DogeOS testnet on September 30: What it means for the Dogecoin price

Published on 10/19/2026 at 09:00 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

DogeOS follows a USD 6.9 million funding round. The Dogecoin price is 0.078375 USD on October 16, 2026, down 1.68 percent.

Application layer and ETF flows

A public test network opened for Dogecoin applications on September 30, 2026.
Dogecoin exchange-traded funds held 14.9 million USD in assets after zero October net flows.
The Dogecoin price stands at 0.078375 USD as of October 16, 2026, 1.68 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Dogecoin recorded 34,105 active addresses per day in the week of October 11, 2026.

Dogecoin, XCRYPTODOGE4, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

Dogecoin (DOGE) has a public DogeOS testnet that opened on September 30, 2026, adding an application layer for Ethereum-style programs while the base network remains unchanged, according to The Block. The Dogecoin price stands at 0.078375 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 1.68 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.

DogeOS opens a September 30 application layer

The DogeOS public testnet is an Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible zero-knowledge rollup, a second-layer network that uses cryptographic proofs and settles its state to Dogecoin. The Block reported on September 30, 2026, that DOGE serves as the native token for transaction fees and that developers can test trading, lending, stablecoin, prediction-market and gaming applications on the network.

The project followed a USD 6.9 million funding round led by Polychain Capital in May 2025, according to Blockchain Reporter. The source also described the testnet as a developer environment rather than a mainnet launch, leaving application deployment dependent on individual project schedules.

ETF assets remain at 14.9 million USD

Dogecoin exchange-traded funds, which hold the cryptocurrency in listed investment products, recorded zero net flows on every October session covered through October 12, 2026. The funds held 14.9 million USD in net assets, below the 15.6 million USD contributed since launch, as Yahoo Finance reported from SoSoValue data.

Network activity offers a separate measure of use. Dogecoin recorded 34,105 active addresses per day in the week of October 11, 2026, while the network processed 159,387 transactions during that week, according to Dogechain. An active address is one that sends or receives DOGE during the measured period.

Dogecoin price data show a 0.077862 USD low

The Dogecoin price is 0.078375 USD as of October 16, 2026, at 15:58 UTC, according to Investing.com. That is 1.68 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 0.079998 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 0.077862 USD. Market capitalization is 12.19 billion USD, ranking Dogecoin 11th, while 24-hour volume is 510.45 million USD and circulating supply is 156.38 billion DOGE.