A cryptocurrency created as a joke about a dog meme is surging while other coins are tanking

With a sharp sell-off that gripped cryptocurrency markets since the beginning of the year, a coin deemed as the biggest joke by many in the community has became the outlier to crypto-land this time.
Dogecoin, an alt-coin inspired by a Doge meme, has jumped more than 160 percent over the last 30 days, according to data on CoinMarketCap, a website tracking crypto trading performance. In fact, Dogecoin is the only crypto that's posted big gains in the last month, with all of the other coins includ