Internet Raises $30,000 In Dogecoins To Send Jamaican Bobsleigh Team To The Winter Olympics

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An effort to raise money for the Jamaican bobsleigh team using the meme-based crytocurrency Dogecoin has passed its $30,000 fundraising target in a day.

The Jamaican team look set to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but said that they would need around an extra $40,000 in order to pay for equipment and travel to Russia.

After the story came to media attention, members of the Dogecoin community suggested using the virtual currency based on a picture of a baffled but placid Shiba Inu to raise money for the Jamaicans.


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