{"id":906588,"date":"2026-05-17T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/elon-musk-animates-bitcoin-waifu-after-viral-fan-art-request\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:24:37","slug":"elon-musk-animates-bitcoin-waifu-after-viral-fan-art-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/elon-musk-animates-bitcoin-waifu-after-viral-fan-art-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk animates Bitcoin waifu after viral fan art request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Elon Musk got the crypto community buzzing after turning a static Bitcoin-inspired anime illustration into a short animated clip.<\/p>\n<p>The whole thing started early this morning when an X user asked Musk to animate an image of an anime girl wearing a Bitcoin-themed outfit, set against the iconic orange Bitcoin symbol.<\/p>\n<p>The request was posted as a comment on one of Musk\u2019s posts, which drew roughly 5,600 comments, and he later responded by posting a brief video showing the character in motion, transforming the artwork into an animated scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wHcxx0JBFl\">pic.twitter.com\/wHcxx0JBFl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2038532491422937449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip, made by Grok, quickly gained traction, with users across the platform praising the unexpected interaction.<\/p>\n<p>The user used the event to promote his meme coin called ANIME, sending its market capitalization as high as $3.4 million before it dropped back to around $2.2 million, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geckoterminal.com\/solana\/pools\/6UBUQq6YMmQEyoJUBbF2xuP1yt67RSfvgwk8o1P6JHkG\" rel=\"noopener\">GeckoTerminal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to data tracked by Lookonchain, one \u201clucky\u201d trader reaped huge rewards following Musk\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p>About a year ago, the trader spent just 1.1 SOL to buy ANIME. Today, after Musk\u2019s clip sent the token soaring, he sold all his ANIME stash for $19,500 in SOL, scoring a 211-fold gain.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine this:<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, you randomly spent 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SOL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SOL<\/a> on a token and forgot about it.<\/p>\n<p>Today, you open your wallet and see it\u2019s suddenly up hundreds of times. <\/p>\n<p>Trader EMhzdZ did exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>He spent 1.1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SOL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SOL<\/a> to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ANIME&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ANIME<\/a> a year ago, and sold all his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ANIME&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ANIME<\/a> for 232.2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SOL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SOL<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DfLMP1YwAu\">pic.twitter.com\/DfLMP1YwAu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2038585162129121410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Disclosure:<\/strong> This article was edited by Vivian Nguyen. For more information on how we create and review content, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/editorial-policy\/\">Editorial Policy<\/a>.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Vivian Nguyen <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/elon-musk-bitcoin-meme-culture-anime\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk got the crypto community buzzing after turning a static Bitcoin-inspired anime illustration into a short animated clip. The whole thing started early this morning when an X user asked Musk to animate an image of an anime girl wearing a Bitcoin-themed outfit, set against the iconic orange Bitcoin symbol. The request was posted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":906589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42406,4041],"tags":[11476],"class_list":{"0":"post-906588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-animates","8":"category-bitcoin","9":"tag-bitcoins"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}