Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Reaches $0.11 on Exchanges

Dogecoin (DOGE) traded 2.6% lower against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on August 3rd. Dogecoin has a total market cap of $15.73 billion and $734.02 million worth of Dogecoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Dogecoin coin can now be bought for about $0.11 or 0.00000178 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last week, Dogecoin has traded 17.2% lower against the US dollar.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded up 0.7% against the dollar and now trades at $5.72 or 0.00009425 BTC.
• Litecoin (LTC) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $64.67 or 0.00106549 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.
• Polymath (POLY) traded 44% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.10 or 0.00000168 BTC.
• Lotto (LOTTO) traded 2.1% lower 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. It was first traded on December 6th, 2013. Dogecoin’s total supply is 145,388,806,384 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. The official website for Dogecoin 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.”

Buying and Selling Dogecoin

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 Gemini, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Dogecoin using one of the exchanges listed above.

DOGE/USD price chart by TradingView