Dogecoin Founder Billy Markus Reveals His Number One Rule For Crypto Along With His Favorite Tokens

The creator of the renowned meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin DOGE/USD, Billy Markus, recently shared his top investment principle when it comes to digital assets, along with his favorite tokens.

In an X post on Thursday, Markus advised traders not to invest more funds in crypto assets than they would be comfortable watching "burn in a fire."

my #1 rule of crypto is never put more money into it than you’re willing to burn in a fire

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) August 17, 2023

Markus also mentioned his preferred cryptocurrencies, highlighting the top two in market capitalization, Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ethereum ETH/USD.

i like the major players (btc eth) and doge is just bitcoin in a dog suit

i don’t like basically any erc-20 token

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) August 17, 2023

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He additionally characterized Dogecoin as "Bitcoin in a dog suit" while expressing his lack of enthusiasm for ERC-20 tokens, assets constructed on the Ethereum network.

Earlier this month, Markus ridiculed Bitcoin maximalists for their efforts to bring newcomers into the Bitcoin community, accusing them of essentially saying, "Come be a part of our mentally unstable group of insecure individuals!"

At the time of writing, Dogecoin was trading at $0.06357, down by 18 percent in the last seven days.

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