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Major Investors Drive Dogecoin Price Up by 7%

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by Giorgi Kostiuk

a year ago


Dogecoin's price saw a significant rise amid active cryptocurrency purchases by major investors, also known as 'whales'. Over the past 24 hours, DOGE's price increased by 7%, sparking significant market interest.

Impact of Large-Scale Acquisition on the Market

According to data from the analytics firm Santiment, whale addresses holding between 10 million and 1 billion DOGE purchased a total of 590 million DOGE in one day. This substantial increase in holdings suggests that large investors are betting on Dogecoin's future. Such activity often leads to price stabilization or increases in the market.

Trading Activity and Dogecoin Price

Dogecoin's price rose 7% to $0.3673 by the end of January 21 after reaching a high of $0.40 and then slightly retracting. The market showed signs of revival as capitalization grew to $54.26 billion, a 7.36% increase from the previous day. Trading activity increased by 13.98%, indicating interest from both large and small investors. The newly launched US Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E) under Elon Musk's leadership also positively impacted by displaying Dogecoin's logo on its website, leading to a temporary 15% price increase.

Growing Interest in Derivatives

Open interest in the Dogecoin derivatives market reached $2 billion, indicating a 6.26% upswing over the past 24 hours. This demonstrates increased trading interest. The largest amount of derivatives is found at Binance with $910 million, followed by Bybit with $743 million, and OKX with $334.5 million. Consequently, Dogecoin occupies a significant share of 2.74% in total crypto market open interest and 2.87% in perpetual contracts.

The activity from major investors and the growing interest in derivatives play a crucial role in changing market conditions for Dogecoin, potentially leading to further price increases and volatility.

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