Mark Cuban: Mavericks are largest Dogecoin merchant in the world

Two days after the Dallas Mavericks announced they would begin accepting Dogecoin as payment for tickets and merchandise, it appears Mark Cuban has gotten his wish.

The Mavericks owner announced via Twitter on Saturday that his team has performed more than 20,000 Dogecoin transactions, which he claims makes it the largest Dogecoin merchant in the world:

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Mavericks doing this ‘because we can’

The Mavs’ apparent success with Dogecoin is Cuban’s latest step into the world of cryptocurrencies, having already started accepting Bitcoin and others back in 2018. Cuban has been combative against critics saying he’s making a mistake, and it could be a while before we find out if he’s right.

In the Mavericks’ Dogecoin announcement, Cuban explained why his team has started doing this (“Because we can!”) and urged fans to look into the cryptocurrency:

“The Mavericks have decided to accept Dogecoin as payment for Mavs tickets and merchandise for one very important, earth shattering reason, because we can! Because we can, we have chosen to do so. We have chosen to do so because sometimes in business you have to do things that are fun, engaging and hopefully generate a lot of PR. So we will take Dogecoin, today, tomorrow and possibly forever more. For those of you who would like to learn more about Dogecoin we strongly encourage you to talk to your teenagers who are on TikTok and ask them about it. They will be able to explain it all to you,” shared Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban.