Underdog rises: Dogecoin survived carnage in 2022 better than most

Amid the severe crypto downturn in 2022, the price of Dogecoin (

As it stands, DOGE is the eight largest crypto asset in terms of market cap at $10.1 billion, while SHIB sits at No.17 with $4.8 billion, according to data from CoinGecko.

In some potentially bullish news for the SHIB community however, pseudonymous lead dev Shytoshi Kusama has hinted that there could be a new partnership in the works relating to the Shibarium project.

Shibarium is an upcoming Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution that will host the ecosystem’s metaverse platform, games and a decentralized exchange.

Shytoshi Kusama’s bio was recently updated to read “WE are not alone” while their location was set to “With a new fren… guess who?.”

This followed up from a Christmas eve tweet to their 865,400 followers which read:

“Wen Shibarium? Please know it will come very soon*, but not during a crucial time for people to spend with their family (or the resulting New Years party time). Enjoy these next days, next year is an important one for humanity.”

Happy Holidays to more than half the . Wen Shibarium? Please know it will come very soon*, but not during a crucial time for people to spend with their family (or the resulting New Years party time). Enjoy these next days, next year is an important one for humanity.

— Shytoshi Kusama™ (@ShytoshiKusama) December 24, 2022