Dogecoin to the Moon or Crash Landing? Experts and AI Models Battle Over 2026 Price
As of Oct 12, 2025, Dogecoin is trading roughly $0.19ycharts.com. Earlier in October DOGE briefly spiked near $0.25–0.27 on a wave of altcoin exuberance and whale buyingts2.techts2.tech, but it promptly gave back gains during a midweek sell-off. On Oct 10 DOGE suffered a 50% “flash crash” – plunging from ~$0.22 to ~$0.11 within minutes – before rebounding to the ~$0.18–$0.20 range by the next daycoindesk.comcryptofrontnews.com. As CryptoFrontNews reported, this extreme swing was triggered by a “sell-off reaction” to U.S. tariff news, and led trader DaanCryptoTrades to identify multiple short-term phases in the pullbackcryptofrontnews.comcryptofrontnews.com. By Oct 12 DOGE’s range was roughly $0.18–$0.20, consolidating after that flash crash. Several big stories have rocked DOGE in the last week: