DogecoinDOGE

A proof-of-work coin started as a joke in 2013, with no supply cap.

Rank #12Since December 2013

Price on 31 Oct 2026

C$0.1055 +8.1% since 31 Jul 2026 · 88.1% below its all-time high

The short version

Dogecoin is a proof-of-work coin created in December 2013 by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a joke on the Doge meme. No company runs it; volunteer developers work under the Dogecoin Foundation, which ended House of Doge's exclusive partnership on 19 Oct 2026 and named Dogecoin Labs its new commercial partner. About 5.26 billion new DOGE are mined each year, with no cap. On 31 Oct 2026 one DOGE cost C$0.1055. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed +8.1% in Canadian dollars, and it was 88.1% below its all-time high of C$0.8878 set on 7 May 2021.^[1]

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 15 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026

Price, past year

Past year: high C$0.2619 (2 Nov 2025) · low C$0.0962 (7 Aug 2026) · -59.6%^[1]

Month-end prices (table)

Date	C$	US$
31 Oct 2026	C$0.1053	US$0.0755
30 Sep 2026	C$0.1336	US$0.0939
31 Aug 2026	C$0.1138	US$0.0821
31 Jul 2026	C$0.0990	US$0.0706
30 Jun 2026	C$0.1041	US$0.0733
31 May 2026	C$0.1388	US$0.1006
30 Apr 2026	C$0.1414	US$0.1041
31 Mar 2026	C$0.1261	US$0.0907
28 Feb 2026	C$0.1288	US$0.0942
31 Jan 2026	C$0.1565	US$0.1160
31 Dec 2025	C$0.1687	US$0.1232
30 Nov 2025	C$0.2082	US$0.1484

Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.

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Key facts

Price, 31 Oct 2026: C$0.1055^[1]
3-month change: +8.1% in C$ (31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)^[1]
From its high: 88.1% below its high of C$0.8878 (7 May 2021)^[1]
Market rank: #12, market value about C$16.5B^[1]
Kind: Memecoin · Dogecoin (its own proof-of-work network)
Started: December 2013

Checks: the same 9 questions for every coin

Facts, not a rating

Can an admin key create new coins?NoNew DOGE come only from mining, at a fixed 10,000 per block^[2]

Can anyone freeze or take coins from holders?NoNo freeze or admin function exists in the protocol^[2]

Can the token's contract code be changed?Not applicableRuns on its own blockchain; its rules change only through network upgrades

Is the supply capped?NoNo maximum; about 5.26B DOGE are added each year^{[2, 3]}

Any scheduled unlocks in the next 12 months?NoNo vesting or locked allocations; new supply comes from mining^[3]

Does a team or foundation hold over 10% of supply?NoThere is no team or foundation allocation^[2]

Do network fees reach coin holders?NoFees go to miners; there is no burn or staking^[4]

Main network hacked or halted in the past 2 years?NoNo protocol exploit or halt found^{[2, 5]}

Is a regulator or court case targeting the coin itself?NoUS regulators named it a a digital commodity on 17 Mar 2026; no live case found^[6]

Each answer is a fact with a source, not a score. What each check means.

Who controls it

Run by: No company; volunteer Dogecoin Core developers under the Dogecoin Foundation, re-established Aug 2021^[7]
Commercial partner: Dogecoin Labs (CEO Jordan Jefferson) from 21 Oct 2026; House of Doge's exclusive deal ended 19 Oct 2026^{[8, 9]}
Largest holders: Top 10 addresses hold 45.5%, including custodial wallets holding coins for many users; the largest, unlabelled, holds about 21%^[3]
Admin key: None; new coins come only from mining^[2]

Supply

In circulation: 156.54B DOGE^[1]
Maximum supply: None set^[1]
New coins: 10,000 DOGE per one-minute block, about 5.26B a year (about 3.4% of supply)^{[2, 3]}
Maximum: No cap^[2]
Unlocks: None; 100% of supply circulates^[3]

Use and fees

Main use: Payments, tipping and trading; about 22,000 transactions a day and 8.5M funded addresses^[10]
Network fees: About US$0.37M in the past year^[4]
Who gets fees: Miners; there is no burn or staking^{[2, 4]}

Trading

Daily trading: About C$1.0B a day on average, 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026^[1]
Daily turnover: Typically 4.96% of its market value changes hands each day^[1]
20-week average: 6.1% below its 20-week average price^[1]
1-year change: -59.5% in C$^[1]^[11]

History

Not a forecast

Coins ranked 11-50 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 1,080 cases, 157 coins

46% were higher a year later^[12]

Typical result: Median -6% after a year; 61% higher after two years
Lost half or more: 25% within a year
Against Bitcoin: 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year

History, not a forecast.

Red flags and things to watch

No red flags found

Bitwise closed its Dogecoin ETF (BWOW); its last trading day was 14 Oct 2026.^[13]
CleanCore, the 'Official Dogecoin Treasury' company, disclosed on 13 Aug 2026 that it had sold its DOGE, and renamed itself Zone Frontier on 1 Sep.^[14]
DogeOS, an app layer that uses DOGE for fees, opened a public testnet on 30 Sep 2026.^[15]
House of Doge owes the Foundation US$400K and must drop 'Doge' from its company names by 31 Dec 2026.^[8]

Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.

Sources and dates

Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.