{"id":60062,"date":"2025-11-24T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60062"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:17:02","slug":"d-o-g-e-is-dead-the-meme-department-collapses-while-its-token-rallies-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60062","title":{"rendered":"D.O.G.E Is Dead: The Meme-Department Collapses While Its Token Rallies Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>What did you spend your $5k DOGE refund check on, guys? Hope it was something good. Oh, wait\u2026 this is awkward. DOGE is dead. Trump\u2019s <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> was supposed to be the great bureaucratic bonfire of the modern presidency. Instead, the DOGE experiment died eight months early, quietly swallowed back into OPM oversight after <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Elon Musk<\/a> and Vivek Ramaswamy left Washington and the project lost all direction.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s the count for President Trump:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>debt ceiling raised<\/li>\n<li>doge defunct<\/li>\n<li>only 300k deportations<\/li>\n<li>increase of h1b student visas<\/li>\n<li>strike against Iran<\/li>\n<li>no deep state arrests \/ no Epstein accountability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I haven\u2019t gotten what I voted for. So, here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next 1000X Crypto: 10+ Crypto Tokens That Can Hit 1000x in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>DOGE is Dead. The DOGE Token Surges in Spite of Reality<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312155\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312155\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763955907959018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763955907959018.png 674w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763955907959018-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763955907959018-130x63.png 130w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763955907959018-50x25.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Late over the weekend, OPM director Scott Kupor confirmed DOGE\u2019s dissolution, noting that \u201cthe department never existed as a centralized entity in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cDOGE has been dissolved, and its duties are transitioning back into OPM,\u201d said Scott Kupor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shutdown marks the end of Trump\u2019s wildly ambitious plan to cut <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">$6.5Tn in federal waste<\/a>, a program launched on Day One of his second term that briefly electrified the <\/p>\n<style>\n\t.cwp-coin-chart svg path {\n\t\tstroke-width: 0.65 !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) {\n\t\tstroke: #008868 !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive {\n\t\tcolor: 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!important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<p>\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-container\" data-id=\"dogecoin\" id=\"coin_widget_id_69245a1bc243c\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- name of the coin in the text --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-wrapper\" data-id=\"dogecoin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-holder \" style=\"background:#efefef;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\" data-id=\"dogecoin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/crypto-icons\/dogecoin.svg\" alt=\"Dogecoin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-label \">Dogecoin<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-symbol hidden\">DOGE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price hidden\">$0.1454<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span 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\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/goto\/bestwallet\" alt=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/goto\/bestwallet\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow sponspored sponsored\" class=\"cwp-coin-custom-link\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background: #e50123; padding: \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t crowd and even nudged markets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the tone roiling through pro-Trump message boards is a kind of gallows-humor disappointment with the blackly comic punchline being no checks for a couple of thousand dollars. some thought cost-cuts would free up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312159\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312159\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-6.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-6-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-6-599x1024.png 599w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-6-29x50.png 29w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DOGE, the crypto token created as a branding tailwind to the department, is trading at $0.1461 and up 2.6% on the day. Traders are treating the shutdown like a bullish catalyst rather than a post-mortem. Weird, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Data from <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGecko<\/a> shows DOGE\u2019s market cap climbing back above $30Bn and still in the top ten by Mcap. Much like memecoins tied to dead projects before it, DOGE is benefiting from speculative reflexes rather than fundamentals.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Collapse Means for Markets and Policy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8\" data-coin-id=\"dogecoin\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<img id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-chart__info-icon-img\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-chart__info-name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-symbol\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-chart__info-symbol\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-current\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-price\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-chart__info-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-change\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-chart__info-change\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-extra\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-marketcap\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-chart__info-marketcap\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-btn-24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-btn-7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-btn-30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-btn-1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-btn-all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\">\n\t\t<canvas class=\"chart__canvas\" id=\"crypto_chart_69245a1bc24b8-cryptoChart\"><\/canvas>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The DOGE experiment revealed a hard truth: executive action can temporarily reshape agencies, but it cannot engineer lasting structural reform without congressional backing. Also, more importantly, President Trump was never serious about reducing government waste. The administration now pivots toward a slower modernisation strategy and away from shock-therapy governance.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto markets, however, don\u2019t care. As XRP, BTC, and the broader $3Tn market fight through a heavy macro backdrop, DOGE becomes yet another example of narrative overpowering fundamentals. For now, though, DOGE is dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/xrp-price-jumps-11-after-sec-crypto-unit-tease-xrp-etf-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XRP Price Jumps 11% After SEC Crypto Unit Tease XRP ETF Progress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         What did you spend your $5k DOGE refund check on, guys? Hope it was something good. Oh, wait\u2026 this is awkward.     <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         The DOGE experiment revealed a hard truth that executive action can reshape agencies only temporarily.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/d-o-g-e-is-dead-the-meme-department-collapses-while-its-token-rallies-anyway\/\">D.O.G.E Is Dead: The Meme-Department Collapses While Its Token Rallies Anyway<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did you spend your $5k DOGE refund check on, guys? Hope it was something good. Oh, wait\u2026 this is awkward. DOGE is dead. Trump\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency was supposed to be the great bureaucratic bonfire of the modern presidency. Instead, the DOGE experiment died eight months early, quietly swallowed back into OPM oversight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-60062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}