(Everything I say here is just coming from the gut: pure instinct and opinion. No technical support or financial advice intended.)

$DOGE has come a long way from being a shitcoin (as $BTC had been a long time ago) to a memecoin (which in a very technical way, $BTC also was) to being a leading indicator for movement in $BTC activity.

It's OK for people who frown on $DOGE to still frown on $DOGE. But even they have to recognize that it is in a class by itself: no longer low-class (like $FLOKI or $SHIB), yet not in the Kool Kids' Klub (like $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, etc.).

In a way, $DOGE is like its kindred spirit $LTC. Litecoin is a modified clone of Bitcoin, yet to this day it doesn't get the love (or even lust) which Bitcoin gets. So Litecoin continues to do its thing away from the limelight, just waiting to become an "overnight success" years from now once $BTC becomes too far out of range for average cryptocurrency buyers.

As much as people go nuts over the price of gold, silver also has its advantages and reasons for ownership. Then there is platinum. While other precious metals exist, it is gold which gets the attention while silver keeps plugging along and platinum has its share of fans. Translating this comparison to cryptocurrency, $DOGE is like silver while $LTC is like platinum and $BTC is like gold.