The growth of the seventh cryptocurrency Dogecoin may be a wake-up call for the market, experts say.
Dogecoin has soared by 40% in recent days after American billionaire Mark Cuban called DOGE "the strongest currency", and Tesla CEO Elon Musk supported this statement.
The founder of Kenetic Capital predicts a drop in bitcoin below $30,000.
On Monday, August 16, Dogecoin updated the highs of the beginning of June around $0.35.
On Friday, the billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, Mark Cuban, announced that when buying Mavericks paraphernalia for Dogecoin, fans will be offered special discounts. On the same day, he called Dogecoin the strongest cryptocurrency in terms of a medium of exchange.
"The imperfection and simplicity of DOGE are the strongest sides of the cryptocurrency. You can only use the coin for two things: spend or hold. Both are easy to understand. And it's cheap to buy. All this makes Dogecoin a community that anyone can join, " Cuban wrote on Twitter.
In addition, Dogecoin has received the support of another sports team. English professional football club Watford has announced that under the terms of a new sponsorship deal, the cryptocurrency logo will be depicted on the sleeves of its players' T-shirts.
Analyst Don Alt believes that the growth of Dogecoin may be a wake-up call for the market. "Restoring DOGE and SHIB starts the countdown. I will wait 10-30 days and will reduce positions regardless of how much I like the situation on the market," he said.
Meanwhile, the founder of Kenetic Capital, Jihan Chu, believes that pressure from regulators can at any time provoke an outflow of capital from the cryptosphere, which will cause a correction of both bitcoin and the market as a whole.
"We may see a rise in bitcoin to $55,000, but the risks of a subsequent fall are still strong. In 2022, BTC will rise in price approximately to $100,000, but before that we will again experience a collapse below $30,000," Jihan Chu stressed.