Dogecoin Reaches Market Capitalization of $15.81 Billion (DOGE)

Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 0:00 AM Eastern on September 23rd. During the last week, Dogecoin has traded 8.4% higher against the dollar. Dogecoin has a total market capitalization of $15.81 billion and $611.19 million worth of Dogecoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Dogecoin coin can now be purchased for $0.11 or 0.00000171 BTC on major exchanges.

Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded down 6.2% against the dollar and now trades at $5.60 or 0.00008864 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded 3.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $66.59 or 0.00105487 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.
• MegaCoin (MEC) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $4.30 or 0.00015776 BTC.
• Polymath (POLY) traded up 13.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0722 or 0.00000114 BTC.
• Lotto (LOTTO) traded down 2.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0005 or 0.00000002 BTC.
• DEI (DEI) traded down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0129 or 0.00000020 BTC.

Dogecoin Profile

Dogecoin (DOGE) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Scrypt hashing algorithm. Its launch date was December 6th, 2013. Dogecoin’s total supply is 146,084,296,384 coins. Dogecoin’s official Twitter account is @dogecoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Dogecoin is https://reddit.com/r/dogecoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Dogecoin’s official website is dogecoin.com.

According to CryptoCompare, “Dogecoin (DOGE) is a cryptocurrency that was created in 2013 inspired by the Shiba Inu dog meme. It uses underlying technology from Litecoin and has a large circulating supply of 132 billion DOGE. It was initially created as a joke but has gained value due to supply and demand, and has been accepted by large retailers such as Tesla as a payment method. It was created by Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus and uses Litecoin’s Scrypt mining algorithm and is a Proof-of-Work cryptocurrency that can be merged mined with Litecoin. The value of DOGE has increased due to speculation about its potential adoption by products and services from companies owned by Elon Musk, such as Tesla and Twitter.”

Dogecoin Coin Trading

It is usually not possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Dogecoin should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Dogecoin using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

DOGE/USD price chart by TradingView