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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Finanzas

From Early Michael Saylor Bet to Billions in Deals: How Jefferies Became a Crypto Powerhouse

The firm has advised on 120 transactions with over $150 billion of deal value across fintech, market structure, and exchanges since 2015.

Jefferies quietly becomes a power player in crypto investment banking. (Unsplash)

Finanzas

UK's First Centrally Cleared FCA-Regulated Crypto Derivatives Trading Venue GFO-X Debuts

The new platform executed its first trade on Tuesday between financial institutions Virtu Financial and IMC .

(Artur Tumasjan / Unsplash)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

What to Expect at Consensus 2025

CoinDesk’s annual event kicks off this Wednesday in Toronto.

Toronto Skyline

Mercados

XRP, BTC Among Major Tokens Flashing Signs of Bulls Returning to Crypto

The improving market breadth points to growing investor confidence.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Publicidad

Mercados

BNB Surges Nearly 5% With Strong Volume Support Suggesting Institutional Accumulation

Strong volume patterns and technical breakouts suggest BNB could target $750 as global economic tensions reshape crypto markets.

BNB-USD 24-hour price chart showing a 4.7% gain to $688.88

Mercados

TRX Breaks Resistance With 3% Surge Amid Growing Stablecoin Adoption

TRON's native token shows resilience despite late-hour selling pressure as global economic factors create market uncertainty.

TRX-USD 24-hour price chart showing a 2.73% gain to $0.2702 with rising volume and steady uptrend as of May 12, 2025

Tecnología

Lido Proposes a Bold Governance Model to Give stETH Holders a Say in Protocol Decisions

Proposal comes as ETH surges 30% on Pectra upgrade, boosting attention on Ethereum-native protocols.

Cash

Nuevas análisis

State of Crypto: Mapping Out the Senate Stablecoin Bill's Next Steps

While the Senate failed to advance its stablecoin bill this week, it's not dead yet.

Sen. John Boozman, David Sacks, Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. French Hill (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Publicidad

Finanzas

Bitcoin Miner MARA Stock Surges Despite Earnings Miss as Analysts Applaud Cost Cutting

Both Jefferies and H.C. Wainwright analysts said MARA's focus on lowering power cost, that differentiates the miner from its peers.

MARA Holdings to Generate Single Digit Yield on 7,377 BTC (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

Regulación

Gemini Secures MiFID II License From Malta to Offer Derivatives in EEA

The license awarded by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) will enable the company to offer perpetual futures and other derivatives across Europe.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)