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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Policy

Coinbase, Chainlink, Strategy Among Companies Attending Trump's Crypto Summit

U.S. President Donald Trump is slated to host the summit.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 27, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

XRP Hitting $5 Gets Millions in Bets But There Is a Catch

Most of these are covered calls, Deribit's Asia business development head said.

XRP options: Distribution of open interest. (Deribit)

Markets

AI Firm CoreWeave Files for IPO, Citing $1.9B in Revenue

The company is expected to raise $4 billion at a $35 billion valuation.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

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Markets

Crypto ETPs See Record $2.9B Outflow With Bitcoin Leading Three-Week Streak: CoinShares

Investor withdrawals hit $3.8B over three weeks amid Bybit hack, Fed uncertainty, and profit-taking from 19-week inflow streak.

Fund flows for week-ending Sept. 20 (CoinShares/Bloomberg)

Markets

Core Scientific Appoints Former Investment Banker as New CFO

Finance veteran to succeed Denise Sterling as CFO, shares are up 2% in pre-market trading.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

XRP, SOL, ADA's Coinbase Premium Surges to One-Month High After Trump's Crypto Reserve News

Tokens traded at a notable premium on Coinbase relative to Binance after Trump announced plans for establishing strategic crypto reserve.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin's Surge After Trump's Crypto Reserve News Showing Signs of Sustainable Bullish Run

Spot CVD shows buyers as the aggressors, indicating spot demand as open interest stays flat.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps Above $91K After Trump's U.S. Crypto Reserve News Brings Bulls Back

XRP, ETH, SOL and ADA price have also surged following Trump's announcement.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)