Twitter Logo Replaced With Crypto Shiba Inu Image

Brush Stroke By: Yusuf Balogun

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Musk has not explained the reason for the change, but some users speculated it was meant to be an April fool’s day gag.

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Meanwhile, recently, Musk petitioned a court in the US to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by Dogecoin investors for $258bn over an alleged pyramid scheme.

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