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Dogecoin No Longer Pup After Tripling Past $50B, Exceeding UK Bank Barclays
DOGE now has a market value of more than $50 billion, surpassing the giant U.K. bank Barclays after tripling in price.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 12:41 p.m. Published Apr 16, 2021, 1:58 p.m.
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Dogecoin (DOGE), the popular cryptocurrency created as a joke in 2013, now has a market cap of $52 billion after tripling in the past 24 hours.
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That’s bigger than several major banks such as Barclays, which has a market cap of $44 billion.
- For comparison, Lloyds Banking Group has a market cap of $42 billion, Bank of New York is at $42 billion and Credit Agricole is at $43 billion.
- DOGE has rallied nearly 160% in the past 24 hours and is trading around $0.37 at press time. It's climbed sixfold over the past week.
- DOGE’s market cap has also surpassed bitcoin cash (BCH) and chainlink (LINK) and is now ranked as the fifth-most valuable cryptocurrency, according to Messari.
- On Thursday, the smoked meat stick vendor Slim Jim gave Dogecoin a shout-out on its earnings call after several DOGE snack memes populated social media.
- DOGE trading volume is now higher than ETH at roughly $60 billion in past 24 hours versus $43 billion, respectively.
It's important to note the market capitalization of DOGE is based on an assumed number of outstanding tokens, but many of them are presumed to be no longer in circulation.
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