The Shiba Inu [SHIB] ecosystem has been thriving since its inception. The network saw immense growth in price, user base as well as partnerships. While several called out meme coins for their lack of utility, SHIB was boosting its real-life use cases. Amidst this success, the people behind the network remain masked, quite literally. The market does not know who Ryoshi, the anonymous founder of SHIB, or its lead developer Shytoshi Kusama.
Several conjectures about the identity of Shytoshi Kusama started to surface. A popular choice was Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla. Musk has time and again asserted his inclination towards Dogecoin [DOGE]. As a result, the community wasn’t surprised that Musk would opt to support another canine-inspired meme coin.
Shytoshi Kusama Breaks Silence
Shattering the hopes of many, Shiba Inu’s Kusama did admit that he is not Elon Musk. But he did mention that he would want to meet Musk and show him how it is done. Although this comment is still unclear, it shows Kusama’s intention to extend the protocol’s worldwide reach. Appearing in a recent interview with Arabian Business, a Dubai news firm, Kusama said,
“I guess now you know. I’m not Elon Musk.”
Who is Kusama, if not Elon Musk? Kusama said in the interview that he doesn’t intend to reveal his identity and that he would want to remain anonymous. More valuable to him than money, in his opinion, is the ability to move around freely without being identified.
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Shiba Inu and Dogecoin
Amidst this, Shiba Inu was trading at $0.00001747 with a 2% rise over the last 24 hours. The meme coin currently sits as the 12th largest cryptocurrency. Dogecoin, on the other hand, was trading at $0.1137 with a price rise of nearly 5% throughout last day.
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