State of Doge - August 2025

Welcome to our monthly State of Doge report - your essential community update covering everything DogeOS has achieved and the milestones we're hitting together. These monthly reports keep our doge community informed about the real progress we're making to bring utility directly to DOGE holders worldwide.

From major funding achievements to technical breakthroughs, partnership announcements to ecosystem growth - we're building something meaningful for the entire doge army. Let's dive into what we've accomplished and where we're headed next.

From Concept to Funded Platform

TL;DR: We've evolved from concept to a fully funded platform with major partnerships in just over a year. We've secured over $6.9 million in funding, launched strategic partnerships with industry leaders, and are delivering the first comprehensive application layer for Dogecoin in 2025.

Major Funding Milestone

In May 2025, we completed a $6.9 million funding round led by Polychain Capital. This represents the first time an independent development stack focused exclusively on Dogecoin has attracted backing at this scale.

This funding enables us to accelerate platform development, expand developer tools, build strategic partnerships, and drive utility for the millions of Dogecoin holders worldwide. The resources are now in place to deliver maximum utility to every member of the doge community.

What's Building on DogeOS

Our ecosystem is growing rapidly with projects that bring real utility to DOGE holders:

Moar

Built from the ground up for DogeOS, MOAR is the first lending protocol designed specifically for the Dogecoin economy, offering native, overcollateralized lending for DOGE holders directly within MyDoge Wallet.

The team has completed internal testing with stable systems ready for deployment, secured soft liquidity commitments from institutions, and is experiencing phenomenal community support with activity ramping up ahead of DogeOS testnet. "MOAR is what DOGE DeFi has been waiting for — simple, native, and culturally aligned. With strong community backing and capital ready to deploy, we're excited to go live the moment DogeOS testnet drops," explains Peter Watson, CEO of Chainsaw and contributor at MOAR.

Derps

Built natively for DogeOS, Derps is the first perp DEX designed specifically for the Dogecoin economy, offering up to 69x leverage with a meme-native user experience that's fast, fun, and fully on-chain. The team has completed their audit and finished internal testing, with just minor front-end tweaks remaining to optimize user experience.

Their referral mechanism is implemented to reward the community, and they're ready to deploy as soon as DogeOS testnet goes live. "Derps is pure Doge — chaotic, fast, and fun. We've built the first perp DEX that actually feels like it belongs in the Doge ecosystem," says Peter Watson, CEO of Chainsaw and contributor at Derps.

Fide

Built by Metafide, this prediction game platform brings human vs AI trading competitions directly to the doge ecosystem. Players compete in one- and five-minute prediction games that reflect real-world asset movements, earning rewards based on precision, not position size.

With over 150,000 players globally, Metafide creates skill-based yield generation through prediction accuracy. "Metafide is creating a new category of financial participation where skill, signal, and timing replace speculation and chance. We built the platform to reward precision and insight, not hype. Partnering with DogeOS allows us to scale that mission and introduce a new model for skill-based yield. This is predictive finance with purpose, and it starts here," says Frank Speiser, CEO and Co-founder of Metafide.

Playsout

PlaysOut is building a suite of Doge-branded mini-games that bring interactive entertainment directly to Dogecoin holders, featuring token-driven mechanics where players can earn and spend DOGE native tokens.

These games range from bite-sized puzzles to real-time PvP battles, all designed to capture Doge's internet culture. "DogeOS is what happens when culture and tech actually click. We're bringing in global IP and community that people already love, then using fun, low-friction games to guide them into Web3 without them even realizing it. That's the magic. Doge has always had the community, with DogeOS, it has the rails to turn that into real utility. We're turning a meme into a movement people can actually play, own, and grow with," explains Jassem Osseiran, CSO and Co-founder of PlaysOut.

Additional Ecosystem Projects: USDoge (DogeOS native stablecoin), Barkswap (Advanced Aerodrome Fork), Doge Museum (NFT Launchpad/Marketplace by Sofa Labs), Dogemus (Liquidium-style NFT lending), Doge Pound (NFT Marketplace), DoggyFi (TradFi DEX), Rocketswap (V3 Style DEX), and 100+ additional projects currently building in our ecosystem.

Strategic Integration Achievements

DogeOS has secured several major partnerships that strengthen our infrastructure and expand ecosystem capabilities:

Ankr Partnership for Developer Infrastructure

We've partnered with Ankr, one of Web3's leading infrastructure providers, to bring enterprise-grade RPC services to DogeOS. This partnership ensures developers building on DogeOS have access to the same battle-tested infrastructure that powers Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and dozens of other major blockchain networks.

"We're building DogeOS for real users — not just devs, but everyday people who expect apps to work. That means low latency, high uptime, and the kind of reliability you'd expect from any modern consumer app. With millions of DOGE holders worldwide, Ankr gives us the infrastructure to meet those standards and scale with one of crypto's largest communities," explains Alex Lewis, CTO of DogeOS.

Metalpha Partnership for Institutional Liquidity

Our strategic partnership with Metalpha Technology Holding Ltd brings institutional liquidity directly into DogeOS, enabling the first-ever native yield opportunities for DOGE holders.

For years, Dogecoin has been stuck primarily on centralized exchanges, but this changes everything. Metalpha's liquidity deployment enables native DOGE yield, on-chain utility, and real applications powered by actual DOGE liquidity. "Our mission is to make Dogecoin the most developer-friendly PoW blockchain. With Metalpha's liquidity deployment into our ecosystem, we can finally bridge DOGE's retail passion with real on-chain opportunities," says CEO Jordan Jefferson.

Technical Development Progress

Dogecoin Core Upgrade Proposal

DogeOS has submitted a major upgrade proposal to Dogecoin Core introducing zero-knowledge proof verification capabilities through OP_CHECKZKP. This upgrade removes Dogecoin's limitations as a basic payment system, enabling complex applications while maintaining existing functionality.

The upgrade enables zk-rollups for thousands of off-chain transactions per second, creating real utility for DOGE holders through lending markets, decentralized exchanges, verifiable games, and trustless bridges between chains.

"This upgrade is about giving the community tools to do even more — turning a beloved currency into a platform that can go toe-to-toe with any chain out there," said Jordan Jefferson, CEO of DogeOS.

“Dogecoin gaining the ability to integrate with ZK L2s is the kind of interoperability we need to build ecosystem utility, allowing the L1 to focus on being the fastest, best, most fun blockchain and means of exchange for all humanity.” – Timothy Stebbing, Director of the Dogecoin Foundation

Development Milestones

We've achieved significant technical progress with our live devnet running on Ankr RPC infrastructure. Public testnet preparations are complete and ready for launch, with mainnet preparation actively underway.

Core Platform Features

The platform delivers smart contract support and creates the first-ever native DOGE yield opportunities for holders. Comprehensive DeFi integration includes yield farming capabilities, seamless MyDoge wallet integration, standard EVM JSON-RPC methods, and support for familiar developer tools including Foundry, Hardhat, and Remix.

Our Position in the Ecosystem

DogeOS holds several unique advantages in the cryptocurrency space. We're building the first comprehensive application layer specifically for Dogecoin, providing EVM compatibility with developer tools that teams already know and use.

Our approach maintains strong community alignment while delivering institutional-grade capabilities. This combination, along with our significant first-mover advantages in the Dogecoin ecosystem, positions us to serve both the existing doge community and attract new developers and users.

The technical foundation we're building creates genuine utility for DOGE holders while respecting the community values that make Dogecoin special. Every feature we develop strengthens the broader Dogecoin ecosystem and provides real value to our community.

About DogeOS

DogeOS is the App Layer for Dogecoin, where community, culture, and liquidity come together to power the next generation of consumer apps. Founded by the team behind the MyDoge, the #1 Dogecoin wallet, DogeOS champions Dogecoin as the people’s currency by empowering developers to build experiences in gaming, DeFi, AI, and more – all backed by the world’s most iconic crypto brand.

To learn more about DogeOS and its mission to transform Dogecoin from a meme chain to a thriving app ecosystem, visit dogeos.com and follow DogeOS on X at x.com/DogeOS.