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"I say keep an open mind towards the Doge and Doge-consciousness,â said Kyle Kemper.
The big crypto news out of Miami over the weekend may have been Salvadoran President Nayib Bukeleâs decision to proceed with making Bitcoin (BTC) legal tender, but another figure connected to a world leader made his own mark in supporting Dogecoin (DOGE).
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph at the Bitcoin 2021 conference, Kyle Kemper, the 37-year-old half brother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau â resplendent in a banana costume â said he was launching a Dogecoin project. The initiative, called the âMillion Doge Disco,â is â according to Kemper â a combination of the smartphone game Pokemon Go, the popular 1990s digital pet craze Tamagotchi and nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
âThere are honestly DOGE floating around us,â said Kemper, gesturing with his hand around the conference floor. âI suggest that you perhaps switch some crypto into some DOGE for the pure reason to give it away.â
The DOGE enthusiast, who has been an outspoken Bitcoin and crypto proponent, went on to say that children likely found the meme-based cryptocurrency more appealing than BTC. As part of his promotional work at the conference, he was âgiving the kids Dogecoinâ through stickers with addresses:
âDOGE is a wonderful intro currency, so itâs really easy for kids to get started with DOGE. [...] I say keep an open mind toward the Doge and Doge-consciousness.â
Kemper also compared BTC creator Satoshi Nakamoto to Jesus, saying he was âno longer with us but that he walked on waterâ and that he may âone day, perhaps,â rise from the dead to greet those in crypto.
âNot yet,â said Kemper repeatedly when asked about the timeline for Satoshi's speculative return. âNot yet.â
Watch the full interview between Kemper and Cointelegraph here.
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