2025

Memecoins 2.0: The market crashed, but the billion-dollar circus rolls on 2025-03-31 at 19:14 By Cointelegraph by Igor Zemtsov Opinion by: Igor Zemtsov, chief technology officer at TBCC Following “Libragate,” memecoin prices crashed, with their market cap falling nearly 60% from 2025’s highs. But meme tokens, dead? They’ve got more lives than a cat on […]

March 2025 in charts: Trump trade war hits Bitcoin, $22M in DeFi hacks 2025-03-31 at 19:14 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood March was a rough month for markets — US President Donald Trump’s uncertain tariff policies created volatility in Bitcoin and crypto markets; meanwhile, decentralized finance (DeFi) struggled with security concerns. Retaliatory tariffs on US

AI datacenters want to go nuclear. Too bad they needed it yesterday 2025-03-31 at 18:52 By Dan Robinson Silicon Valley’s latest energy fixation won’t stop the coming power panic Analysis  Atomic energy is becoming the preferred solution to address the projected bump in megawatts needed to charge AI in the future, but it simply won’t

LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite 2025-03-31 at 17:40 By Lindsay Clark Only the strong will survive, but analyst says cull will not be as rapid as during dotcom era Gartner says the market for large language model (LLM) providers is on the cusp of an extinction phase

BNB Chain catches memecoin wave as Solana wipes out 2025-03-31 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun BNB Chain, the EVM-compatible network tied to cryptocurrency exchange Binance, is experiencing a resurgence in the decentralized finance (DeFi) and memecoin spaces just as some of its rivals face an identity crisis. For most of 2024 and into

XRP bulls in ‘denial’ as price trend mirrors previous 75-90% crashes 2025-03-31 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) has lost more than 40% since hitting a multi-year high near $3.40 in January, and onchain data suggests the downtrend could deepen in the weeks ahead. “Denial” preceding past 75-90% XRP crashes is back

NFT marketplace X2Y2 shuts down after 3 years, pivots to AI 2025-03-31 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace X2Y2 announced it is shutting down after three years of operation. According to a March 31 announcement, X2Y2 will shut down on April 30, with the team switching its focus to an

Windows 11 adds auto-recovery, kills offline setup loophole 2025-03-31 at 16:49 By Richard Speed Microsoft giveth with one hand but taketh away with the other Windows Insiders will soon get their hands on Microsoft’s attempt to ward off another CrowdStrike incident, and the company is also closing a loophole for users who don’t want a

Hackers Exploit WordPress mu-Plugins to Inject Spam and Hijack Site Images 2025-03-31 at 16:49 By Threat actors are using the “mu-plugins” directory in WordPress sites to conceal malicious code with the goal of maintaining persistent remote access and redirecting site visitors to bogus sites. mu-plugins, short for must-use plugins, refers to plugins in a special

Ethereum price down almost 50% since Eric Trump’s ‘add ETH’ endorsement 2025-03-31 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH) has lost almost half its value two months after Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump, told his 5.7 million followers that it was a “great time” to add the

Nvidia’s latest AI PC boxes sound great – if you’re a data scientist with $3,000 to spare 2025-03-31 at 16:12 By Dan Robinson But will they really upend the enterprise PC market? How about software? Networking, anyone? Analysis  Disrupt? It’s an awful hackneyed term that some analysts, consultants and technologists like to use.… This article

Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid 2025-03-31 at 15:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion  I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?… This article

Stablecoins, tokenized assets gain as Trump tariffs loom 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Cryptocurrency investors are increasingly moving capital into stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in a bid to avoid volatility ahead of US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated tariff announcement on April 2. Increasingly more capital is flowing into stablecoins

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, IngressNightmare, Solar Bugs, DNS Tactics, and More 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By Every week, someone somewhere slips up—and threat actors slip in. A misconfigured setting, an overlooked vulnerability, or a too-convenient cloud tool becomes the perfect entry point. But what happens when the hunters become the hunted? Or when old malware