Dogecoin Jumps to 3-Year High Price—Before Bitcoin Cools and Meme Coins Plunge

Dogecoin obtained one other leg up late Friday and into early Saturday, climbing to a worth level not seen in over three years. Nevertheless it has since fallen, with DOGE and different high meme cash among the many largest losers of the final 24 hours.

DOGE popped above the $0.475 mark on Saturday morning—the primary time that the meme coin had risen that prime since Might 2021. Dogecoin has been on a torrid surge in latest weeks, beginning earlier than the election and changing into considerably extra explosive within the days after.

Beforehand, when it comes to latest strikes, DOGE had beforehand popped as excessive as nearly $0.43 on November 13; on the time, it was a three-year excessive mark, however that native peak has since been topped. DOGE is now up 195% over the past 30 days, and 430% over the previous yr, per information from CoinGecko.

It was a short-lived peak, nevertheless, as is typical for such a risky coin. DOGE is now down to about $0.41 as of this writing because the broader crypto market cools after final week’s surge. Bitcoin, for instance, has now dipped to a worth of $96,725 after setting a brand new all-time excessive worth of $99,645 on Friday and coming near the $100,000 milestone mark.

Dogecoin is now down 12% over the previous 24 hours, although it isn’t the largest loser from the highest 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap: XRP has dipped by 14% throughout the identical span after pushing to its own three-year-high mark on Friday.

Zooming out, nevertheless, it’s principally meme cash which have fallen the toughest out of the highest 100 cash over the previous 24 hours. Brett (BRETT), Bonk (BONK), Popcat (POPCAT), Dogwifhat (WIF), Pepe (PEPE), and Floki (FLOKI) have all fallen by 10% or extra throughout that span, alongside Dogecoin. Broadly, the crypto market is down by practically 5% over the previous day.