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

Trump Tells CBS News He 'Doesn't Know' Who CZ Is, Claims Former Binance CEO Was a Victim

The founder of Binance was "treated really badly" by the Biden administration, President Trump said during an interview.

Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Markets

Why Did Fed Inject $29.4B in Liquidity And What Does It Mean for Bitcoin?

While the move helps avoid potential liquidity crises that could damage financial markets, it falls short of being as stimulative to risk assets as the Fed's other moves, such as QE.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Dogecoin, Cardano Lead Sell-Off on Profit-Taking, Gold Pulls Back as China Ends Tax Rebate

Meanwhile, bitcoin selling by long-term investors has tripled since June, as buyers who entered near $93,000 take profits.

Strategy bears penetrate key support.

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Cautious Calm Returns to BTC Markets as Traders Rebuild Risk

BTC holds near $110K and Ethereum trades around $3,900 as liquidations ease and market makers report clients slowly re-entering risk after the Fed-driven selloff.

Bitcoin (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Is November the New October? Here’s What Bitcoin Price Data Actually Shows

While some market narrative calls November bitcoin’s strongest month with a 42.5% average, a closer analysis shows a median price return is closer to 8.8%.

BTC 24-hour price and volume chart from CoinDesk Data

Tech

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire Calls Arc ‘an Economic OS for the internet’

In a recent CNBC interview, Jeremy Allaire outlined dollar-priced fees, fast finality, and privacy for Arc, while pointing to rising USDC use in emerging markets.

2021 Photo of Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire

Markets

Bitcoin’s ‘Red October’: What Happened to the Widely Anticipated Uptober Crypto Rally?

A mid-October sell-off knocked majors off early highs and left bitcoin down for the month while BNB and a few altcoins finished higher.

BTC-USD One-Month Price Chart from CoinDesk Data

Tech

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says X Chat's New P2P Encryption System Is Similar to Bitcoin's

The in-app Chat is in beta for Premium users with file sharing and media support, while a standalone X Chat app is slated to follow in the coming months.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

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Policy

‘Bitcoin Never Shuts Down’: U.S. Treasury Secretary Marks Anniversary, Needles Democrats

Scott Bessent marked the white paper’s anniversary by lauding bitcoin’s resilience and contrasting it with Washington gridlock, rekindling debate over Treasury’s crypto stance.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Markets

Analyst Says Ethereum Is the Best Ecosystem and Ether Is Poised to Top $5,000

Ether rose on heavier trading, then slipped after an upper-band rejection, leaving a tighter range and a clear set of checkpoints above and below.

24-hour ETH chart shows advance and late pullback near the upper band