Dogecoin Price Tops $0.15 on Major Exchanges (DOGE)

Dogecoin (DOGE) traded down 4.6% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 16:00 PM Eastern on April 24th. One Dogecoin coin can now be purchased for $0.15 or 0.00000239 BTC on popular exchanges. During the last seven days, Dogecoin has traded up 2% against the U.S. dollar. Dogecoin has a market cap of $21.95 billion and $1.46 billion worth of Dogecoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:

• Litecoin (LTC) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $83.98 or 0.00131835 BTC.
• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.76 or 0.00009042 BTC.
• NyanCoin (NYAN) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2.40 or 0.00008809 BTC.
• MegaCoin (MEC) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $4.30 or 0.00015776 BTC.
• DEI (DEI) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0199 or 0.00000030 BTC.
• Polymath (POLY) traded down 26.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0692 or 0.00000109 BTC.
• Lotto (LOTTO) traded down 2.1% 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 (DOGE) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Scrypt hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was December 6th, 2013. Dogecoin’s total supply is 144,020,916,384 coins. The official website for Dogecoin is dogecoin.com. 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.

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 presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Dogecoin should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Gemini, Coinbase or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Dogecoin using one of the exchanges listed above.

DOGE/USD price chart by TradingView