Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Global Head of News and is responsible for all of the editorial content and strategies. He spent almost a decade at Bloomberg covering equities, commodities and tech. Prior to that, he spent several years on the sellside, financing small-cap companies. Aoyon graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineering. He holds ETH, BTC, and SOL that are above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000. He also holds LINK, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Markets

Bitcoin options signal extreme fear as downside protection premium hits new all-time high, says VanEck

Despite stabilizing spot prices, investors remain defensive, with leveraged speculation cooling and realized volatility dropping from 80 to 50, suggesting a cautious market sentiment.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Finance

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

It could cost you up to $6 million to grab lunch with Donald Trump

Qualifying for Trump’s crypto gala can cost as little as $70,000 or as much as several million, with rankings driven by timing and strategy rather than sheer holdings.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nasdaq winning SEC approval to move stocks onchain shows how Wall Street is taking charge of crypto tech

Nasdaq's structure the SEC approved opens door to bring blockchain benefits to equities, while preserving the same-old intermediaries and market structure, industry insiders say.

The Nasdaq Marketsite in New York City (Getty Images)

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Tech

DeFi risk management giant Gauntlet sees $380 million exit as OKX crypto campaign ends

Gauntlet noted that deposits are now back to same levels before the campaign, and has navigated large capital swings before due to incentive campaign endings, airdrops, and shifts in market conditions which regularly produce short-period swings in either direction.

Gauntlet's Tarun Chitra speaks on a CoinDesk virtual panel (CoinDesk)

Finance

Wall Street heavyweight Cantor among investment banks pitching FalconX for its potential IPO

Crypto trading firm FalconX's CEO has previously said it is considering a public listing.

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Markets

Quadruple witching arrives tomorrow as markets brace for potential bitcoin volatility

Bitcoin tended to show muted performance on quadruple witching days in 2025, followed by weakness in the days to weeks after.

Fireworks explode in the night sky. (photogrammer7/Pixabay)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt exchange FTX set to repay creditors $2.2 billion this month

The trust handling the bankruptcy proceedings detailed how much will be distributed to creditors and claimants at the end of March.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Policy

Kalshi co-founder fights back against Arizona’s ‘overstep’ in what a lawyer calls a federal-state turf war

Arizona has filed 20 criminal counts against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and offering election wagering in the state.

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Markets

The era of cheap money is over as the Iran war creates a permanent 'inflation floor'

The Iran war is creating a permanent inflation floor that could end the era of cheap money and expose the fragility of global energy markets.

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