Behind-the-Scenes Drama Over 'Dogwifhat' Meme NFT Auction Frustrates Cryptocurrency Communities

Tensions arose between owners of the real-life dog "Achi" featured in the popular "Dogwifhat" meme and Solana community members over an NFT auction of Achi's photo.

Achi's owners partnered with Ethereum's Feisty DAO to auction the NFT after a failed attempt working with a Solana token project that rug pulled.

The NFT auction frustrated some Solana users who felt Achi's owners should have worked with them instead, prompting public pleas from the owners.

Despite the meme coin built on Achi's image reaching a $3 billion market cap, Achi's owners were never contacted by the meme coin team until recently.

A facilitator of the NFT auction reached out to a prominent member of the meme coin community about purchasing the NFT, but received no interest.