Dogecoin (doge) Price Index

The live price of Dogecoin is $0.14 per (Dogecoin / USD) today with a current market cap of $19.68B USD. 24-hour trading volume is $1.89B USD.Dogecoin to USD price is updated in real-time. Dogecoin is -9.29% in the last 24 hours. It has changed a market cap of $-2.05B USD.

Dogecoin
DAY -9.29%
WEEK -22.65%
MONTH 65.26%
   
High 24H 0.15 USD
Low 24H 0.14 USD
Last Price 0.14 USD
   
Cap 19.68 B
Change 24h -2.05 B
Vol 24H 1.89 B

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Overview: What is Dogecoin?

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency that is based on the "Doge" meme that is very popular on the Internet. It has a Shiba Inu on its logo. It is a Litecoin fork. Introduced on December 6, 2013, Dogecoin was meant to be a "joke currency." It quickly gained its own online community and had a value of $60 million in January 2014. Compared to other cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin made its first coins quickly. By mid-2015, there were 100 billion coins in circulation, and each year after that, there were an extra 5.256 billion coins made. As of June 30, 2015, the 100 billionth Dogecoin had been mined, which is how many were made. Dogecoin was made by Billy Markus from Portland, Oregon, and Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia, who came up with the idea. Both of them wanted to make a cryptocurrency that would be fun for people who don't use Bitcoin. Dogecoin is mostly used on Reddit and Twitter as a way for people to pay each other for good content. The community is very involved in organizing fundraising events for good causes. Because of the way Dogecoin works, there haven't been any big changes made to it since 2015. Shibas are leaving Dogecoin to join more advanced platforms like Ethereum because Dogecoin could be left behind, which is why they're leaving. One of the best things about Dogecoin is how easygoing and fun-loving its users are. However, this is also a flaw because other currencies are much more professional than the one we use. To buy Dogecoin, you need to download a crypto wallet, set up a crypto exchange account, and then trade away for the crypto currency you want. Set up a DOGE currency exchange account and deposit some money into it. You can start trading then.

How does Dogecoin work?

The never-ending supply of Dogecoin tokens keeps the price steady. On the other hand, the price is usually fairly low. Most enter the crypto world to invest. They intend to sell particular tokens for a profit if they hold on long enough.

But not Dogecoin. The huge token supply and low price turn away investors looking to hold their currency. A highly liquid, free-flowing digital currency is the consequence.

From meme coin to Elon Musk's favorite crypto.

Dogecoin, which began as a joke, has gained a legitimate reputation. Dogecoin enthusiasts sponsored NASCAR driver Josh Wise in 2014, funded the Jamaican bobsled squad at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and later contributed thousands for a Kenyan water charity.

Co-founder Jackson Palmer quit in 2015 after scammers fleeced the fun-loving members of the Dogecoin community. To many individuals were going in expecting to get rich soon, he said at the time.

Palmer was scathing when Dogecoin's market cap exceeded $2 billion in January 2018. A currency with a dog on it that hasn't had a software update for over 2 years has a $1B+ market valuation, according to him.

In 2020, Dogecoin regained momentum, aided by a new social media platform devoted to memes. In July 2020, a TikTok challenge pushed users to invest in the cryptocurrency, leading the price to spike, prompting the official Dogecoin account to warn people not to buy "Be safe. Think."

During this period, Dogecoin gained a celebrity supporter in Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who began tweeting about it, though he later emphasized that he was joking. In December 2020, one tweet raised the price of Dogecoin by 17%, from $0.0039 to $0.0046.

Dogecoin development

While the price of Dogecoin varied throughout 2021, engineers continued to upgrade the cryptocurrency. In May 2021, Ross Nicoll disclosed to Decrypt that Elon Musk had been talking to part-time Dogecoin developers since 2019.

While the Dogecoin developers have declined financing offers from Musk and others, they have sought Musk's ideas on lowering energy use and boosting transaction efficiency.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk "messages every now and again," Nicoll claimed. Nicol says Musk has "enhanced the greater transaction throughput" by drawing on his PayPal founder's skills in payment processing. But most of the work is done by developers on the ground.

“We're seeing an avalanche of developers pouring in and working on it now,” Nicoll told Decrypt.

Do you need Dogecoin?

Financial experts advise caution when it comes to cryptocurrency.

After all, any item that gains value just from a mention on a prime-time TV show or a social media thread is worth considering before buying.

“Dogecoin in some ways epitomises cryptocurrencies, having started as a joke and now rising in value,” says AJ Bell financial expert Laith Khalaf. This demonstrates how difficult it is to accurately anticipate which cryptocurrencies will survive.

While a carefree attitude towards life is commendable in the context of pleasure, it is not a suitable match for prudent financial planning.

Investors should avoid getting caught up in the herd mentality because Dogecoin is a speculative investment with no solid valuation, says Susannah Streeter of Hargreaves Lansdown.

“Traders trying to ‘game' the system and others hoping to profit from future price increases have driven demand. It's difficult, if not impossible, to predict when demand declines and prices fall.

From the tulip craze of the 1630s to the dot.com bubble of the early 2000s, there is a fear of missing out.

« Speculation is rife that Elon Musk's Saturday prime time TV appearance could lead to more currency rises. Not fundamental belief in coin use, but FOMO on a future rally appears to be driving the frenetic behavior.”

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