There’s no such thing as a free lunch in crypto - and DogeMoon (DGMOON) proves it. If you’ve seen ads promising free DGMOON tokens or a "DogeMoon airdrop" on social media, you’re being led down a confusing path. The original DogeMoon token, launched in March 2021, is not actively running any airdrops. What you’re seeing now are third-party platforms like Bitget running promotions under similar names - and they’re not the same thing.
What DogeMoon (DGMOON) Actually Is
DogeMoon (DGMOON) is a charity-focused BEP-20 token on the Binance Smart Chain. It launched with a twist: over 61% of its total supply was burned at creation, and the remaining liquidity was locked for 265 years - until November 20, 2286. That’s not a marketing gimmick. It’s written into the smart contract, verified on BscScan. The team behind it vanished after launch, leaving the project to be maintained by a handful of holders who still believe in its original mission: donating to Able Child Africa.
Here’s how it works: every time someone trades DGMOON, 5% of the transaction fee is automatically redistributed to all token holders. That’s passive income - if you hold the token, you earn a tiny slice of every trade. Sounds nice, right? But here’s the catch: there are almost no trades. As of January 2026, the 24-hour trading volume is $11.53. The market cap? Around $225,000. That’s less than the cost of a used bicycle in Auckland.
The token’s price has crawled from its all-time high of $0.001449 in May 2021 to $0.00005913 today. Each token is worth less than a cent. You’d need over 1.6 million DGMOON tokens to make $100. And even if you had that many, you couldn’t sell them easily.
The "Airdrop" You’re Seeing Isn’t DogeMoon
Here’s where things get messy. You’ll find ads saying "Claim your DogeMoon airdrop now!" on Twitter, Telegram, or even YouTube. They’re not lying - they’re just not telling the whole truth. What they’re offering is usually Dog•Go•To•The•Moon (DOG), a completely different token.
Dog•Go•To•The•Moon launched in April 2024 on the Runes protocol. It had a massive airdrop: 100 billion tokens given to holders of Runestone Ordinal NFTs. Today, it trades with a $371 million market cap and $14 million daily volume. It has an active team, a roadmap, and real users. DogeMoon? No updates since 2021. No Discord. No Twitter. No website. Just a dead contract on BSC.
People are getting confused because the names are almost identical. One is DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON. The other is DogeMoon. One is alive. The other is a ghost. But the ads don’t care. They just want you to sign up for Bitget, invite three friends, and deposit $50 each - then they give you DOG tokens, not DGMOON. And even then, you’re paying gas fees just to claim them.
How to "Claim" a DogeMoon Airdrop (And Why You Shouldn’t)
If you still want to try, here’s how Bitget’s current promotion works:
- Create a verified Bitget account and complete KYC.
- Invite at least three friends to deposit $50 or more each within 30 days.
- Receive 50% of your friends’ trading fees as DOG tokens (not DGMOON).
- Wait until you have at least 1,000 tokens to withdraw.
But here’s what they won’t tell you:
- Each DOG token is worth about $0.0006 - so 1,000 tokens = $0.60.
- Withdrawing costs $0.50-$0.75 in BSC gas fees.
- You’ll lose another 25-40% in slippage when you try to sell on PancakeSwap.
- You’re spending hours on this for a net loss.
One Reddit user, u/CryptoHodler2021, spent three hours trying to claim what they thought was DGMOON. They ended up with DOG tokens, couldn’t sell them, and lost $1.80 in gas fees. Their final balance: -$1.20.
Why DogeMoon Will Never Come Back
There’s no development team. No updates. No roadmap. No community engagement. The project has been dead for over three years. Even CoinGecko rates its "Project Activity" at 2.1 out of 10. The only reason it still shows up on exchanges is because the liquidity lock prevents anyone from pulling the rug - not because anyone cares.
Compare it to Dog•Go•To•The•Moon, which has:
- Active Twitter and Telegram channels
- A published 2025 roadmap with NFT integration
- Multiple exchanges listing it
- Over 75,000 holders from its initial airdrop
DogeMoon doesn’t have any of that. It’s a time capsule from 2021 - frozen in amber, with no one left to open it.
The Bigger Problem: Scams Using Similar Names
This isn’t just about DogeMoon. It’s about how crypto scams thrive on confusion. Projects with names like DogeMoon, DogeToTheMoon, DogeMoonCoin, and Dog•Go•To•The•Moon are all designed to look alike. They use the same memes, the same dog logos, the same "to the moon" slogans. The goal? Trick you into thinking they’re the same thing.
Trustpilot reviews of Bitget’s airdrop program average just 2.4 out of 5. The top complaints? "I thought I was getting DogeMoon," "The app didn’t specify which token," and "I lost money on gas fees for nothing."
And here’s the kicker: the SEC has started looking at charity tokens with passive yield. In September 2024, they released a framework suggesting that automatic rewards to holders could be classified as unregistered securities. That means even if DogeMoon somehow woke up, it could be shut down for breaking federal law.
What You Should Do Instead
If you want to get involved in meme coins with real momentum, skip DogeMoon entirely. Look at tokens that:
- Have active development teams
- Update their roadmap quarterly
- Have daily trading volumes over $1 million
- Clearly state what token you’re getting in any promotion
Dog•Go•To•The•Moon is one example. Others include Shiba Inu (SHIB), Pepe (PEPE), and Bonk (BONK). They’re not risk-free, but at least they’re alive.
Or better yet - don’t chase airdrops at all. Most are designed to extract your time, your gas fees, and your trust. The only people who profit are the ones running the platform.
Final Verdict: DogeMoon Is a Zombie Token
DogeMoon (DGMOON) is not dead - but it’s not alive either. It’s a zombie token: technically still on the blockchain, but with no heartbeat. There is no active airdrop. Any "DogeMoon airdrop" you see today is either a scam, a mislabeling, or a bait-and-switch.
Don’t waste your time. Don’t pay gas fees for a token worth less than a coffee bean. And if you’ve already claimed something called "DGMOON" - check the contract address. If it’s not 0x48f88c17b813b21a3d8838d72d8b0f78bc556b3d, you didn’t get DogeMoon. You got something else entirely.
The crypto world moves fast. DogeMoon doesn’t. And that’s why it’s already forgotten.
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