LINE says it’s not in bed with Sony’s Soneium after all

LY Corporation denied that its Web3 venture, Line Next, had entered into a business partnership with Soneium, a Sony-backed Ethereum layer-2 network. The statement, issued on March 28, followed media reports and social media coverage that suggested a partnership had been finalized between LY and Soneium. “These reports were based on an announcement made by … Read more

TokenFi Removes TOKEN Buy/Sell Tax After Unanimous DAO Vote

Miami, Florida, March 27th, 2025/Chainwire/–TokenFoi has officially eliminated the 0.3% buy/sell tax on its native token, TOKEN, following a unanimous vote from the Floki DAO. “The Floki DAO proposal to remove the 0.3% buy/sell tax on $TOKEN received 100% support from the community,” the project team announced. “In line with the decision of the Floki … Read more

Iconic ‘Mt. Gox, Where is Our Money?’ Sign Is Up for Auction

One cold February morning in 2014, Kolin Burges stood outside Mt. Gox’s Tokyo office, clutching a handwritten cardboard sign and demanding answers from the bitcoin exchange’s CEO, Mark Karpeles, about his missing tokens. Eleven years later, the iconic sign, emblematic of crypto’s first major financial scandal, is being auctioned on Scare.City with a reserve price … Read more

StorX Introduces Seamless And Secure Web3-Based Authentication

Seychelles, March 26th, 2025 – StorX Network, a leading DePIN (decentralized cloud storage) network, is revolutionizing authentication with Web3-based authentication, replacing outdated login methods with a more secure, decentralized, and user-friendly system. This major upgrade, including Web3 logins and passphrase removal, will go live on April 1st, 2025, at 12 PM UTC. Web3 represents the next evolution of the internet—where … Read more

TechWomen is Back Online!

On March 27th, 2025, the Executive Director of the TechWomen program wrote to thousands of women around the world with wonderful news: after 13 days of her entire staff being furloughed, they would be coming back to the office. I am very pleased to inform you that IIE will bring back to work the TechWomen … Read more

'Bitcoin Macro Index' bear signal puts $110K BTC price return in doubt

Bitcoin (BTC) risks falling into a fresh bear market as a large collection of BTC price metrics has produced a “bearish divergence.” In a social media discussion on March 27, Bitcoin commentators flagged troubling signals from the Capriole Investments’ Bitcoin Macro Index. Bitcoin Macro Index slump “not great,” says creator As BTC/USD struggles to return … Read more

UK Regulator Intends to Start Authorizing Crypto Firms in 2026

The U.K.’s crypto industry has just over 12 months to prepare for an even stricter regulatory regime, a senior official with the country’s finance regulator said. Matthew Long, director of payments and digital assets at the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), told CoinDesk in an interview that the “impending gateway regime” that is earmarked for … Read more

Dogecoin, XRP Sink 7% as Trump Tariffs Threats Dent Markets; Bitcoin Options Expiry Looms

Dogecoin (DOGE), ether (ETH) and xrp (XRP) sank more than 5% in early Asian hours as traders took profits on a relief rally earlier in the week, with eyes on the U.S. personal consumption expenditure (PCE) figures scheduled for release later Friday. Crypto majors tracked by the broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20) showed a 4.5% slide … Read more

Coffeezilla shouldn’t duck Logan Paul suit over CryptoZoo claims: Judge

Influencer Logan Paul should be allowed to continue a lawsuit accusing the YouTuber known as “Coffeezilla” of making defamatory remarks about Paul’s failed CryptoZoo project, a Texas magistrate judge said. In a March 26 report filed in a San Antonio federal court, Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad recommended that federal Judge Orlando Garcia, overseeing the case, … Read more

Market is underestimating how quickly Bitcoin will hit new ATH: Analyst

Bitcoin will break past its $109,000 all-time high sooner than expected despite recent volatile US macroeconomic conditions, according to a crypto analyst.  “The market may be underestimating how quickly Bitcoin could surge – potentially hitting new all-time highs before Q2 is out,” Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts told Cointelegraph.  He said this forecast … Read more