Dogecoin Rolls Over After Billy Markus Circulates Cryptic McDonald's Theory

On Wednesday, $Dogecoin (DOGE.CC)$ co-creator Billy Markus retweeted a meme, first posted by @TeslaAIBot that appeared to recirculate a rumor that McDonald's Corp may begin to accept the meme-crypto as payment.
In January, McDonald's teased at the idea on $Twitter (Delisted) (TWTR.US)$ , bantering back and forth with $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk. But after the fast-food giant’s Super Bowl LVI commercial aired on Feb. 13, it became apparent McDonald's had not decided to accept the coin.
Markus is likely circulating the meme for fun because after the McDonald’s commercial aired, Markus took to Twitter to criticize his followers when he posted: “if you believed the rumor, examine your thought process and who you were listening to very carefully, cuz it was a pretty silly one.”
Although Dogecoin has been known to react wildly when social media influencers or corporations make comments about it on Twitter, the moves are usually short-lived and the crypto eventually falls or rises back into a previous pattern or trading range.