Dogecoin (DOGE) may take landed major proponent Marker Cuban in hot water as it hits its lowest confronting Bitcoin (BTC) in over half a year.

DOGE/BTC 1-calendar week candle nautical chart (Bittrex). Source: TradingView

"Now price it in bananas"

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed DOGE/BTC trailing at 412 satoshis (0.00000412 BTC) on Oct. 14 — downwards from highs of 1,284 satoshis (0.00001284 BTC) in Apr.

As Bitcoin outpaces altcoins en masse this month, the hurting has been peculiarly intense for Dogecoin investors after months of public candidature by both Cuban and others, including the earth's richest man, Elon Musk.

Zilch has been able to reverse the meme-based cryptocurrency's fortunes, nonetheless, and now, frustrated commentators are even demanding an explanation.

Cuban was in line for retribution this week, with podcast host Preston Pysh suggesting that his touting of Dogecoin on U.S. national television at the highs had been — to say the to the lowest degree — misguided.

Fellow pundit Peter McCormack joined calls for Cuban to comment on the situation against the latter's properties of criticism of Bitcoin.

Twitter users further evoked Cuban's claim that he would rather own bananas than BTC, poking fun at Dogecoin'southward declining purchasing power when measured in the fruit.

In August, Cuban stated that he owned less than $500 of DOGE.

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Musk, meanwhile, has moved on to contain Dogecoin spin-off cryptocurrencies in his publicity efforts, these besides seeing huge gains on the back of even the most innocuous comments.

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One such coin, Shiba Inu (SHIB), has since seen substantial selling from large-volume investors known as whales.

The Tesla CEO did not escape the wrath of Bitcoiners before this yr, however, with his Dogecoin activities being met with claims of investor manipulation.

As Cointelegraph reported, altcoins are tipped for a renaissance one time Bitcoin hits its cycle peak, which is currently slated for the starting time of 2022.