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 falls out of global top 10 assets by market capitalization, below Elon Musk's Tesla

Ether also declined significantly, dropping to 56th place with a market cap just above $300 billion and losing 14.5% of its value.

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Markets

Bitcoin plunges near $77,000 as geopolitical risks deepens amid U.S-Iran tension

Bitcoin slid under $78,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.

Traders on of the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Policy

Polymarket, Kalshi contract limits demonstrated in latest U.S. government shutdown fight

The U.S. government is likely to shut down Saturday morning until the House votes on a funding package, raising the importance of specificity in prediction market bets.

Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket (CoinDesk/Jesse Hamilton)

News Analysis

A Reddit-like social network for AI agents is getting weird, and memecoin traders are cashing in

Moltbook’s viral posts and strange user behavior memecoins, including MOLT soaring more than 7,000%.

bots robots (Shutterstock)

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Policy

Bitcoin is the 'newest, coolest software': Inside Kevin Warsh’s complicated crypto history

The former Federal Reserve governor has invested in crypto firms, criticized bitcoin’s role as money and argued for a U.S. digital dollar.

Kevin Warsh. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Circle’s biggest bear just threw in the towel, but warns the stock is still a crypto roller coaster

Circle’s rising correlation with ether and DeFi exposure drives the re-rating, despite valuation and competition concerns.

Circle logo on a building

Markets

Bitcoin’s major safety net just snapped. Why a drop below $85,000 might risk more selloff

Bitcoin price just fell through that price floor it's been bouncing off for two months. Now charts might be pointing to $75,000 as next level to watch.

How low can bitcoin price go? (Getty Images+/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto custody firm Copper in early talks for IPO as crypto 'plumbing' becomes new Wall Street favorite

The London-based custody provider is weighing a potential public listing, aiming to follow rival BitGo's recent IPO.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

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Tech

Bitcoin's Quantum threat is ‘real but distant,’ says Wall Street analyst as doomsday debate rages on

Wall Street broker Benchmark argued the crypto network has ample time to evolve as quantum risks shift from theory to risk management.

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Finance

Robinhood is investing in crypto trading platform Talos at $1.5 billion valuation

The $45 million Series B extension also includes participation from new strategic investors Sony Innovation Fund, IMC, QCP and Karatage.

Robinhood logo on a screen