Animal spirits are alive and well in the cryptocurrency world. Dogecoin, boosted by the likes of Elon Musk and Mark Cuban, was up more than 40% as of 9:50 a.m. in New York Tuesday to trade around 58 cents, according to CoinMarketCap.com prices. The advance has pushed its value to almost $75 billion. Ether -- the second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin -- tacked on 12% to also hit an all-time high. The rallies defied easy explanation and continued a trend that’s seen the value of all digital tokens surge past $2.25 trillion. Doge, created as a joke in 2013, has been used in marketing gimmicks, the latest by the ... (full story)