DOGE — Dogecoin
DOGE is the native token of Dogecoin, currently ranked #8 by market capitalisation in the Memecoin category with an approximate circulating market cap of 22B. This page provides live price data, tokenomics, recent news flow, and peer comparison drawn from the DeFi Intel research database.
Live price & chart
Tokenomics
Issuer
Decentralised — no single issuing entity — DOGE has no centralised issuer; it is mined or minted by an open network of participants.
Chains
DOGE is live on the following chains:
- Dogecoin
Recent news
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Comparison to peers
The closest peers of DOGE in the Memecoin category by market-cap rank:
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) — rank #15; compare DOGE vs SHIB
- dogwifhat (WIF) — rank #40; compare DOGE vs WIF
- Pepe (PEPE) — rank #41; compare DOGE vs PEPE
Audit history
DOGE is a base-layer protocol token; its security model rests on the underlying chain consensus rather than on an audited smart contract. Reference clients are open-source, multi-team-maintained, and subject to extensive informal review.
Risk factors
Key risk factors for DOGE: extreme volatility, low fundamental anchoring, and dependence on social-attention cycles; uncapped issuance — long-term dilution depends on protocol monetary policy. Sizing should reflect the principal's tolerance for these risks; the DeFi Intel research desk views DOGE risk as commensurate with its category mean.
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