Is Dogecoin a millionaire-making cryptocurrency?

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)Began as a parable Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)It was worth just $0.00026 in its first recorded trade in December 2013. Today it’s worth $0.096 — so a $10,000 investment in the market would be worth $3.69 million.

Dogecoin’s millionaire-making streak is backed by celebrity investors — including Snoop Dogg, Mark Cuban, and Elon Musk — and the growing public interest in altcoins. But can it turn a new investment of $10,000 into $1,000,000?

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Dogecoin was developed using open source code Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC)which was separated (forked) from the Bitcoin blockchain in 2011. Dogecoin and Litecoin can be “mined” together because their mechanisms accept the same solutions.

But unlike Bitcoin and Litecoin, which have supply limits, Dogecoin has no supply cap and already has 153 billion tokens in circulation. Therefore, Dogecoin is not valued by its scarcity – but its supporters believe that its design will encourage people to spend their tokens on real products and services rather than hoarding them as speculative investments.

The Dogecoin blockchain also does not natively support smart contracts, which are used to develop decentralized apps and other crypto assets. However, it may attract more developers through Dogechain, the Layer 2 (L2) solution that is moving forward. Polygonof the (CRYPTO: MATIC) Proof of Stake (PoS) Blockchain. This platform enables the development of decentralized apps that accept Dogecoin.

Bears claim Dogecoin’s high supply and lack of developer appeal will make it less attractive than “blue chip” tokens such as Bitcoin and ether (CRYPTO: ETH). These weaknesses could also cause Dogecoin to underperform other coins during the coming “crypto winter.”

On the bright side, several crypto companies have filed their applications for Dogecoin spot price exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). None of these ETFs have been approved yet, but REX-Osprey launched the first Dogecoin-backed ETF on the CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) last September to pass the SEC. If more of these ETFs are approved, Dogecoin could attract more retail and institutional investors.

For Dogecoin to turn a $10,000 investment back into $1,000,000, its market cap would have to increase from $14.5 billion to $14.5 trillion. This will make it the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency by far. By comparison, Bitcoin has a market cap of $1.4 trillion.

So while Dogecoin’s catalyst may stabilize its price, it’s unlikely to repeat the millionaire-making gains from the past decade. Investors looking for a more stable cryptocurrency should stick with Bitcoin or Ethereum instead.

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