SAKURA, Japan - Atsuko Sato could never have imagined that a candid photo she took of her Shiba Inu dog playing on the couch in 2010 would one day become a worldwide meme sensation and go on to inspire a cryptocurrency promoted by influential tech billionaire Elon Musk.
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