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Kabosu, the dog behind the "doge" meme, has died after 14 years of internet fame, her owner has said. The Japanese shiba inu inspired a generation of online jokes and became the face of Dogecoin cryptocurrency. She had been suffering from leukaemia and liver disease and died on 24 May. "She quietly passed away as if asleep while I caressed her," Atsuko Sato wrote on her blog, thanking Kabosu's fans. "I think Kabo-chan was the happiest dog in the world. And I was the happiest owner." As a rescue dog, Kabosu's real birthday was unknown, but Ms Sato estimated her...

The past few months have been nothing short of remarkable for the self-proclaimed “Dogecoin killer” token. Shiba Inu’s community and ecosystem have continued to grow. So what Is next for Shiba Inu? The answer is the Shibarium blockchain. The meme coin’s ecosystem has undergone exponential growth ever since its launch. The most recent new thing in the token’s ecosystem has been the launch of the Shiboshi NFTs. Shiba Inu released the NFTs on October 14, and they sold out just 35 minutes after their release, which the project Lead Shytoshi Kusama tweeted about. Shiba Inu’s objective with developing and releasing...

While institutional investors have largely ignored SHIB, the meme-token is rising thanks to its grassroots community. The world knows a thing or two about SHIBArmy, the community behind the self-proclaimed dogecoin killer shiba inu (SHIB). But does it know how powerful SHIBArmy can be? SHIB, the token that’s clearly not taken seriously by most institutional investors, is still far from dead after another dumping event last week. Blockchain data reveals a tale of how small, individual investors can go against big institutions when they are united. Since Monday, the SHIB community has been celebrating the survival of last Thursday’s bloody...

A dog had a miraculous escape after leaping off a roof and falling 50 feet on to a ledge at an apartment block. Kai, a two-year-old Shiba Inu, bounded over the side of the roof garden after his owner Tracy Aron took him up for his morning exercise. The pup had been jumping over the connected rooftops when he took a wrong turn and fell four floors on to a ledge below at the townhouse on the Upper West Side of New York. The protective fencing that usually surrounds the edge of the building had been removed due to renovation...

Abby Toll, who bound and taped an 11-pound puppy to the side of a fridge in her boyfriend's Boulder apartment last year, nearly came face to face with her victim Friday during a hearing in which a judge punished the former University of Colorado student with a 30-day jail sentence and three years of probation. A prosecutor in the case asked Boulder County District Judge Maria Berkenkotter if the curious and energetic shiba inu Toll targeted with hair ties and packing tape could make an appearance in court while his tormentor was sentenced. The judge denied the request, saying only...