Benzinga - by Khyathi Dalal, Benzinga Staff Writer.
Heavily-followed cryptocurrency content creator Jake Gagain compared Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) to predict which will have a higher market capitalization in the anticipated 2025 bull run.
What Happened: In his four-minute video, Gagain compares various factors for the two memecoin heavyweights:
$SHIB Vs $DOGE: Which #Memecoin Will Have A Higher Market Cap At The Peak Of The 2025 Bull Run?! pic.twitter.com/5Umj3hhuqtGagain's criteria:— JAKE (@JakeGagain) February 21, 2024
- Dogecoin is 11th by market cap compared to Shiba Inu, which is 17th.
- Shiba Inu has more utility, such as its own blockchain, Shibarium, decentralized exchange, ShibaSwap, and its NFT Shibverse platform.
- Dogecoin launched in 2013 but did not gain traction until 2021. Meanwhile, Shiba Inu launched in 2020 as the "Dogecoin killer."
- Dogecoin boasts support from Elon Musk. The X owner calls it the people's crypto through various tweets. Musk plans to launch peer-to-peer payments on X in 2024, with rumors flying that Dogecoin could be a means of payment.
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Why It Matters: Benzinga’s latest social media poll aimed to identify the most popular memecoins among its readers.
In contrast to Gagain's prediction, Shiba Inu beat out Dogecoin:
Which memecoin are you most bullish on right now?- Dogecoin $DOGE
- Shiba Inu $SHIB
- Pepe Coin $PEPE
- GameStop Coin $GME
— Benzinga (@Benzinga) February 15, 2024
Price Action: At the time of writing, DOGE was trading at $0.08394, up 1% over the past 24 hours, and SHIB was trading at $0.0000059551, up 0.9% over the past 24 hours, as reported by Benzinga Pro.
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