WIF price rallies 60% as Dogwifhat’s photo sells as NFT for $4.3 million

The price of Dogwifhat (WIF), a Solana-based meme coin, increased sharply on Monday after the purchase of the original picture that inspired the token. The acquisition, for which web3 pioneer Global Coin Research (GCR) paid $4.3 million worth of Ether, comes along Elon Musk’s recent post on X about the meme coin. Both elements have propelled the meme coin’s market capitalization to around $3.21 billion, according to CoinGecko data.

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Elon Musk’s tweet, NFT purchase likely catalyze WIF price gains

WIF price climbed 60% on Monday on Binance. The Solana-based meme coin’s gains can likely be attributed to two catalysts: Elon Musk’s recent tweet on X – a picture of dogs wearing hats – and GCR’s purchase of the Dogwifhat meme’s picture as an NFT. Musk is popular in the crypto community as a self-proclaimed “Dogefather” and a known proponent of meme coins. 

Dogwifhat’s logo is a picture of a dog wearing a hat, quite literally this ignited a rally in the meme coin, when market participants interpreted Musk’s recent tweet:

Dogwifhat’s photo sold as an NFT for $4.3 million on Monday. A crypto influencer behind the handle @AmirOmru claims that the purchase was made by GCR, a Web3 research group. 

Both events likely fueled Monday’s rally for the meme coin, alongside the capital rotation in the Solana ecosystem. 

WIF/USDT 4-hour chart

At the time of writing, WIF price is $3.066 on Binance.