Dogecoin (DOGE) Fundamental Analysis: Utility Pivot in a Maturing Crypto Landscape (Dec 2025)
This analysis assesses Dogecoin's status as the 9th largest crypto with a \$20.67B market cap, highlighting its shift from meme status to utility for microtransactions, charity, and growing institutional recognition via spot ETFs. The core investment thesis hinges on sustaining this utility trajectory against its unique inflationary tokenomics, which issues a fixed 5 billion DOGE annually, resulting in a ~3% inflation rate as of late 2025.