All the new activity is because of this, and Doginals pixel jpegs:
Last year, the emergence of DRC-20, which was inspired by Bitcoin’s BRC-20 standard, served as a major catalyst in network growth, ultimately causing a massive spike in Dogecoin’s transactions amidst a bear market.
"Network growth"... aka spam. Hasn't done jack for the price. Just a bunch of degen vandals who will soon leave a bloated blockchain in their wake after they move on to the next thing.