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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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

What to Expect at Consensus 2025

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

Toronto Skyline

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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)

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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

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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

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Технології

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

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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)

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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)

Політика

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)

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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

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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)