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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
- Morgan Stanley Files for Spot Bitcoin ETF Under Ticker MSBT
Morgan Stanley is making a bold move into the cryptocurrency space, filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund that would trade under the ticker symbol MSBT. …
· Investing
- Bitcoin Rallies as Global Powers Move to Stabilize Oil Markets
Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market posted a notable rebound on Friday, driven by coordinated international efforts to secure oil supply routes through the disrupted Strait of Hormuz. BTC climbed to $70,800,…
· Investing
- World Gold Council Proposes Shared Infrastructure to Standardize Tokenized Gold Market
The World Gold Council (WGC), the organization behind the launch of the first US gold-backed ETF in 2004, has unveiled a new framework aimed at transforming the tokenized gold market. Developed in collaboration with B…
· Investing
- Meta Reverses Horizon Worlds VR Shutdown Amid Broader Metaverse Retreat
Meta has reversed its decision to pull Horizon Worlds from Quest VR headsets, walking back the announcement just 24 hours after it was made. Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth confirmed the change via Instagram,…
· Business
- Bitcoin Drops Below $70K: What It Means for Crypto Stocks
Bitcoin fell sharply below the $70,000 mark on Thursday, dragging crypto-related stocks lower after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady between 3.50% and 3.75%. The decision rattled both cryptocurrency and …
· Investing
- Cardano Price Holds Above $0.26 Amid Regulatory Shifts and Market Pressure
Cardano (ADA) continues trading near $0.267, slipping 1.86% over the past 24 hours as broader market sentiment remains cautious. The token is holding within a key support band between $0.26 and $0.27, though downward …
· Investing
- Dogecoin Price Outlook: Is $0.08 the Next Key Support Level?
Dogecoin continues to trade under significant bearish pressure, with its price structure offering little hope for a near-term reversal. The cryptocurrency remains locked in a sustained downtrend, consistently printing…
· Investing
- XRP Struggles Below $2 as Selling Pressure Dominates Price Action
XRP has been unable to sustain any meaningful recovery as persistent selling pressure continues to dominate price action. A recent rally attempt pushed the asset toward key resistance zones, but the move was quickly r…
· Investing
- Senate Crypto Market Structure Bill Edges Closer as Final Gaps Narrow
Republican senators convened Thursday to resolve the last remaining obstacles standing between the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act and a full Senate vote. The White House was expected to receive updated legislative l…
· Regulation
- Gauntlet DeFi TVL Drops 22% as OKX Pre-Deposit Campaign Ends on Katana Blockchain
Gauntlet, a leading decentralized finance risk management platform, has recorded a sharp 22.84% decline in total value locked (TVL) over seven days, bringing its holdings down to $1.325 billion. The drop erased nearly…
· Technology
- SEC Crypto Regulatory Framework: What It Means for Digital Asset Markets
For over a decade, American investors and crypto innovators struggled under persistent regulatory uncertainty. Without clear guidelines, markets suffered — and so did the millions of Americans participating in digital…
· Insights & Views
- Kalshi Faces Nevada Restraining Order as Federal Appeals Court Denies Administrative Stay
Prediction market platform Kalshi is bracing for a temporary restraining order in Nevada after a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel declined to grant an administrative stay on Thursday, sending the case back to stat…
· Regulation
- Coinbase Brings Bitcoin Yield Fund Onchain With Tokenized Share Class
Coinbase Asset Management (CBAM) is taking a significant step in institutional crypto finance by launching a tokenized share class of its Bitcoin Yield Fund on the Base network — Coinbase's Ethereum-based blockchain. …
· Business
- Cantor Eyes FalconX IPO Mandate Amid Crypto Market Headwinds
Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald is among the investment banks vying to lead cryptocurrency prime broker FalconX through a potential initial public offering, according to sources familiar with the matter. While prel…
· Business
- Coinbase Commerce Seed Phrase Page Raises Security Red Flags
Security researchers are raising serious concerns about an active Coinbase Commerce page that prompts users to enter their 12-word seed phrase in plain text. The alarming discovery has sparked widespread debate within…
· Business
- Ethereum Golden Cross Signal: Is a Bullish Reversal on the Horizon?
Ethereum (ETH) traders are closely watching a potential golden cross between the 26-day and 50-day exponential moving averages (EMAs) — a technical development that could signal a meaningful shift in market momentum. …
· Investing
- XRP Price Struggles to Hold $1.50 as Bearish Pressure Persists
XRP has been caught in a prolonged downtrend, characterized by a series of lower highs and fading bullish momentum. Sellers have maintained firm control over the market, with key moving averages consistently capping a…
· Investing
- SEC Greenlights Nasdaq's Blockchain Stock Trading Plan
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has officially approved Nasdaq's groundbreaking proposal to allow certain securities to trade in tokenized form, marking a pivotal step toward merging blockchain technology …
· Regulation
- Crypto PAC Fairshake Suffers Rare Loss in Illinois Senate Primary
The cryptocurrency industry's most powerful political action committee, Fairshake, has built a reputation for winning elections — but Illinois just handed it a costly defeat. Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton claim…
· People
- Bitcoin Drops Below $71K as Fed Warns of Oil-Driven Inflation Risks
Bitcoin slipped under $71,000 on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that surging oil prices tied to the ongoing war in Iran could keep inflation elevated longer than expected. The Federal Ope…
· Investing
- Polymarket Acquires Brahma to Scale Blockchain Infrastructure and Prediction Market Growth
Polymarket, the leading prediction markets platform, has acquired Brahma, a blockchain financial infrastructure company known for building real-time execution and settlement systems for high-volume digital asset trans…
· Business
- FTX Recovery Trust to Distribute $2.2 Billion to Creditors on March 31
The FTX Recovery Trust announced Wednesday that it will distribute approximately $2.2 billion to creditors on March 31, marking the fourth round of payouts under the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan…
· Business
- Kalshi Faces Arizona Criminal Charges Over Prediction Market Operations
Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour is pushing back hard against Arizona's criminal case targeting the federally regulated prediction market platform, calling the state's move a clear overreach. Speaking to Bloomberg, Man…
· Regulation
- Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Rising Inflation and Middle East Uncertainty
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50%–3.75% on Wednesday, a decision that markets had widely anticipated. Despite the expected hold, financial markets remained under pressure as …
· Investing
- Bitrefill Blames North Korea's Lazarus Group for March 2026 Crypto Cyberattack
Cryptocurrency and gift card platform Bitrefill has attributed a sophisticated cyberattack on March 1, 2026, to the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group, also known as Bluenoroff. The breach compromised parts of the compa…
· Insights & Views
- XRP Price Hovers Above Key $1.40 Options Strike as March Expiry Looms
XRP is trading around $1.50, putting it just above a heavily watched options strike at $1.40 on Deribit, one of crypto's largest derivatives exchanges. This level has drawn significant attention from traders, and its …
· Investing
- Aster Chain Goes Live: Purpose-Built Layer-1 Blockchain for Decentralized Derivatives Trading
Aster, a decentralized perpetual exchange, has officially launched the mainnet of Aster Chain, a high-performance layer-1 blockchain engineered specifically for derivatives trading. The rollout follows a phased approa…
· Insights & Views
- Pi Network (PI) Drops 40% After Kraken Listing — What Went Wrong?
The Pi Network community had high hopes when Kraken announced the official listing of PI on March 13, 2026. Analysts and investors anticipated fresh capital inflows, stronger liquidity, and a significant price rally d…
· Investing
- Bhutan Sells $27M in Bitcoin Amid Growing Treasury Activity
The Royal Government of Bhutan executed its largest single-day Bitcoin movement in recent weeks on March 17, transferring nearly $27 million worth of BTC across multiple on-chain transactions, according to data from A…
· Investing
- Fed Holds Rates Steady: Dot Plot and Powell's Press Conference in Focus
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged for a second straight meeting at tomorrow's FOMC gathering, with markets already having priced in the decision. Attention is now shifting toward …
· Investing
- CLARITY Act Faces Easter Deadline as Senate Pressure Mounts
Senator Kevin Cramer is pushing Congress to advance the CLARITY Act markup before Easter, warning that delays could derail U.S. digital asset legislation entirely. Speaking on Fox Business, Cramer stressed that lawmak…
· Regulation
- Ethereum Eyes Recovery: Can ETH Break $2,500 and Reclaim Bullish Momentum?
Ethereum is flashing early recovery signals after weeks of sustained selling pressure, though broader market risks remain firmly in play. Following a steep decline that pushed ETH dangerously close to the $2,000 level…
· Investing
- Senate Crypto Bill Gains Momentum as Key Stablecoin Negotiations Advance
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott signaled meaningful progress on the long-stalled cryptocurrency market structure bill Tuesday, telling attendees at the Digital Chamber's DC Blockchain Summit that a revised…
· Regulation
- Bitcoin Pauses Near $74K as Markets Brace for Fed Decision
Bitcoin's rally took a breather on Tuesday as investors positioned themselves ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated interest rate decision on Wednesday. After briefly surging past $76,000 overnight, BTC re…
· Investing
- SEC and CFTC Issue Landmark Crypto Asset Classification Framework
For the first time in the history of digital finance, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has released comprehensive guidance on how it will classify and regulate different types of cryptocurrency assets. Issu…
· Regulation
- Mastercard's $1.8B BVNK Acquisition Signals Stablecoins Are the Future of Global Payments
Mastercard is making a bold move into the stablecoin space with its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a London-based blockchain payments firm operating across more than 130 countries. The deal marks a significant turn…
· Business
- Arizona AG Charges Kalshi With Illegal Gambling, Escalating State-Federal Clash Over Prediction Markets
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against prediction markets platform Kalshi on Tuesday, accusing the company of running an unlicensed gambling operation and accepting illegal election wagers …
· Regulation
- Claude-Powered Trading Bots Are Reshaping Crypto Prediction Markets
Crypto traders are increasingly turning to Anthropic's Claude AI models to build sophisticated automated trading bots on prediction markets like Polymarket. During high-volatility political and macroeconomic events, s…
· Technology
- SEC Considers Shift to Semi-Annual Earnings Reporting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing a landmark change to corporate disclosure rules that would allow public companies to report earnings twice a year instead of every quarter. The proposal, expecte…
· Insights & Views
- TRUMP Coin Whale Activity Surges to Five-Month High Ahead of Exclusive Gala
TRUMP Coin is experiencing a significant uptick in whale activity, reaching its highest level in over five months as the memecoin rallies ahead of an exclusive gala dinner for top token holders. Data from Santiment re…
· Investing