Dogecoin rose 14.39% to 8 cents Thursday afternoon as speculative momentum spread across digital-asset markets. The move followed Wednesday’s White House crypto summit hosted by President Donald Trump, whose renewed support for federal regulatory reform and the CLARITY Act helped propel Bitcoin above $72,000 and sparked gains among major altcoins. Dogecoin’s rally was reinforced by perpetual futures (contracts without an expiry date) open interest climbing to 17.2 billion DOGE, indicating that new leveraged capital was entering the market, according to crypto analytics platform Coinglass. Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus also highlighted a broad recovery in crypto prices after months of subdued trading, asking on social media whether crypto had returned and whether the 2026 nightmare was over.