Meme Coin Prices Today: DOGE Tests Lows, SHIB at Support

Meme coin prices are drifting lower with the broader crypto market on October 20, 2026, as a $111 oil price, firmer Treasury yields, and a chip-stock selloff in Asia keep risk appetite in check. An October 19 snapshot put the memecoin sector near $29.08 billion in market value, up a modest 0.6% over 24 hours — but the weekly picture diverges sharply, with Pepe the standout gainer while Dogecoin and Shiba Inu slide. Here’s where the majors stand today.

Dogecoin (DOGE): Under Pressure Near $0.079

Dogecoin traded at $0.07915 on October 20, down 0.75% on the day and under all three of its short-term moving averages, according to Capital Street FX’s daily crypto report. Its market capitalization stands at $12.43 billion, ranking 11th among cryptocurrencies, per Investing.com data cited by ad-hoc-news.de.

On the charts, analysts at Coin Edition note DOGE remains bearish below its 20-, 50-, 100- and 200-day exponential moving averages ($8.44–$9.18 on their displayed scale), with $7.84 as the critical support to watch and a reclaim of $8.30 needed before buyers can challenge the resistance cluster near $8.44–$8.57. Deeply oversold Stochastic RSI readings suggest a relief rally is possible, though traders are waiting for confirmation before calling a reversal.

Fundamentally, DogeOS opened a public testnet on September 30 — an EVM-compatible application layer designed as a zero-knowledge rollup that settles to Dogecoin, with DOGE as the native fee token. The launch follows a $6.9 million funding round led by Polychain Capital in May 2025, but analysts note it’s a network development event, not a change to Dogecoin’s proof-of-work base layer.

Shiba Inu (SHIB): Testing the $0.00000480 Floor

Shiba Inu slipped about 1.19% over the past 24 hours on Binance spot to trade at $0.00000497 — on the underside of the $0.000005 round number that organized its trading through October, according to Coinotag and Blockchain.News. Sellers hold the advantage on every timeframe: daily, 4-hour and weekly.

The band SHIB now trades in is narrow. Its floor is the low printed near $0.00000480 on October 19, a level buyers defended once already; its ceiling is the short 4-hour average at $0.00000502, the first barrier any bounce must clear. Past that sit two more declining 4-hour averages at $0.00000526 and $0.00000536. The daily RSI reads near 40 — weak but not oversold — so a short-term bounce is possible but unconfirmed.

CoinGabbar analyst Aashish Vishwakarma laid out a conditional upside case with targets up to $0.00000554, while stressing the 10.8% climb “needs roughly 10.8% upside through four EMAs, and that’s a stretch” — a conditional map with a skeptical author, not a bullish call, as Blockchain.News reported on October 20.

MemeCore (M): Rebound Meets Resistance

MemeCore staged a 6.89% rebound, but Coin Edition’s October 20 analysis says it faces resistance at $0.93 with $0.70 support crucial for stability. The token remains below its key technical indicators, and buyers must clear the resistance zone before any meaningful trend reversal can be confirmed. Like the other majors, it continues to face selling pressure on its daily chart.

Weekly Gainers and Losers: Pepe Leads, Doge Lags

Weekly returns across the sector diverge sharply, per the EconoTimes memecoin market snapshot published October 20:

• Pepe (PEPE) gained 3.8% over the week — the sector’s best performer among the majors.
• Dogecoin and Shiba Inu both fell over the week, trailing the sector.
• The aggregate memecoin market rose just 0.6% over 24 hours to $29.08 billion — a flat session overall.

The broader crypto backdrop explains the caution. Bitcoin traded near $81,400–$81,900 on October 20, down about 0.5% after US spot bitcoin ETFs drew $526.6 million on Monday — their largest daily inflow in nearly a month, according to CoinDesk — while options traders on Deribit were buying downside protection with puts outtrading calls by more than two to one. Ether fell 0.9% to near $2,385, with US spot ether ETFs recording a fourth straight day of outflows.

What Traders Are Watching Next

Market watchers say the meme-coin sector faces a familiar test: whether bitcoin can stabilize and restore risk appetite, or whether the macro headwinds — $111 oil, rate-hike fears, and a Fed meeting on October 27–28 — keep draining liquidity from speculative assets. On the charts, analysts are watching DOGE’s $7.84 support, SHIB’s $0.00000480 floor, and whether Pepe’s weekly outperformance can hold. As one desk put it, nothing in the tape shows capitulation — but nothing shows conviction on the buy side either.

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