What cryptocurrency was inspired by the Doge meme?

The cryptocurrency inspired by the Doge meme is Dogecoin.

Dogecoin was created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer and introduced on December 6, 2013. They presented it as a humorous alternative to the intense speculation surrounding Bitcoin and the rapidly expanding cryptocurrency market. Its logo and name use the image of Kabosu, the Shiba Inu associated with the Doge meme.

The Doge meme became popular in 2013 through images of a Shiba Inu surrounded by colorful Comic Sans text and deliberately broken English. Dogecoin quickly developed its own online community, especially on Reddit, where users promoted charitable fundraising, tipping, and other community projects. Although it began as a joke, it became a major cryptocurrency with the ticker symbol DOGE.

Dogecoin is not the same thing as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin, although its technical design drew on earlier cryptocurrencies. Litecoin was particularly influential in its codebase. The key connection in this question is cultural: Dogecoin was named for and visually inspired by the Doge meme, making it the original widely recognized meme coin.