dogecoin

plural dogecoins · alternative Dogecoin

1. uncountablebusinessA cryptocurrency featuring the Shiba Inu from the "doge" meme as its logo.

   The success of ransomware could be attributed to wide adoption of digital currencies or crypto currencies, such as bitcoin, litecoin ukash, dogecoin, ripple and monero, among others.

   2017 August 19, Roderick Abad, “Slow Internet speed helping PHL fend off cyber felons”, in Business Mirror

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   The net worth of Markus and Palmer is unknown due to their tendency to stay off social media and online platforms. However, dogecoin was estimated to be worth almost $17billion as of April 14, 2021.

   2021 April 16, Jacob Bentley-York, “Who are Dogecoin founders Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer?”, in The US Sun, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2021, retrieved 28 Apr 2021

   In May that year, Musk's posts fueled dogecoin's rally to its all-time high of 67 cents, per Coin Metrics. Though his appearance at the time on "Saturday Night Live," in which he called dogecoin "a hustle," sent its price crashing down.

   2024 November 12, Tanaya Macheel, “Dogecoin spikes after Trump announces a Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2025

2. countableA unit of this currency. Symbols: Ð, DOGE.

   And there really are a lot of people willing to pay cash (or at least Bitcoins, which are easily converted into cash) for dogecoins.

   2013 December 26, Timothy B. Lee, “Dogecoins and Litecoins and Peercoins oh my: What you need to know about Bitcoin alternatives”, in Washington Post

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   Litke and Shear say mining that many dogecoins couldn't be accomplished with the hijacked storage devices alone—each has the cryptocurrency mining power of a smartphone, they say.

   2014 June 17, Andy Greenberg, “Hacker Hijacks Storage Devices, Mines $620,000 in Dogecoin”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2014

plural Dogecoins

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of dogecoin.

   Even Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that began as a joke with a perpetually surprised Shiba Inu dog for its symbol, has soared almost 1,000 percent over the last week to set a record.

   2021 February 8, Nathaniel Popper, “Elon Musk and Snoop Dogg Push Cryptocurrencies to Record Highs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021

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   In 2021, it became one of the most popular digital currencies, minting Dogecoin millionaires — until the hype died and the price plummeted. (Dogecoin is now worth about 13 cents a coin, down from a record of 73 cents.)

   2024 July 27, David Yaffe-Bellany, “A Digital Coin Based on Baby Trump? Yup.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2024