American manufactured meat company Oscar Mayer is auctioning off a one-of-one pack of "Hot Doge Wieners" on eBay.

The limited-edition pack of Dogecoin-themed wieners includes 10 sausages and a picture of the honey Shiba Inu domestic dog on the packaging, along with the "cash equivalent" of 10,000 Dogecoin (DOGE).

The auction is prepare to shut on Saturday, nonetheless, the listing has been temporarily taken downwards, with the firm noting on Twitter today that "you guys really took this to the moon. The link is downwardly only will exist upward soon!"

During the initial hours of bidding, Redditors in the r/dogecoin community spotted a bid of $3,050 during the auction. That might seem similar a lot considering the "collectors particular" has a maximum shelf life of 3 months (if stored in a freezer) — and the winner needs to permit "3-five weeks for commitment." However the cash value of 10,000 DOGE is just over $2,000, and then that'due south merely $1,050 for the hazard to own some perishable hot "doges."

The auction is function of eBay's Auctions for Charity, and all of the gain from the auction will get to the nutrient bank and hunger relief organisation Feeding America. Oscar Mayer'due south profile picture on Twitter currently contains a picture of the doge wearing Oscar Mayer shades.

Oscar Mayer's charity efforts and DOGE-themed marketing entrada come at a fourth dimension when the number ane meme money is struggling to recover from the crypto downturn that began back in May. DOGE hit an all-time high of $0.73 on May 8 and has since declined by more than 70% to around $0.20, according to data from CoinGecko.

While the price of DOGE has struggled of tardily, another meme coin backed past a Reddit community has taken the atomic number 82 on price. The price of r/CryptoCurrency Moons (MOON) coins has increased by 112% over the past week, going from $0.16 on July 29 to $0.34 every bit of Thursday.

While it's worth more than than DOGE technically, information technology'll have a monumental shift to officially usurp the throne from DOGE, equally MOON had a 24-hr trading volume of $79,000 compared to $931 one thousand thousand for Dogecoin.

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Oscar Mayer joins a long list of pop brands that have jumped on the Dogecoin promotional bandwagon. Cointelegraph reported on July xx that male grooming product manufacturer Axe launched a limited run of body spray cans dubbed "Dogecan."

Other firms to join in on the fun include Slim Jims, Snickers and Milky way, all of which celebrated Doge Twenty-four hours on April 20.