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Dogecoin

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A darling of meme investors and TikTokers, DogeCoin is a cryptocurrency based on Proof-of-Work that features a Shiba Inu dog as its mascot. It was founded by IBM software engineer Billy Markus and Adobe engineer Jackson Palmer in 2013, and rose to fame when Elon Musk embraced the project before he was even interested in Bitcoin.