March 2025

Centralized exchanges’ Kodak moment — time to adopt a new model or stay behind 2025-03-22 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Ido Ben Natan Opinion by: Ido Ben Natan, co-founder and CEO of Blockaid Centralized exchanges (CEXs) have controlled what people can trade for years. If a token wasn’t listed on major exchanges, it didn’t exist […]

Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth 2025-03-22 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Brendon Sedo Opinion by: Brendon Sedo, Core DAO initial contributor Bitcoin is outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. The primary driver of this shift is the rise of Bitcoin DeFi (BTCfi), which looks beyond the mere store-of-value use cases.  In 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) became

Trader nets $480k with 1,500x return before BNB memecoin crashes 50% 2025-03-22 at 16:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai An unknown trader made nearly half a million worth of profit on a recently launched memecoin just before the token lost half of its value, sparking insider trading allegations after the recent wave of memecoin meltdowns.

Will new US SEC rules bring crypto companies onshore? 2025-03-22 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Brogan and Jon Van Loo Once, long ago, cryptocurrency companies operated comfortably in the US. In that quaint, bygone era, they would often conduct funding events called “initial coin offerings,” and then use those raised funds to try to

Crypto debanking is not over until Jan 2026: Caitlin Long 2025-03-22 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The cryptocurrency industry may still be facing debanking-related issues in the United States, despite the recent wave of positive legislation, according to crypto regulatory experts and industry leaders. The collapse of crypto-friendly banks in early 2023 sparked

Museum digs up Digital Equipment Corporation’s dusty digital equipment 2025-03-22 at 11:34 By Richard Speed Remembering the fallen giant’s first UK office Reading Museum is hosting an exhibition marking more than 60 years since Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) opened its first UK office.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

U.S. Treasury Lifts Tornado Cash Sanctions Amid North Korea Money Laundering Probe 2025-03-22 at 10:16 By The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it’s removing sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer service that has been accused of aiding the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. “Based on the Administration’s review of

Tether seeks Big Four firm for its first full financial audit: Report 2025-03-22 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Stablecoin issuer Tether is reportedly engaging with a Big Four accounting firm to audit its assets reserve and verify that its USDT (USDT) stablecoin is backed at a 1:1 ratio. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino reportedly

Crypto VC giant targets $1B for new funds, expects oversubscription — Report 2025-03-22 at 05:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Venture capital firm Haun Ventures is reportedly looking to raise $1 billion for two new crypto-related investment funds within the next three months. If successful, $500 million will be allocated to early-stage crypto investments, while

Encrypted, Secured and Battle-Tested: Lessons From a Decade in Encryption Trenches 2025-03-22 at 01:12 By Paul Welsh Part 1 of 2: The data in motion edition This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Trump orders all government IT contracts consolidated under GSA 2025-03-22 at 01:12 By Brandon Vigliarolo White House touts massive savings, agencies brace for shake-up President Trump’s latest executive order takes aim at federal IT procurement, moving to centralize how Uncle Sam buys tech across agencies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

AWS sued by product manager who says she was laid off for being an older woman 2025-03-22 at 00:27 By Thomas Claburn ‘Flawless’ team boss claims she was axed after raising alarm over shrinking female leadership ranks A former senior product manager at Amazon Web Services has sued the cloud colossus in the US, claiming

Crypto super PAC network to back GOP House candidates in Florida 2025-03-21 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino A Super PAC network funded by the crypto industry is poised to back two Republican candidates for the United States House of Representatives in Florida’s April 1 special elections, according to a March 21 report by

Crypto Biz: As crypto booms, recession looms 2025-03-21 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi America’s pro-crypto policy shift has become a bipartisan commitment as Democrats and Republicans look to secure the US dollar’s influence as a global reserve currency. According to US Representative and California Democrat Ro Khanna, at least 70 of his fellow

Nigeria still open to crypto business despite rocky past: Report 2025-03-21 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The government of Nigeria is still open to crypto businesses operating in the country despite the ongoing lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance and the high-profile detention of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan. Nigerian Information Minister Mohammed Idris told

Coinbase in talks to buy derivatives exchange Deribit: Report 2025-03-21 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, according to a March 21 report by Bloomberg. Acquiring Deribit — the world’s largest venue for trading Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) options — would bolster

Ethereum open interest hits new all-time high — Will ETH price follow? 2025-03-21 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Ether (ETH) price dropped 6% between March 19 and March 21 after failing to break the $2,050 resistance level. More notably, ETH has fallen 28% since Feb. 21, underperforming the broader crypto market, which declined

SEC’s XRP reversal marks crypto industry victory ahead of SOL futures ETF launch: Finance Redefined 2025-03-21 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Crypto investors rejoiced this week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed one of the crypto industry’s most controversial lawsuits — one that resulted in an over four-year legal battle with

Existing US-based ByteDance investors want to buy into Trump-backed Oracle deal to spin off TikTok: report 2025-03-21 at 20:34 By Thomas Barrabi Several current US-based investors in TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance looking to join Larry Ellison’s Oracle in a potential deal to soothe national security concerns, according to a report Friday. This article is an

Price analysis 3/21: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, LINK, LEO 2025-03-21 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery continues to face selling at higher levels, indicating that the bears have not given up. Trading resource Material Indicators said in a post on X that “Spoofy the Whale” has been