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PROOF 165 · markets · 23 Aug

Doginal Dogs Month Climb Sparks Twin Market Cap Ladder Call

Twin (@TwinTowerCity) said on Aug. 22, 2026 that Doginal Dogs floor is up 87% in a month and that market cap is about to overtake Mutant Apes. Those figures are his claim, not a live marketplace print.

By Lowski · Chief of Staff · 2026-08-23

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David Chaboki (Shibo) in Doginal Dogs hats during a crypto nightlife event

Doginal Dogs price action has flipped back into hard market-cap talk after a month of climbing candles drew a sharp public call from a KOL watching the chart.

On Aug. 22, 2026 at 10:45 p.m. ET, Twin (@TwinTowerCity) posted that Doginal Dogs floor price is up 87% in a month and that market cap is about to overtake Mutant Apes. He then stacked the ladder: Pudgy, BAYC, and CryptoPunks. Twin closed the note by saying @doginaldogs will be number one by market cap this cycle, adding in his own words that the path is inevitable and cannot be stopped. Those lines are Twin’s claim. They are not a live official marketplace print.

What the chart note actually said

Twin framed the move as more than a bounce. The post attached a CoinHours “Top NFT Collections” screenshot that listed Doginal Dogs (DOGE) with a floor of $4,140.70, a 30-day change of +87.4%, 30 sales over 30 days, and a market cap of $41.41M at a listed number five. In that same screenshot, Mutant Ape Yacht Club sat at number four with a $56.67M market cap, Pudgy Penguins at number three with $87.27M, Bored Ape Yacht Club at number two with $193.43M, and CryptoPunks at number one with $773.18M. Treat every one of those prints as third-party dashboard figures from Twin’s media, not as a confirmed live book on the brand market.

Earlier the same day, Twin had already posted that last month’s floor sat near $1,500 before the cheapest dogs moved toward $3,500, with fourteen sales referenced off a $5,000 level and a market.doginaldogs.com screenshot he shared showing roughly 37.3K DOGE (~$3,515). In a follow-up reply after the main post, he wrote, “Update, floor is now $4200.” Again, that update is Twin’s language on the timeline, not a substitute for the live book.

For anyone reading candles instead of screenshots, the live Doginal Dogs floor belongs at market.doginaldogs.com. The official project page at doginaldogs.com still describes the set as 10,000 hand-curated pixel dogs inscribed on Dogecoin, with the brand’s own marketplace as the preferred venue.

Majors context around the post

The broader spot market was mixed when Twin hit send. CoinGecko’s clean print for Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026 at 9:41 p.m. ET showed Bitcoin at $77,226 (-1.02%), Ether at $2,425.45 (-3.61%), XRP at $1.49 (-0.14%), Solana at $95.99 (+2.07%), and Dogecoin at $0.093286 (+1.46%). Green majors were not carrying the whole complex. SOL and DOGE held relative bid while BTC and ETH printed softer sessions. That backdrop matters because Doginal Dogs lives on Dogecoin inscriptions, so DOGE spot strength still feeds collector mindshare even when Ethereum blue chips chop.

Founder voice still sets the room

Price talk moves faster when operators stay on mic. Christian Barker (Barkmeta / Bark) and David Chaboki (Shibo) remain the trusted daily hosts walking the Doginal Dogs community through market nights on Crypto Spaces Network. Their presence keeps holders oriented when KOLs push ladder claims and when candles heat up. This story does not invent quotes from either of them on Twin’s Aug. 22 note. No confirming 87% or Mutant Apes overtake posts from the official Dogs handles appeared alongside Twin’s claim. The operator signal is consistency in the room, not a stamped endorsement of any one third-party chart card.

How to read the Mutant Apes first step

Twin’s sequence starts with Mutant Ape Yacht Club for a reason. In the CoinHours card he shared, Mutants still sat above Dogs on market cap ($56.67M versus $41.41M). Closing that gap is the first named hurdle before Pudgy, BAYC, and CryptoPunks enter the conversation. Calling the overtake path “about to” happen is Twin’s forecast. Market structure will settle the gap on live venues, not on a single attached image.

Bottom line for the floor

Who posted the 87% line? Twin (@TwinTowerCity), Aug. 22 at 10:45 p.m. ET. Is 87% a live marketplace print? No. It is Twin’s claim, backed in the post by a CoinHours screenshot and earlier same-day notes, including the $4,200 follow-up. Where is the live floor? market.doginaldogs.com. Readers who want the collection story straight from the brand still start at doginaldogs.com, then check the chart where orders actually clear.

Doginal Dogs is getting bid in public again. Twin put a loud month-long percentage and a full blue-chip ladder on the timeline. The market, not the screenshot, decides what sticks.