The price is still down around 20% in a month.

Meanwhile, the lesser-known altcoin Decentralized Social (DESO) also rallied sharply today following a listing announcement from Coinbase Pro yesterday. According to the announcement, DESO will begin trading on Coinbase Pro today at 09:00 PT (17:00 UTC) “if liquidity conditions are met.”

For now, the token will only be available on Coinbase’s platform geared towards professional traders, and not on the more retail-oriented Coinbase com.

At press time, DESO was up by 36% over the past 24 hours and 31% over the past week, trading at USD 130.