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Riza Dagoc
Riza Dagoc reports on regulation, investing and the digital-asset business for TokenPost. Send corrections or tips to info@tokenpost.com.
Stories by Riza Dagoc
- Bitcoin Outperforms Gold by 23% Amid US-Iran Geopolitical Tensions
Bitcoin has emerged as a surprising winner during the ongoing US-Iran conflict, dramatically outperforming traditional safe-haven assets like gold since late February. When US-Israeli strikes targeted Iranian infrastr…
· Investing
- Cardano Price Analysis: Can ADA Hold the $0.25 Support Level?
Cardano is trading at a critical juncture, with the $0.25 price level serving as its most important support zone in the current market cycle. After months of steady decline, this level represents the last meaningful l…
· Investing
- XRP Trendline Break Signals Deeper Bearish Risk
The recent breakdown of XRP's ascending trendline marks a significant shift in short-term market structure. When buyers stop defending higher price levels, it typically signals exhaustion — and that's exactly what thi…
· Investing
- Senate's Revised Crypto Market Structure Bill Raises Stablecoin Yield Concerns
Industry insiders recently got their first look at the updated Senate market structure bill, and initial reactions suggest the new stablecoin yield language may be too narrow and ambiguous. According to a source famil…
· Regulation
- Bitcoin Rebounds Past $70K as U.S.-Iran Diplomatic Talks Ease Market Tension
Bitcoin (BTC) climbed above $70,000 on Monday, holding steady near $70,874 after a strong early surge driven by easing geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran. The rally came after President Donald Tr…
· Investing
- Solana Foundation Pitches Enterprise Privacy as a Customizable Blockchain Feature
The Solana Foundation is making a bold move to attract large institutions by reframing privacy not as a limitation, but as a flexible, enterprise-grade feature. In a newly released report titled "Privacy on Solana: A …
· Technology
- Polymarket and Kalshi Founders Launch 5c(c) Capital to Back the Next Wave of Prediction Market Startups
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan and Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour are joining forces to launch a new venture capital firm targeting the rapidly growing prediction markets ecosystem. According to Bloomberg, the fund is …
· Business
- BlackRock's Larry Fink Backs Tokenization to Fix Broken Financial System
BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink used his annual shareholder letter to make a bold case for digital assets and tokenization as tools to modernize the global financial system — while sounding the alarm on growing …
· Business
- ZachXBT Exposes Fake Crypto Account Spreading Fabricated Iran Strike List
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has flagged a suspicious X (formerly Twitter) account called "Rashid bin Saeed" as a fake persona allegedly engineered to farm engagement and manipulate unsuspecting users into crypto p…
· Insights & Views
- XRP Price Slides Below $1.40 as Selling Pressure Mounts
XRP has dropped below the critical $1.40 support level following a sharp wave of selling, and the token continues to struggle as buyers fail to mount any meaningful recovery. The weak bounce signals that selling press…
· Investing
- Markets Bleed While Bitcoin Holds Ground Amid Iran Crisis
Global markets are under severe pressure as geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran escalate, threatening one of the world's most critical oil shipping routes — the Strait of Hormuz. Risk assets are s…
· Investing
- SBF's Parents Argue FTX Customers Were Made Whole — But Critics Disagree
Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, Stanford law professors Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, made their first televised appearance on CNN to challenge the foundation of their son's fraud conviction. Their central argument: …
· Insights & Views
- Korean Won Weakness Triggers 55% Stablecoin Crash as Investors Pivot to KOSPI
South Korea's crypto market is losing ground to its stock market at a pace rarely seen before. Stablecoin holdings across the nation's five largest cryptocurrency exchanges — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and GOPAX…
· Business
- Trump's Iran Ultimatum Shakes Global Markets and Crypto as Hormuz Deadline Approaches
President Trump issued a stark 48-hour ultimatum to Iran over the weekend, demanding the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz or face military strikes on the country's power infrastructure. The threat, posted on Tru…
· Investing
- NYSE Arca and NYSE American Drop Crypto ETF Options Position Limits, Completing U.S. Exchange Transition
All major U.S. options exchanges have now eliminated the 25,000-contract position and exercise limits on options linked to spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, following rule changes by NYSE Arca and NYSE American. The SEC fa…
· Investing
- XRP Slides Further as Stablecoin Thesis Gains Traction
XRP dropped 3.74% to $1.39 on March 22, sitting 62% below its July 2025 record high of $3.65. The selloff reflects broader market weakness tied to U.S.-Iran geopolitical tensions, rising oil prices, and shrinking expe…
· Investing
- Bithumb CEO Faces Reappointment Vote Amid $44B Glitch and Record Fine
South Korea's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, is set to hold a shareholder meeting on March 31 to vote on reappointing CEO Lee Jae-won for another two-year term. The decision comes despite a series of…
· Business
- Crypto Eyes the Spotlight as Gold Suffers Its Worst Crash in 40 Years
Gold just recorded its worst weekly performance in over 40 years — and it happened during an active geopolitical conflict. That contradiction alone tells you everything about what's driving markets right now.
· Investing
- Can XRP Drop Below $1? Here's What the Charts Are Saying
XRP's current market structure raises a critical question among crypto investors: could the token actually fall below the psychologically significant $1 mark? While it remains a possibility rather than a certainty, th…
· Insights & Views
- Bitcoin Bearish Trend: Is a Recovery in Sight?
Bitcoin's market structure continues to raise red flags as recent price action suggests the current downtrend remains far from over. The asset faces persistent selling pressure following the breakdown of key support l…
· Investing
- Prediction Markets and Manipulation Risk: Why Platform Design Matters
Prediction markets like Polymarket have gained serious traction during election cycles and major world events, with their prices increasingly treated as real-time indicators of truth. The appeal is straightforward — w…
· Insights & Views
- SEC and CFTC Define Crypto Securities: What It Means for the Industry
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have jointly released landmark interpretive guidance clarifying which digital assets qualify as securities — a question that has lon…
· Regulation
- Ethereum at a Crossroads: Scaling, Quantum Risk, and the AI Frontier
The first months of 2026 have pushed Ethereum into a period of deep reflection — not just about price or upgrades, but about the network's fundamental identity and long-term direction.
· Technology
- Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 8% as Miners Shift to AI
Bitcoin's mining difficulty fell nearly 8% at block height 941,472 on March 20, settling at 133.79 trillion according to CloverPool data. This marks the second-largest downward adjustment of 2026 and pushed the total …
· Investing
- U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Take Shape as Conflict Enters Fourth Week
The United States and Iran may be moving toward a diplomatic resolution as the Iran war approaches its fourth week. According to an Axios report, the Trump administration has begun preliminary discussions on what a po…
· Insights & Views
- Bitcoin Options Market Signals Fear — But History Says Buy
Bitcoin traders are shelling out record amounts for downside protection, even as spot prices begin to find their footing — a trend that VanEck's mid-March 2026 Bitcoin ChainCheck report says may actually signal a mark…
· Investing
- Crypto Industry Faces Wave of Layoffs Amid Market Downturn and AI Shift
The cryptocurrency sector is experiencing a significant wave of job cuts as companies navigate a turbulent economic climate, falling token prices, and a broader push toward artificial intelligence integration. The Alg…
· Insights & Views
- Tokenization Was Just the Beginning: How Institutional DeFi Is Evolving
For years, blockchain tokenization was pitched as crypto's gateway to Wall Street — put Treasuries onchain, digitize money market funds, represent equities as tokens. The logic seemed straightforward: move assets onch…
· Insights & Views
- Grayscale Files SEC Application for HYPE Token ETF Amid Hyperliquid's Explosive Growth
Grayscale Investments has submitted an S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an exchange-traded fund centered on the HYPE token, the native cryptocurrency of the fast-grow…
· Business
- Solana's Lily Liu Says Blockchain Gaming Is Dead — And Her Own Team Made It a Meme
Solana Foundation President Lily Liu sparked widespread discussion on March 20 after declaring that blockchain gaming is effectively over, just hours after Meta officially pulled the plug on its Metaverse project foll…
· Insights & Views
- Ethereum Price Recovery Weakens as Bears Eye $2,000 Support
Ethereum's short-term recovery appears to be losing steam as the cryptocurrency approaches a critical support zone. After bouncing from lows near the $2,000 level, ETH managed a modest rebound — but the rally's underl…
· Investing
- XRP Price Consolidates at Key Technical Confluence — Breakout or Breakdown Ahead?
XRP is currently trading within a critical technical zone where multiple support factors are converging, suggesting the market is building pressure for a significant directional move. The 26 EMA, reflecting short-term…
· Investing
- Think Big PAC Targets NY Congressional Candidate Alex Bores Over Sam Bankman-Fried Ties
A crypto-backed political action committee is using Sam Bankman-Fried's infamous legacy to attack New York Democratic congressional hopeful Alex Bores ahead of a competitive 2026 primary. Think Big PAC, which counts m…
· Regulation
- Senate Crypto Bill Advances as Senators Reach Stablecoin Yield Compromise
Republican Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks have reached a compromise on one of the most contested provisions in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — a wide-ranging cryptocurrency market …
· Regulation
- Kalshi Faces Nevada Restraining Order Amid Growing Prediction Market Legal Battle
The First Judicial District Court of Nevada issued a 14-day restraining order against prediction market platform Kalshi on Friday, prohibiting the company from accepting sports, entertainment, and election bets from N…
· Regulation
- SEC Approves Nasdaq's Tokenized Securities Framework: What It Means for Stock Trading
The SEC has officially greenlit Nasdaq's tokenized securities framework, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of U.S. equity markets. This approval allows Nasdaq to pilot a system where select stocks and E…
· Business
- AI Agents Can Now Make Autonomous Payments on the XRP Ledger Using XRP and RLUSD
Autonomous AI agents have gained the ability to conduct native payments on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), accepting both XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD) as payment methods. This capability is powered by t54's x402 facilitator, a p…
· Insights & Views
- Chainlink Powers Amundi and Spiko's SAFO Fund as LINK Price Struggles Below $10
Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager overseeing approximately €2.4 trillion in assets, has teamed up with tokenization platform Spiko to launch the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO), a $100 million tokenized i…
· Business
- Gemini Exchange Slashes 30% of Workforce Amid Mounting Losses and Market Pressures
Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has cut approximately 30% of its workforce since January, reducing its total headcount to around 445 employees as of March 1. The reductions…
· Investing
- Bitcoin and Ethereum Brace for Volatility Amid Options Expiry and Triple Witching
Crypto traders are on high alert as billions in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire alongside Wall Street's quarterly "Triple Witching" event, creating a perfect storm for market volatility.
· Insights & Views