Dogecoin DOGE
Dogecoin (DOGE) was trading at $0.0724, ranked #11 by market cap at $11.24B, with 24h volume of $469.04M.
Data snapshot: 2026-07-22 18:00 UTC.
Dogecoin started in 2013 as a joke cryptocurrency based on the Shiba Inu "Doge" meme, forked from Litecoin's codebase, and has since grown into one of the longest-running and most recognized coins in crypto. It has no fixed supply cap and is used mainly for tipping and payments rather than DeFi, with a loyal community that has kept it culturally relevant for over a decade. Dogecoin started as a joke about cryptocurrency speculation and became one of the largest assets in the market, which is the fact everything else about it follows from. Technically it is a Litecoin derivative with fast blocks and unlimited supply — a fixed number of new coins is issued every year, so inflation falls as a percentage but never stops. It is merge-mined with Litecoin, so it inherits real mining security. On a bubble map it is the largest bubble in the meme group by a wide margin, and its moves have historically been driven by attention rather than by anything measurable on-chain.
Does Dogecoin have a supply cap?
No. A fixed number of new coins is issued each year indefinitely, so supply grows steadily while the inflation rate falls as a percentage of the total.
How is Dogecoin secured?
Through proof-of-work mining, merge-mined with Litecoin, so miners secure both chains with the same work.
What drives the DOGE price?
Historically attention and sentiment rather than measurable network usage. That makes it hard to analyse with the metrics that apply to platform tokens.
Why is its bubble so large for a meme coin?
Bubble size follows market capitalisation, and DOGE's is far larger than the rest of its group. That reflects how much value the market assigns it, not what it does.
Market cap decides how big a bubble is drawn, so rank is what places DOGE on the map relative to the rest of its sector.
| Rank | Coin | Market cap |
|---|---|---|
| #11 | Dogecoin (DOGE) | $11.24B |
| #29 | Shiba Inu (SHIB) | $2.49B |
| #41 | MemeCore (M) | $1.56B |
| #374 | Turbo (TURBO) | $64.17M |
| #383 | BOOK OF MEME (BOME) | $61.29M |
