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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Mercati

Litecoin Surges 7% as SEC Likely to Approve Spot ETF with 90% Odds: Analyst

Bullish reversal pattern forms as LTC reclaims critical $86 level amid increasing institutional interest.

LTC-USD price chart showing a 6.79% rise to $88.67 with strong momentum and volume on May 1, 2025

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Solana Surges 8% Despite Global Macro Tensions. Can It Hit $155 in Short-Term?

Despite broader market uncertainty, SOL demonstrates remarkable resilience by climbing from April lows to establish new support levels above $150.

SOL-USD price chart showing a 6.57% rise to $152.52 with high trading volume on May 1, 2025

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Movement Token Slumps 14% as Coinbase Suspends Trading

Movement's MOVE token is now in "limit-only mode" on the trading platform.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Mercati

ATOM Surges More Than 4% With Broader Market as Cosmos Ecosystem Attracts Institutions

Cosmos-based projects gain institutional attention with BlackRock CEO highlighting tokenization revolution

ATOM price chart shows 4.5% daily rise to $4.44 with higher trading volume.

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Tecnologie

'Everything Is Encrypted': Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand

The solution comes after 8 years of development and as institutions seek transaction confidentiality.

Credit: Shutterstock

Mercati

Tether Finalizes Buying 70% of Adecoagro Stake, Securing Tokenization Ambition

The USDT issuer expands beyond crypto with a controlling stake in Adecoagro, a major Latin American producer.

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Tecnologie

Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen

Movement, backed by Trump's World Liberty Financial, says it was duped into an agreement that experts say incentivized price manipulation.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Finanza

Trump's Truth Social Mulls Launching Token for Subscriptions in Latest Crypto Push

The company also plans to forge ahead with its ETFs, which will include cryptocurrencies.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to accept the "gift" of negative interest rates. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

WonderFi’s Dean Skurka on Bringing Users Onchain and Canada's Crypto Evolution

WonderFi's CEO, a speaker at Consensus 2025, outlines the firm’s Layer-2 ambitions, Australia expansion, regulatory hopes for Canada, and how volatility impacts the industry.

(Dean Skurka)

Finanza

A Vanishing $212M Bitcoin Order Caused Chaos for Traders. Is Spoofing Back in Crypto?

Despite increased scrutiny, spoofing remains a challenge in crypto, highlighting the need for better surveillance and stricter regulations.

(Getty Images)