Author: Kryptonews

Dogecoin breaks below the $0.16 mark and is currently trading at $0.1582. This marks a bullish failure with an intraday pullback of -0.16% after a 24-hour high of $0.16119.  Currently, the Dogecoin price analysis warns of an intense pullback due to a pattern breakdown in the 4-hour chart. Will this drop Dogecoin prices under $0.15? Let’s find out.  Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Analysis In the 4-hour price chart, the Dogecoin price action showcases a bullish comeback to $0.16779. This marks a bullish stand against the early April downfall, creating a bottom at $0.13219.  Dogecoin price chart The recovery run from $0.13219…

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, predicts Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $200,000 by the end of 2025 due to a supply shock from heightened institutional demand.In an interview with Cointelegraph at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, the executive said that Bitwise’s Bitcoin price prediction model is driven exclusively by supply and demand metrics. Hougan laid out the specific figures driving the forecast:”We know that miners will produce 165,000 BTC this year. Already, publicly traded companies have bought more than that. ETFs are at $6 billion in inflows. We think governments are going to be buying. We see this sort of…

On Thursday, the Federation of State Humanities Councils and Oregon Humanities jointly filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Oregon against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for “the disruption and attempted destruction” of the NEH and 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. As part of the suit, the organizations are seeking the restoration of terminated grants and to ensure that congressional appropriations flow to humanities councils. When the grants were canceled following extreme cuts made by DOGE, many organizations and humanities councils said they could no longer effectively fulfill their duties…

Introduction The future of healthcare is rapidly shifting toward a decentralized, patient-centric model, and blockchain technology is poised to play a critical role in securing and verifying the integrity of sensitive medical data. Traditional healthcare systems struggle with fragmented patient records, data breaches, and lack of transparency—issues blockchain’s immutable and decentralized architecture is well-suited to resolve. By enabling secure, auditable, and interoperable data management, blockchain promises to revolutionize healthcare operations while bolstering patient trust and control. The Problem with Current Healthcare Data Systems Traditional healthcare systems rely on centralized databases that are vulnerable to cyberattacks, mismanagement, and inconsistencies. Patient records…

Zach Anderson May 16, 2025 10:23 THORChain plans a minor Mainnet upgrade to version 3.6.0, focusing on Rujira contract checksum updates, scheduled for May 22, 2025. THORChain has announced a Mainnet upgrade to version 3.6.0, which is scheduled to occur at block 21,210,000. The upgrade is anticipated to take place on May 22, 2025, at approximately 17:00 UTC. This minor update primarily focuses on updating contract checksums for Rujira, according to THORChain on Medium. The upgrade does not include any critical fixes or consensus-breaking changes. The release is part of routine maintenance aimed…

Bitcoin is back above $103,000 and the largest crypto is eyeing a re-test of all-time highs above $109,588. At a time when nearly all tokens in the top 100 cryptocurrencies ranked by market cap are in the green, the market is abuzz with the debate of whether to stay or sell and go away in May? Millionaire exits are not uncommon in crypto and the meme coin bull run in 2024 was marked by Solana-based (SOL) meme token exits by traders. As Bitcoin (BTC) eyes a return to its all-time high, riding on the bullish sentiment from recent catalysts, macroeconomic…

Introduction to the Shift The financial sector has long been dominated by traditional banks and institutions, but the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is reshaping how money moves, how transactions are processed, and how trust is established in financial systems. Blockchain’s decentralized, transparent, and secure nature challenges conventional practices, offering alternatives that are gaining mainstream acceptance. The Banking System’s Shortcomings Traditional banking relies on central intermediaries to verify and facilitate transactions. This model creates bottlenecks, high fees, and delays, particularly in cross-border payments. The lack of transparency and vulnerability to fraud have also led to systemic risks, as…

It’s fair to say the NFT space has lost a lot of its sparkle over the past few years, but that hasn’t stopped some founders, investors and projects from trucking along in hopes of another surge. Devin Finzer, the CEO behind OpenSea, one of the first NFT marketplaces to gain serious traction and market share, is still betting big on the sector. On January 1, 2022, NFT global sales volume peaked at $23.73 billion. Two years later, by the first day of 2024, they had fallen 94% to a mere $1.4 billion. That kind of decline in sales volume obviously…

Key NotesHong Kong-based Top Win International is rebranding to AsiaStrategy and entering the crypto space.The company has partnered with Sora Ventures to implement a Bitcoin-focused treasury strategy across Asia.AsiaStrategy mirrors the trend of firms like MicroStrategy and Metaplanet in adopting cryptocurrencies. In a bold move that echoes recent corporate pivots like MicroStrategy’s transformation into “Strategy,” Hong Kong-based Top Win International Limited has announced its rebranding to AsiaStrategy, adopting digital assets. Once a traditional watchmaker, the Nasdaq-listed company is shedding its legacy-only business model to become a hybrid Web3 player, focusing on digital asset investments and treasury management across Asia. A…

In brief The South Korean woman transferred $488,000, approximately 683 million won, in crypto and took $1,430, or 2 million won, in cash while her boyfriend slept. Despite her claims of partial repayment, the Jeju court sentenced her to two years due to prior fraud convictions. The case follows a string of crypto-related crimes in Jeju and abroad, including murder and multimillion-dollar thefts. A South Korean woman in her 40s has been sentenced to two years in prison for transferring $500,000 worth of crypto and cash from her boyfriend’s accounts while he was asleep.The woman in her 40s, identified only…