A Dogecoin Pump-And-Dump To Start 2016

By February 21, 2016Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin has always been the gold standard of crypto-currencies. As the first decentralized digital currency, Bitcoin attracted attention the world over, and became known for its use on darknet websites and in gambling.

In 2013, when Bitcoin was experiencing its first wave of mainstream attention, another cryptocurrency . Dogecoin, rode on Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention’s coattails. Dogecoin quickly became one of the most popular digital currencies, but, after a price crash, the market cooled.

In early 2016, Dogecoin increased 600% after two years of sideways price action. It turns out, the price increase was likely due to a pump-and-dump after the price crashed toward the end of January. Despite the pump, the price remains increased YTD. Last July, CCN reported how Dogecoin had been the most stable cryptocurrency. Since its inception, Dogecoin has consistently been a top ten cryptocurrency. The Dogecoin community has sponsored NASCAR races , a school in Cambodia , and even a mini lunar rover race .

The creator of Dogecoin separated himself from Dogecoin, and cryptocurrency generally, bemoaning the scams and incompetence alive-and-well in the industry.

Dogecoin was started as a joke. The cryptocurrency bears the likeness of Shiba Inu, an Internet meme. Dogecoin, introduced on December 8, 2013, developed quickly its own online community, reaching a capitalization of USD 60 millions in January 2014. It’s current market cap is.

There are scheduled to be billions of dogecoins mined over time, with approximately 5.256 billion coins minted yearly. Dogecoin is used by some for internet tipping.

Dogecoin programmer, Billy Markus, initially wished to separate Dogecoin from the reputation for use in illicit markets which plagued Bitcoin. Originally the network was designed to produce 100 billion Dogecoins, but this evolved to an infinite amount of Dogecoins.

Dogecoins price rise was dramatic, as, on December 19, 2013, Dogecoin increased in price 300 percent in […]

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