Crypto Named After Elon Musk's Pet Floki Is Outperforming Dogecoin, Shiba Inu And All Major Cryptos Today

Floki Inu FLOKI/USD, a Dogecoin DOGE/USD knockoff named after Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk’s pet dog Floki, is outperforming Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and other major cryptocurrencies as of press time, early Tuesday morning.

What Happened: Floki Inu is up 18.9% during the past 24 hours, trading at $0.00006880 at press time.

The altcoin has surged 17% against apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin and also gained 19.2% against Ethereum during the 24-hour period.

See Also: How To Buy Floki Inu (FLOKI)

In comparison, Dogecoin is down almost 4% during the past 24 hours, trading at $0.2262 at press time.

Shiba Inu, a self-described DOGE-Killer, is up 13.4% during the 24-hour period to $0.00003064.

Why It Matters: The Floki Inu team is currently working on three flagship utility projects — an NFT gaming metaverse known as Valhalla, an NFT and merchandise marketplace known as FlokiPlaces, and a content/education platform known as Floki Inuversity.

Floki Inu said on Twitter that its Valhalla team released some serious game art concepts during the first edition of Floki’s weekly updates on Monday.

Floki Inu says on its website that it is the only crypto project officially partnered with Musk's brother Kimbal Musk's Million Gardens Movement, with whom it is working to “tackle food insecurity.”

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