Elon Musk has reignited dogecoin's (DOGE) lunar narrative, responding to a resurfaced post that SpaceX could put "a literal dogecoin on the literal moon" "maybe next year."
This time, the market yawned. Five years ago, a Musk mention would have sent the memecoin soaring, but DOGE barely budged, trading around $0.11 — down roughly 90% from its 2021 all-time high and nearly 60% year over year.
From "Yes" to "Maybe Next Year"
The exchange began when the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley account tagged Musk with a screenshot of his January 2021 post promising the Dogecoin-on-the-moon stunt. Musk first answered "Yes," then followed up with "Maybe next year," drawing hundreds of thousands of views and reigniting speculation about SpaceX's involvement with the token.
Musk has a long track record of pushing DOGE. In 2022, he said SpaceX would accept Dogecoin for some merchandise, echoing Tesla's earlier move. There is also the DOGE-1 mission — a small satellite funded entirely in DOGE and slated to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9. Announced in 2021, the mission has faced repeated delays but cleared regulatory milestones that keep it alive.
Neither Musk nor SpaceX offered details on what "next year" might entail, and no fresh DOGE-related initiatives were announced. Still, the episode underscores how a vague timeline hint from Musk can pull Dogecoin back into the spotlight — keeping a narrative thread that has outlasted multiple crypto cycles.