From a bird to a dog, Elon Musk changes Twitter logo with no explanation

On Monday April 3, Twitter users noted that the platform’s logo on the homepage and loading screen was changed from its signature blue bird to a dog icon. 

This dog graphic is the logo for dogecoin, a cryptocurrency Twitter owner Elon Musk has publicly supported in the past, allowing owners to use it to pay for Tesla merchandise.

The digital currency was set up  in 2013 as a parody of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Dogecoin was based on a then-popular doge meme, which featured a Shiba Inu dog surrounded by colourful comic text.

While everyone was wondering why the Twitter’s logo changing, Dogecoin’s value jumped from US$0.079 to US$0.094, the highest value the currency has been since November last year.

Almost 36 hours after Twitter changed its blue bird logo to what looks like a badly cut-out image of a dog meme, the company’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk has still offered no explanation to the change. Some users have assumed that it is a late April Fool’s joke.

To add further confusion, Elon Musk tweeted on Monday a photo in which a dog was sitting on the driving seat of a car and a traffic policeman was holding a license with a picture of a blue bird on it. The dog was saying that this is an old photo. 

Whatever the reason, it is unclear how long Twitter intends to apply the change.