Monkey eats dog, ApeCoin shines on Dogecoin’s big day

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The Dogecoin community hoping for a price rally was disappointed on “Doge Day” as ApeCoin stole the spotlight with a 30% climb.

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Fast facts

  • DOGE investors were hoping to recreate last year’s success when DOGE rallied over 500% in the days leading to April 20, becoming the fifth-largest token in the world by market cap.

  • DOGE actually lost a position in the crypto rankings since Wednesday, slipping behind Polkadot into 12th place.

  • The APE ecosystem’s governance token ApeCoin was the largest gainer Thursday morning Asia time.

  • Bored Ape Yacht Club members started generating social media buzz around ApeCoin-priced public land sales in the upcoming metaverse project “Otherside.”

  • ApeCoin was trading at US$16.67 at press time, and Dogecoin was trading down 0.2% at US$0.1415.

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