BTC and DOGE are sent to the moon, Dogecoin price drops
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The world’s first American private lander, the Peregrine, launched to the moon carrying a Dogecoin (DOGE) wallet.
On January 8, Astrobotic Space’s Peregrine Mission One launched a dual cryptographic payload.
Astrobotic is working on a rocket project to deliver cargo to the moon. In addition to crypto wallets with DOGE, one Bitcoin (BTC) on physical media and a metal plate engraved with the contents of Bitcoin’s first (Genesis) block will also be sent to the Earth satellite.
It will deliver the first-ever private lander to the moon as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Private space company United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) 61.6-meter-long Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The space station is expected to land on the moon and conduct multiple studies. It is planned to land on the lunar surface on February 23.
The coin’s price barely reacted to the news, falling 3.69% in the past 24 hours. Currently, DOGE is trading at $0.07793, with a market capitalization of $11.1 billion.
The price of BTC has also remained stable over the past 24 hours, falling just 0.3% to $43,945 at the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap.
In addition to Astrobotic, there are plans to launch another DOGE to the moon soon. DOGE-1 will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. DOGE-1 is being developed by Geometric Energy, which announced the project in May 2021. SpaceX founder Elon Musk first reported the launch of DOGE-1 in 2021. However, the mission has been repeatedly postponed. Launch is currently planned for January 2024.
