Dogecoin Dominates NFT Market by 8 Times... "Memecoin Survival Upgrade"

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Dogecoin (DOGE) has once again highlighted its presence in the cryptocurrency market by recording a market capitalization more than 8 times larger than the entire NFT market. While the NFT market, which once penetrated mainstream culture, has shrunk, Dogecoin, a leading memecoin, still maintains its position among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

According to U.Today, a cryptocurrency specialized media outlet, on May 8 (local time), the cryptocurrency ranking platform CoinGecko recently announced via X (formerly Twitter) that Dogecoin's market capitalization exceeds 8 times that of the entire NFT market. CoinGecko stated, "DOGE's market capitalization exceeds 8 times that of the entire NFT market."

Currently, Dogecoin's market capitalization is $16.51 billion. In contrast, according to CoinGecko data, the total market capitalization of the NFT market is only $1.97 billion. Considering that the NFT market includes thousands of individual projects, collections, and platforms, the fact that a single asset like Dogecoin significantly surpasses the entire NFT market's capitalization demonstrates a stark difference in market sentiment.

The NFT market rapidly expanded into the realm of popular culture during the craze that lasted from 2021 to 2022. NFT sales reached $2.9 billion in 2021, but the market size has since significantly decreased as the hype cooled down. Recent 24-hour NFT trading volume is just over $1.6 million.

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency created as a joke by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in late 2013. The two believed the cryptocurrency market was too serious and uninteresting, and drawing inspiration from the famous Doge meme, they launched Dogecoin on December 6, 2013.

Although Dogecoin started as a memecoin, it has maintained its position among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization for several years, navigating through both long-term bear and bull markets. U.Today reported that Dogecoin's trend of significantly outpacing the entire NFT market demonstrates its resilience and sustainability within the market.

The Dogecoin ecosystem is also continuing experiments in preparation for the era of quantum computing. On the Dogecoin mainnet, the ZK Carrier experiment, a post-quantum carrier that incorporates zero-knowledge proofs into real transactions, has been unveiled. The DogeBox Post Quantum Secure Dogecoin Wallet PUP marketplace has also been launched, and in late April, the Quantum Dogecoin Explorer, which allows users to directly verify post-quantum secure transactions on the Dogecoin mainnet, was also released.

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