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Such Birthday, Wow Meme: Dogecoin Hits 12

Such Birthday, Wow Meme: Dogecoin Hits 12

KriptoworldKriptoworld2025/12/05 16:00
By:by kriptoworld

Once upon a digital realm, 12 years ago, two code cowboys named Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer tossed a joke into the crypto universe.

What started as goofball fun, a Shiba Inu mascot riding the meme wave, morphed into Dogecoin, the memecoin that refused to just be a punchline.

Millions of followers

Markus summed it up perfectly on Doge’s 12th birthday on X.

“12 years ago I made something stupid and then a bunch of even stupider stuff happened and now I am posting about it to 2.15 million followers.”

As community members highlighted, Palmer’s tribute was equally golden, cheering on “beautiful degens” with a rallying cry to keep those crypto bags pumping and vibes diamond-handed, promising the pack of lunatics would stick together.

“To the moon, together.”

12 years ago i made something stupid and then a bunch of even stupider stuff happened and now i am posting about it on the internet to 2.15 million followers

happy 12th genesis day, dogecoin pic.twitter.com/6UblHLUB5R

— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) December 6, 2025

Dogecoin blew past Bitcoin in daily transactions

Back in December 2013, when Dogecoin was born, crypto was heavier than a black hole of jargon and seriousness.

Bitcoin was the kingpin, no real challengers till a few altcoins like Namecoin and Litecoin tried to get traction.

Billy and Jackson thought, enough of this seriousness. So, they created a coin to have fun, a digital dog that could actually tip strangers on Reddit for their witty posts. Instant hit.

Dogecoin’s launch shocked the market. Within weeks, it blew past Bitcoin in daily transactions, a cheeky little underdog uprising.

Prices skyrocketed 300% in just three days. Its popularity had heart.

The Dogecoin community funded clean water wells in Kenya and even sent the Jamaican Bobsled Team to the Olympics. Charity meets crypto, a rare but beautiful breed.

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Department of Government Efficiency

Then years later came Elon Musk, the ultimate crypto Pied Piper. Experts say his tweets boosted Dogecoin, sending it near $0.73 and flirting with $1.

In 2024 and 2025, Musk’s brainchild, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, aimed to trim US government waste, giving the memecoin a superhero cape.

Today, Dogecoin stands proud in the top 10 cryptocurrencies on CoinGecko with a market cap of $22 billion and a lively $596 million traded every day at around $0.14 per coin.

From meme to mainstream, Dogecoin carved its own wacky legend in the blockchain hall of fame.

So here’s to Dogecoin, twelve years of internet absurdity, community spirit, and a reminder that sometimes, the silliest ideas pack the biggest punch. Such coin, wow meme.

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Written by András Mészáros
Cryptocurrency and Web3 expert, founder of Kriptoworld
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With years of experience covering the blockchain space, András delivers insightful reporting on DeFi, tokenization, altcoins, and crypto regulations shaping the digital economy.

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