https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg5az/the-quest-to-put-bitcoin-in-mouse-dna-with-a-genetically-engineered-virus
After namechecking artist Eduardo Kac’s genetically engineered phosphorescent rabbits, BitMouseDAO then rambles about how cool it will be to make a living thing into literal money. “We have tied the value of the mouse directly to Bitcoin, and it will fluctuate with the daily value of Bitcoin,” they said. “Maybe in ten years it will be worth $100 million, or maybe it will be worth nothing.”
It was always like this imo it is just the internet means someone can write a story about their dog farting and get 100k people to read it. You couldn't do that in the 50s because the only people that would listen to shit like this would be the half a dozen people in your family/friend circle and half of them would call you a moron for it.