Dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
+16.66%
rose as high as 34 cents, and recently rose 21%, after Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk gave another tweet endorsing the cryptocurrency. He plugged his upcoming Saturday Night Live performance by calling himself the "Dogefather." Musk has often tweeted favorably about dogecoin and cryptocurrencies more generally, though Tesla
TSLA,
-4.53%
did profit by more than $100 million from selling bitcoin
BTCUSD,
-0.28%
in the first quarter.