Dogecoin

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84/100

[VERIFIED]95% conf.

Summary

Dogecoin (DOGE) is a cryptocurrency created in December 2013 by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a deliberate parody of Bitcoin. It has grown to a top-10 cryptocurrency by market cap (~$17B). While the protocol itself has no documented exploits, Dogecoin carries risks from Elon Musk's outsized price influence (an $258B class action was filed and dismissed), significant whale concentration (149 wallets hold ~108.5B DOGE), and documented illicit use including PlusToken seizures and darknet market acceptance.

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Timeline(9 events)

2013-12-06

Dogecoin created by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer

2014-01-19

Dogecoin community fundraises for Jamaican bobsled team

2015-01-01

Co-founder Jackson Palmer leaves the project

2021-05-08

Musk SNL appearance causes 35% DOGE price crash

2021-07-14

Palmer calls crypto a 'Ponzi scheme' and Musk a 'grifter'

2022-06-01

$258B class action filed against Musk/Tesla over DOGE manipulation

2024-08-31

Judge Hellerstein dismisses DOGE lawsuit with prejudice

2024-11-18

Plaintiffs withdraw appeal of DOGE lawsuit

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2025-02-27

SEC staff declares memecoins are not securities

Provenance & Audit Trail

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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.

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generated: 5/12/2026, 9:59:36 PM

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