Dogecoin (DOGE) Achieves Market Cap of $30.68 Billion

Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 5.2% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 16:00 PM Eastern on March 29th. Dogecoin has a market cap of $30.68 billion and approximately $3.89 billion worth of Dogecoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last seven days, Dogecoin has traded 39.8% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Dogecoin coin can now be bought for approximately $0.21 or 0.00000307 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

  • Litecoin (LTC) traded up 12.7% against the dollar and now trades at $105.64 or 0.00151718 BTC.
  • UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $6.09 or 0.00008748 BTC.
  • NyanCoin (NYAN) traded 2.2% lower 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.
  • DEI (DEI) traded 1.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0198 or 0.00000028 BTC.
  • Polymath (POLY) traded down 6.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0926 or 0.00000133 BTC.
  • Lotto (LOTTO) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0005 or 0.00000002 BTC.
  • EAC (EAC) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0011 or 0.00000004 BTC.

Dogecoin Coin Profile

Dogecoin (CRYPTO:DOGE) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Scrypt hashing algorithm. It launched on December 6th, 2013. Dogecoin’s total supply is 143,669,386,384 coins. Dogecoin’s official Twitter account is @dogecoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Dogecoin is dogecoin.com. The Reddit community for Dogecoin is https://reddit.com/r/dogecoin and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

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 trade Dogecoin should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Coinbase or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Dogecoin using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

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