Dogecoin price jumps to weekly high after Bitcoin hits $100,000 milestone

Dogecoin, the original and most valuable meme coin by market cap, jumped to a weekly high of nearly $0.46 after top cryptocurrency Bitcoin finally surpassed the long-awaited $100,000 mark late Wednesday.

And while DOGE has fallen slightly since that weekly peak, it remains the biggest gainer among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, not to mention the hottest meme coin among the top 100 coins, according to data from CoinGecko.

Dogecoin is currently at $0.4518, down slightly from the high of $0.458 reached just after midnight ET on Thursday. Despite this, DOGE is up more than 9% on the day, outpacing Bitcoin’s 7% rise and Ethereum’s 5% rise.

While Dogecoin’s gains have cooled in recent weeks, the coin has still posted impressive gains since Donald Trump’s election victory last month, rising 163% in the last 30 days.

Bitcoin continued to rise after breaking $100,000 for the first time ever late Wednesday, peaking at $103,679. As of this point, the current price is $102,447 and the 30-day gain stands at 49% as of this writing.

Other large-cap meme coins are also up today, but almost as much as DOGE, with Shiba Inu (SHIB) up nearly 6% and Pepe (PEPE) up 7.5% in the last 24 hours.