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

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

Tech

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

News Analysis

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)

Finance

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)

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Policy

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)

Markets

Bettors Lose Millions Predicting the New Pope as Polymarket Edge Fizzles Out

The event throws into question the perceived heightened accuracy of betting markets like Poymarket over conventional polls.

Cardinals

Markets

ETH Surges 20%, Biggest Gain Since 2021 as Pectra Upgrade Helps Restore 'Confidence'

ETH outperforms CoinDesk 20 Index, as bulls comes back while BTC surges above $100k.

(Vitaly Mazur/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase Stock Falls After Earnings Disappoints Wall Street on Market Volatility

The crypto exchange cited a drop in crypto prices as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and macroeconomic uncertainty as the reason behind the weak quarter.

Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange app on smartphone (Chesnot/Getty Images)

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Markets

Coinbase's $2.9B Deribit Deal a 'Legitimate Threat' for Peers, Wall Street Analysts Say

The acquisition makes Coinbase the largest crypto derivatives platform and a credible rival to Binance.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sits for a portrait in their San Francisco headquarters. (Christie Hemm Klok/Getty Images)

Finance

Meta Is Looking to Enter Red-Hot Stablecoin Market: Fortune

The tech giant reportedly also hired a vice president of product with crypto experience to help with the stablecoin efforts.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)