Dogecoin (DOGE) is trading below $0.09, according to NewsBTC, which puts it more than 88% off its May 2021 all-time high near $0.74. NewsBTC notes the market has spent much of 2026 rotating around Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP instead of memecoins.
Still, crypto analyst Javon Marks says DOGE’s weekly chart shows a repeating alt-season pattern that traders may be ignoring. His framework runs the story from past cycles and maps it to a projected 2026 alt-season window.
The chart argument: repeated alt-season scale
NewsBTC’s piece centers on technical analysis of DOGE’s weekly candlesticks and the idea that DOGE produced “increasingly large moves” during major altcoin cycles.
Marks anchors the case to two prior alt seasons.
In 2017, DOGE reportedly rallied from a deep base into a move of about 100x, topping around $0.018. In 2021, NewsBTC says the move was even larger, with Marks highlighting a surge of more than 300x that took DOGE from the lower range of the previous cycle into the $0.70 area.
Marks’ thesis is straightforward. If DOGE’s alt-season behavior continues to outperform its previous cycles, the next rally could expand beyond the last one. NewsBTC says Marks’ visual model points to a 300x+ expansion and a price zone above $20. The article also mentions a higher visual projection above $24.
The math is brutal, and the first job is just getting back to broken levels
Even NewsBTC’s own numbers show how tall the odds are.
At the time of writing in the article, DOGE trades around $0.081. To reach $20 from there requires roughly a 247x move, NewsBTC calculates. That matters because it frames Marks’ claim as less “a target” and more “a scenario that has to re-write scale.”
The desk point is not that patterns can’t repeat. It’s that this one demands more than momentum.
NewsBTC says DOGE’s recent price action is its weakest since 2022, and that meaningful double-digit discussion depends on first reclaiming levels it has lost. The article lays out a sequence: regain $0.10, then push through resistance around $0.20 and $0.30, and eventually break above the December 2024 rejection zone near $0.49.
Only after that does NewsBTC tie the path toward the old all-time high near $0.7316.
It’s not only DOGE. Marks’ call is a capital-rotation bet
NewsBTC links Marks’ projection to “alt season.” That word sounds like market folklore, but the requirement is clear in the article.
Marks’ scenario depends on capital rotating out of Bitcoin. In other words, DOGE’s fate is not purely technical. It is liquidity and risk appetite, at the system level.
That dependency also shows up in the implied scale of DOGE’s market value.
NewsBTC states that a $20 DOGE would correspond to a market cap around $3 trillion, using a circulating supply of roughly 154.5 billion DOGE tokens as of June 2026.
What would have to happen next
Marks’ forecast is framed as a chart-based scenario, not a confirmed catalyst. NewsBTC treats the target as a projected zone that only becomes relevant if the broader market and DOGE itself cooperate.
Here’s the chain of conditions as the article describes them.
| Claim in NewsBTC | What it requires | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| DOGE could print a 300x+ alt-season move | A 2026 alt-season with capital rotating out of Bitcoin | Memecoins typically need broad risk-on flows, not just isolated demand |
| $20 is the projected zone from Marks’ model | DOGE must scale far beyond current price | NewsBTC calculates about a 247x move from ~$0.081 to $20 |
| DOGE must reclaim key levels first | Recover $0.10, then clear resistance near $0.20, $0.30, and a rejection zone near $0.49 | Without those breaks, the chart model has no trading room |
| The implied market cap is massive | A market capable of valuing DOGE near ~$3 trillion | It sets a ceiling for how “normal” the move can be |
NewsBTC also points out that long-term cycle behavior in DOGE has included new higher highs each cycle, listing $0.0025 in 2017, $0.069 in 2018, $0.017 in 2020, and $0.74 in 2021.
Whether those cycle markers mean the next one repeats is the unanswered question. Even if the pattern holds, the article’s own math says the move is anything but easy.