PANews reported on January 14 that Sony's Layer2 project Soneium blacklisted some Meme coins suspected of intellectual property infringement on the mainnet launch day, sparking community opposition. As a result, some tokens were restricted and could not be traded or supported on the official block browser. This move caused strong dissatisfaction among some users, who expressed their disappointment in multiple posts on the X platform about the sudden inability to trade or access these Meme coins on the Soneium network. The blacklist action specifically targets tokens that imitate or use brands that Sony or Soneium considers to be protected. As a result, it is reported that transactions for these Meme coins have been suspended and cannot be transferred. When users try to access these tokens, they will receive a "No Access" warning on the block browser.

The situation escalated further with criticism from Alon, the pseudonymous founder of pump.fun, who accused the platform of “aggressively blacklisting meme coins they don’t like, instantly wiping out everyone’s positions.” Kawz, the founder of Time.fun, also claimed that the blacklisting affected user funds, accusing the platform of freezing contracts. “Soneium caused users to lose over $100,000 in Ethereum on the first day of listing, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Kawz said, adding that two tokens have now been frozen. Others questioned the degree of control blockchain developers should exercise and the balance between protecting intellectual property and maintaining a permissionless network.