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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Finance

Bhutan's Crypto Reserve Could Pave Way for Economic Growth in Other Countries

Smaller countries could strengthen economic growth by attracting foreign investment and utilizing available renewable energy resources to mine bitcoin.

(Mayukh Karmakar/Unsplash)

Policy

Polymarket's Customer Data Sought by CFTC Subpoena of Coinbase, Source Says

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is said to be seeking information about customers' interactions with the prediction market site Polymarket.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam

Finance

MANTRA Blockchain to Tokenize $1B of Real-World Assets for UAE-Based Property Firm DAMAC

The deal will allow token-based financing of DAMAC's wide range of portfolio companies that includes real estate development, hospitality and data centers.

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)

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Policy

Coinbase Granted Significant Advance in Court Clash With Gensler's SEC

A U.S. judge halted the case in which the exchange and SEC are duking it out over an enforcement matter, and will let Coinbase chase a higher-court appeal.

Coinbase CEO Brian Amstrong and SEC Chair Gary Gensler

Finance

AI Tokens Fail to Mirror 2024's Epic Surge Despite Bullish Nvidia Conference

AI tokens are struggling to perform despite bullish sentiment around AI stocks in traditional markets.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (BagoGames/Flickr)

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Markets

Bitcoin’s Potential 'Head and Shoulders' Pattern Points to a Sell-Off to $75K: Godbole

BTC’s latest price drop might be setting the stage for a major bearish reversal pattern.

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Markets

Bitcoin Returns Above $100K as Early 2025 Crypto Rebound Continues

Altcoin majors, including ether and solana, also rose sharply as U.S. markets opened on the first full week after holidays, with the broad-based CoinDesk 20 advancing 3.5% through the day.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on 01 06 (CoinDesk)