Author: Kryptonews

A Chinese-controlled company can’t keep the American semiconductor technology it bought, according to a White House decision released Friday. Officials say the deal threatens national security. The government is forcing HieFo Corp., a Delaware-based business, to give back chip assets it purchased from Emcore. A Chinese citizen set up HieFo and controls it, which officials say creates security problems. The companies said they wrapped up most of the deal in 2024. It was worth nearly $3 million. Semiconductor experts say Emcore’s technology has potential military uses. It could also improve AI computer systems, which worries the Trump administration. HieFo and…

Mindex, the export center of Iran’s Ministry of Defense, is accepting cryptocurrency payments method for advanced weapons systems as a means of bypassing international sanctions that the country faces.Prospective customers can buy weapons such as missiles, tanks and drones using crypto, amongst other accepted payment methods including Iranian rials or bartering, according to the center’s website.Mindex is responsible for Iran’s overseas defense sales and claims to have clients in 35 countries.No prices are displayed for the available items. The offer is among the first known instances of a country accepting cryptocurrency as a means of payment for military equipment, according…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced a change in its policies related to trading and monitoring following a $3.9 million exploit of the Flow blockchain last week.In a Friday announcement, Binance said it would remove nine spot trading pairs from the exchange beginning on Saturday, including one for Flow (FLOW)/Bitcoin (BTC). In a separate notice, the company included FLOW and three other tokens on its monitoring tag list. The tag is featured in tokens exhibiting “notably higher volatility and risks compared to other listed tokens,” the exchange said, noting that tokens with the monitoring tag are at a high risk of…

South Koreans moved more than 160 trillion won ($110 billion) from local crypto exchanges to foreign platforms last year due regulatory restrictions in the country, one of Asia’s most active digital asset markets, a joint Coingecko and Tiger Research report revealed Friday.The regulatory framework has been slow to evolve. In December, the long-awaited Digital Asset Basic Act (DABA), a sweeping framework meant to govern crypto trading and issuance, was delayed because of disagreements among regulators over stablecoin issuance. The Virtual Asset User Protection Act, which came into force in 2024, does not address market structure issues such as leverage or…

ETH wrapped up the year with an 11% loss, capping off a turbulent stretch that saw the token fall below $3,000 just weeks after hitting a new all-time high.While prices are showing signs of recovery, current Ethereum price predictions remain divided.Historically, January has been a strong month for ETH.The token has posted gains in 5 of the last 9 years during this period, giving bulls a seasonal edge to lean on.However, 2025 was quite different from the norm as ETH dropped in January and went on to book losses during the three months that followed.This was the first time such…

Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov has outlined a broader strategic vision for the protocol following a contentious governance vote that rejected a proposal to transfer control of Aave’s brand assets and intellectual property to its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).The failed vote has prompted renewed debate within the Aave community over the protocol’s long-term direction and governance structure, an issue Kulechov addressed directly.In a post published Friday on the Aave governance forum, Kulechov argued that the protocol must evolve beyond its core decentralized finance (DeFi) lending business to pursue opportunities in real-world assets (RWAs), institutional lending and consumer-facing financial products. He…

Key Insights: Bitcoin Price is in the tight range of $84,000 to $92,000 in anticipation of a sharp move in either direction to confirm the trend. Ethereum price ends ten consecutive red months with red candles and this is an indicator of infrequent long-term weakness as seen in 2018. Analysts see structural compression in ETH around $3,000, which implies build-up before it may recover in mid-2026. As 2026 kicks off, the Bitcoin price was trading around $88,700, with little action after an unsteady close towards the end of 2025. The price move has been limited in a specific range that…

Tom Lee, chairman of publicly listed Ether treasury company BitMine, urged shareholders to back a proposal to dramatically increase the company’s authorized share count to 50 billion from 50 million, citing the potential need for future stock splits as Ether’s price drives the the company’s valuation.Lee said BitMine’s share price closely tracks the price of Ether (ETH), and that he modeled potential future valuations using the ETH/Bitcoin ratio. According to Lee, ETH could reach $250,000 if Bitcoin (BTC) climbs to $1 million, a scenario that would push BitMine’s share price to levels he said would be inaccessible for most retail…

Key points:Bitcoin is bearish in the short term and could plunge to $50,000 if the $74,508 level is breached.The short-term trend is likely to turn bullish above $100,000, opening the doors for a rally to $126,199.Bitcoin (BTC) began 2025 near $93,000, before plunging to $74,500 in April and then rallying to $126,199 in October. BTC has given up a large part of its gains and is on track to end the year with minor losses.Analysts are divided on BTC’s future prospects. Some believe that BTC has topped out and a bear market is likely, while others expect limited downside and…

Michaël van de Poppe, the Dutch market commentator known for his blunt technical reads, suggested today that a weary altcoin market may finally be turning a corner, and Chainlink is already showing the first signs. In a post that echoed through crypto X/Twitter, van de Poppe pointed out that many altcoins “have been correcting all the way down to their wick of the 10th of October,” and that for the first time since the summer, $LINK is clawing back above its 21-day moving average. It is a move, he said, that could set the stage for an upward run over…