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

Mercado Bitcoin Commits EUR 50M to Portugal as It Pushes for European Expansion


The firm is expanding its services, including a new offering for high-net-worth clients, and has seen a shift in revenue streams.

Portugal's Praça do Comércio (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Hong Kong’s FinTech Week Belonged to Stablecoins, Not CBDCs

Once the future of digital money, central bank digital currencies barely featured this year as Hong Kong’s focus shifted to stablecoins and Brazil’s Drex pause showed how even early adopters are rethinking the model.

Hong Kong Harbor (Shutterstock/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Chainlink Bounces 5%, but Breakout Falters at $16.50 Resistance

Strong volume surge confirms the breakout above $16, though profit-taking near session highs introduces near-term uncertainty.

Chainlink Breaks $16 with 5.2% Surge Amid High Volume and Profit-Taking

Markets

Privacy Coin Bid Continues as Zcash Rally Lifts ‘Dino’ Sector; Starknet’s STRK Rockets 40%

A move from cash or crypto to going fully private takes minutes on average in a less than five-step process, as CoinDesk Research said in its recent Zcash report.

Privacy (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Rebounds as Polymarket Traders Bet U.S. Shutdown Will End Within Days

Prediction markets flipped overnight after Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan funding deal, sending crypto and risk assets higher on expectations that Washington will reopen before Veterans Day.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

BTC Market Now 'Extremely Bearish,' Says CryptoQuant: Asia Morning Briefing

On-chain metrics shows BTC entering an “extremely bearish” phase, with potential downside to $91K or even $72K if key support fails, though Glassnode sees it as a mid-cycle correction rather than full capitulation.

(Daniel Mirlea/Unsplash)

Finance

Animoca Brands' Public Market Ambition Aims at Providing Crypto Access to 'Billions'

"Most of the world still doesn't have crypto," said Animoca Brands' co-founder, adding that his company is planning to help change that through its public listing.

Animoca Brands' co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounces Near $100K, ETH, SOL, XRP Drop 6-10% as Bulls See $1.6B Liquidations

Traders can also keep track of where liquidation levels are concentrated, helping identify zones of forced activity that can act as near-term support or resistance.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Tests Its Floor as Legacy Sellers Meet Macro Rotation

Market makers say liquidity is moving back into equities while crypto digests heavy profit-taking from long-term holders.

High-resolution image of numerous shiny gold bitcoin tokens stacked together.

Finance

Animoca Brands Files for Nasdaq Listing Via Reverse Merger

The deal aims to expand Animoca's investor base and enhance access to its digital assets and growth companies.

Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk, modified by CoinDesk)