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

Spacecoin launches SPACE token just days after partnering with Trump family-linked DeFi project

The project aims to create a decentralized satellite internet network, with the initial satellites, CTC-0 and CTC-1, already demonstrating blockchain-based communication from space.

Satellites in space (Kevin Stadnyk/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down

The platform, Nifty Gateway, which once facilitated over $300 million in sales, had shifted its focus to building onchain creative projects in 2024, but will now close.

Closed with a lock (Jose Fontano/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

GameStop's $420 million bitcoin move sparks speculation of selling

While blockchain data confirms the movement to Coinbase Prime, the transfer could also mean internal asset management or custody.

Gamestop store sign

Policy

Ukraine banned Polymarket and there’s no legal way for it to come back

Polymarket and similar platforms are considered unlicensed gambling operators, leading to blocked access.

Kyiv in Ukraine (Glib Albovsky/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

Days of our market structure bills: State of Crypto

We have a new draft and fresh questions.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Here is why investors are snubbing Michael Saylor’s 10% dividend offer in Europe

Access and market structure issues limit adoption of Strategy’s first non U.S. perpetual preferred, Stream.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC dismisses lawsuit against billionaire Winklevoss twins-backed Gemini over Earn product

The SEC said Gemini Earn customers had already received 100% of their assets back through Genesis' bankruptcy, warranting the dismissal of the case.

Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoins moved $35 trillion last year but only 1% of it was for 'real world' payments

While stablecoins settled around $35 trillion last year, only around 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and payroll, a new report found.

A Visa card being held to next to a payment terminal. (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

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Crypto’s 2025 ‘whipsaw’ year drove capitulation as markets look toward a 2026 rebound, Pantera says

In its ‘Navigating Crypto in 2026’ outlook, the fund says non-bitcoin tokens have been sliding since late 2024, weighed down by weak value capture, slowing on-chain activity, and fading retail flows.

Stylized bear

Policy

Coinbase VP says ‘fatal flaws’ in Senate crypto bill forced sudden withdrawal of support

Coinbase VP of US Policy Kara Calvert explains what tipped the scales for Coinbase against the legislation just hours before a scheduled markup.

Coinbase's Kara Calvert (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)