Dgenz Crypto Weekly 048

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• Token of the Week

The Chill Before The Thrill

Bitcoin just did a little spring cleaning. Futures open interest dropped by $4.2B this week. Time to panic? Nah, think of it as a degen detox. Open interest is now sitting around $81.7B, down from $85B. Translation: over-leveraged apes got flushed, and the market might finally be breathing again. Liquidations wiped out some heat, and BTC still held strong at the $112K support so just some healthy reset vibes. But macro’s still a bit foggy. Powell gave a speech yesterday and, in true Jerome fashion, said a whole lotta nothing. Basically that they’re gonna just keep winging it depending on the vibes and the data. He downplayed tariff fears and inflation spikes, saying price hikes from trade changes are “probably just a one-time thing.” But he didn’t hint at what the Fed might do next at their final two meetings of the year. Classic FOMC poker face but FedWatch now assigns a 94% chance of an October rate cut. Meanwhile, the next big catalyst is Friday’s PCE inflation data. Analysts expect consumer prices to have risen 2.7% in August, up from 2.6% in July. If that beats expectations, we could see more hawkish vibes. If it misses? We might just get another rate cut party invite.

Gold Breaks Out & Bitcoin Taps Out

Gold’s been on a heater, while Bitcoin’s taken a seat on the bench. The shiny boomer rock just hit a new all-time high of $3,791, up 5% on the week. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s down 5% and rethinking its whole digital gold identity. So what’s going on? It’s simple really, the world’s getting messy and investors are getting picky. Central banks and sovereign nations (hello China and Russia) are stacking gold like it’s the end of days and using it as a buffer against U.S. dollar dominance. BTC? Still the new kid at the safe-haven table. But let’s talk inflows. Gold ETFs brought in $18.5B this year, while Bitcoin’s sitting at just under $10B. So institutions are still warming up to Bitcoin, and they’re doing that slow, awkward walk over to the crypto dance floor. But don’t count BTC out just yet. Historically, once the Fed cuts rates, Bitcoin wakes up and goes full send. Gold moves first, Bitcoin follows 1–2 months later, and then absolutely dunks on it. Technically, gold’s move looks clean too. Over time, gold has developed three major triangle structures between early 2024 and late 2025, each pointing to steady accumulation and consistent buying interest. And each breakout came with rising volume, and the uptrend has held like your nan clutching her purse during a robbery. While gold’s the boomer MVP, Bitcoin’s the rookie with a killer second-half.

Binance’s Secret Weapon

Aster just flipped the switch and went full degen mode. This BNB Chain-based perp DEX is now pulling in more volume than Hyperliquid and it’s not even close. According to CoinMarketCap, Aster pushed $29.37B in 24hr volume, while DefiLlama shows it printing $7.2M/day in fees. That’s 2.5x more revenue than Hyperliquid. And it’s not just volume going parabolic. The $ASTER token is up 37% in 24hrs, and 4x’ing its market cap from $931M to $3.74B in a week. Meanwhile, $HYPE is getting humbled, bleeding billions down to $11.73B. So why is Aster eating? BNB Chain is slashing gas like it’s Black Friday. A proposal just dropped to cut gas fees in half again, from 0.1 Gwei to 0.05 Gwei, and shave block times to 450ms. Goal? Sub $0.005 transactions to compete with Solana and Base. This isn’t a one-off. BNB already cut gas 3 times this year. Now, 67% of all activity on BNB Chain is trading-related, and with fees trending to zero, that number’s going to pump even harder. Think of it as Solana but with CZ backing it and less uptime jokes (for now). Even the BNB token is holding its ground, down just 1% and still above the $1,000 psychological support level, with $3.8B in daily volume. Respect.

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Others Dominance

$OTHERS.D is still holding the uptrend but it is yet to see a daily close above 8.32% after its 10 attempts since May of this year. And although it’s still holding the uptrend for now, the most worrying thing about this chart is the rising wedge its been trading in since June. If we were to lose this uptrend then our technical targets would see $OTHERS.D get absolutely hammered and eventually fall back to this years final support level around 7%. Now, there’s no need to panic just yet, but if we break below this wedge then there is gonna be a tsunami wave of outflows from the altcoin market, so don’t get caught holding the bag. Just remember that what goes up, must come down. Don’t get caught in a long term bull/bear bias, the market is forever evolving, learn to adapt or get left behind.

USDT Dominance

$USDT.D looks as if its heading for a retest of the resistance we blasted straight through on Monday. So we may see a bit of relief today, but since this will be our first retest of this level we are likely to see a solid reaction and eventually move back up to at least 4.6% for our second proper retest of that resistance. I wouldn’t be surprised to see another 10% dip across the board when we do bounce, so if you’re actively trading this make sure you have stink bids set lower to capitalize on any wicks down and take it easy on the leverage. My gut still says this is just a healthy market correction before a solid rally in Q4 but the next couple weeks could be quite choppy after the mass liquidations we just witnessed.

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Dogecoin - $DOGE

Dogecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency launched in 2013 as a light-hearted memecoin that became a widely used, low-fee internet currency. It runs on its own Proof-of-Work blockchain, is merge-mined with Litecoin for security, and is most popular for tipping, payments, and community-driven campaigns. Culture and social momentum (especially Elon Musk’s occasional endorsements) have been major price drivers.

What Does Dogecoin Do?
Dogecoin is built to be simple, fast, and cheap for everyday transfers; think tipping creators, small purchases, donations, and moving funds between wallets or exchanges. Because fees are typically fractions of a cent and confirmations arrive in about a minute, it’s practical for micro-payments and retail checkout via payment processors.

How It Works?
Dogecoin uses Scrypt-based Proof-of-Work with 1-minute block times and ~1 MB blocks. Since 2014 it’s been merge-mined with Litecoin (AuxPoW), so Litecoin miners secure Dogecoin at the same time, giving DOGE a large shared hashrate and strong 51%-attack resistance. Recent core releases lowered default fees (e.g., 0.01 DOGE/kB targets), improved relay/dust limits, and backported security fixes; a larger 1.21 codebase update is in progress to pull in modern Bitcoin/Litecoin improvements.

Tokenomics & Incentives
Supply is uncapped with a fixed 10,000 DOGE block reward (~5.256 B DOGE/year), so percentage inflation declines over time as total supply grows. Staking does not exist (PoW only); miner incentives are block rewards plus fees. The design favors spending and circulation over hoarding, while long-term value depends on demand growing faster than the steady issuance.

Ecosystem Impact
Dogecoin helped popularize crypto tipping and micro-commerce and remains one of the most held and recognized coins globally. Merchant acceptance includes large brands and processors (e.g., Tesla merch, NBA’s Dallas Mavericks via BitPay, AMC via app integrations, major e-commerce and gift-card rails), making DOGE one of the few non-stablecoins actually used at checkout. Its meme-driven brand onboarded millions of retail users and still acts as a sentiment barometer for risk appetite in crypto.

Recent Developments
- Core 1.14.x updates lowered fees/dust thresholds and improved performance/security.
- 2023 “Doginals/DRC-20” experiments briefly pushed Dogecoin daily tx to all-time highs.
- Ongoing merchant integrations keep real-world usage visible.
- September 18th saw the introduction of the first ever Dogecoin ETF.

What’s Coming Next?
- Core upgrade (1.21) to modernize codebase and developer tooling.
- Integration push via foundations to make DOGE easier to add to apps, POS, and services.
- More merchant rails, gift-card coverage, and potential social-app/payment-app hooks.
- Staking / L2 payments are being explored, although unlikely as Dogecoin remains PoW.

TL;DR
Dogecoin is a top 10 blockchain by marketcap that boasts a fast, cheap, PoW currency focused on spending, not DeFi. Merge-mined with Litecoin, 1-minute blocks, and a steady ~5 B DOGE/year issuance that makes percentage inflation fall over time. Real-world payments, massive brand recognition, and culture (plus Musk headlines) drive demand; upcoming core upgrades and easier integrations aim to keep DOGE practical at checkout and sticky with mainstream users.

Technical Analysis
$DOGE has been trading within this rising wedge since the middle of this year and although this pattern is usually perceived as a bearish signal, we haven’t broken the ascending trendline yet and are still holding above the 1D QVWAP. We have just tapped into resistance so I would expect to see a move back down to around $0.2344 where we have all 3 of our support levels lined up. Notice that there is also a DCA set lower in case inflation data comes in over expectations and we see another 10% wick down, so don’t be an ape and go all in at entry. If we happen to see a daily close below $0.18862 then I would look to cut the position before it ends up losing another 20% in value from there.

Market Cap - $36,748,399,553
24HR Volume - $3,374,912,678
Current Price - $0.2438
All-Time High - $0.7316 (-66%)
All-Time Low - $0.0000869 (+280,599%)

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