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What Is Dogecoin (DOGE)? What Is the Price of DOGE？
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2023-08-28 | 5m
About Dogecoin
Dogecoin (DOGE) is the first and most popular meme coin. Founded in December 2013 by Billy M arkus and Jackson Palmer, it started as a playful alternative to
Bitcoin. Markus and Palmer decided to create a fun
cryptocurrency that would appeal beyond the core Bitcoin audience. Hence, Dogecoin was born, bearing the image of the Shiba Inu dog from the popular "Doge" meme as its logo.
Dogecoin was created as a "joke" cryptocurrency, originally intended to satirize the hype surrounding digital money. It was named after the Doge meme, an internet sensation that features a Shiba Inu dog and multicolored Comic Sans text written in broken English. The meme's innocent humor and wide appeal made it the perfect vehicle for introducing a cryptocurrency to the masses.
Despite the fun-loving origin, Dogecoin, ironically, has a lot more use cases than the majority of crypto. Besides being accepted as a method of payment in places around the world, it is predominantly used as tips for online content creators and as donations for charities. For example, in 2014, the Dogecoin community joined hands to help Jamaica's national bobsled team join the Olympics, build a well in Kenya, and sponsor a NASCAR driver.
Dogecoin's popularity and value have witnessed notable surges, largely due to the influence of Elon Musk, the new CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. His frequent mentions and endorsements of Dogecoin on his personal Twitter account brought this cryptocurrency to the attention of his millions of followers. Notably, Musk disclosed plans to accept Dogecoin as payment for a forthcoming SpaceX mission, further amplifying the legitimacy and utility of this 'joke' cryptocurrency.
On April 20th, dog lovers and cryptocurrency enthusiasts alike will celebrate the unofficial holiday called Dogeday. The holiday has gained popularity in recent years, largely due to the rise of Dogecoin. While Dogeday is not an officially recognized holiday, social media platforms are usually inundated with memes, messages, and videos bearing the hashtags #Dogeday and #DogeDay420 on April 20th, as enthusiasts take to the internet to celebrate.
Dogecoin price
Today (updated at 12:00 on August 26, 2023):
The live
price of Dogecoin is $0.06311 per (DOGE /
USD) today with a current
market cap of $8,881,840,670.55 USD. The 24-hour trading volume is $181,999,934.74 USD. DOGE to USD price is updated in real time. Dogecoin is +1.21% in the last 24 hours. It has a circulating supply of 140,743,000,000 .
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