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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Finance

Canton Network Creator Snags Strategic Investment from Wall Street Giants

BNY, Nasdaq, iCapital and S&P Global invested in Digital Assets, powering blockchain infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets.

Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Digital Asset)

Finance

Kraken Partners With Deutsche Börse as Europe Looks to Rival Wall Street in Crypto

Deutsche Börse Group (DBG) and Kraken announced a strategic partnership signalling acceleration of crypto adoption across Europe and a clear intention to compete with Wall Street.

Deutsche Borse. (Wikipedia)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Polymarket Bettors Still Expect Big Strategy Buys Even as Saylor Prepares for a Weak Market

CryptoQuant’s latest report shows the company preparing for weaker conditions with smaller buys and a growing USD buffer, yet traders continue to price in a playbook built on reflexive accumulation.

Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Polymarket Launches App With CFTC Green Light in U.S. Return

Armed with CFTC approval, Polymarket has launched its mobile platform for sports and proposition markets under federal oversight.

Polymarket takes $600K in bets on NFL season Opener (Andrej Lisakov/Unsplash +)

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TON Gains 3.7% as STON.fi DAO Launch and Telegram-Backed AI Platform Brings Demand

STON.fi, TON's largest DeFi protocol, launched a fully onchain DAO, enabling users to vote on governance decisions and receive tokens representing voting power.

TON price (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Cardano’s Biggest Players Unite Behind 70M ADA Push to Spark On-Chain Growth

Funds will be allocated to developing stablecoins, credible oracle feeds, cross-chain bridges, custody integrations, and analytics tooling, among other enhancements.

(Element5/Unsplash)

Finance

Sony’s Blockchain Partner Startale Launches Dollar Stablecoin on Soneium

The Startale USD token, developed with M0, aims to power payments and rewards across the electronics giant Sony's Web3 ecosystem.

Sony (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

CNN to Use Kalshi Prediction Markets Across Its News Coverage

The deal brings market-implied probabilities into CNN’s newsroom and introduces a Kalshi-powered ticker for segments that rely on event contracts.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

AAVE Rallies 14% as Bybit, Mantle Integration Connects DeFi Lender to 70M Users

The DeFi lender's native token broke above key resistance level, eyeing $190 as the next target level.

AAVE Jumps 4.36% to $188.19 on Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Integration

Markets

Amazon Enters AI Arms Race as Crypto and Risk Asset Fears Mount

The pivot to AI comes with risks, including heavy borrowing and concerns about sustainability, with potential shortfalls if demand for AI slows.

(Shutterstock)