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

Crypto Exchange Kraken Sees Handful of Senior Execs Depart: Source

Four senior executives who work on the institutional side of business have recently left Kraken.

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Markets

Analyst Predicts ‘Uptober’ Rally for Bitcoin Regardless of Fed’s FOMC Decision

Two prominent crypto analysts point to bitcoin’s lag versus gold and the S&P 500 as well as the "Uptober" trend as reasons to be bullish on BTC.

Jerome Powell (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Platform Bullish Wins New York BitLicense, Clearing Path for U.S. Expansion

The digital asset platform is now regulated in the U.S., Germany, Hong Kong and Gibraltar.

Crypto exchange Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (CoinDesk/Nik De)

Markets

21Shares Hits 50 Crypto ETPs in Europe With Launch of AI and Raydium-Focused Products

AFET tracks a group of decentralized AI protocols, while ARAY offers exposure to Solana-based decentralized exchange Raydium's token.

Bulls and bears (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Sui Jumps Nearly 4% After Google Selects It as Launch Partner for AI Payments Protocol

Sui outperformed the broader crypto market following its inclusion in Google’s Agentic Payments Protocol.

SUI rose 4% over the past 24 hours.

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg's Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

With the acquisition, Keyrock aims to expand services beyond market making into on-chain portfolio management.

Keyrock CEO and co-founder Kevin de Patoul (Keyrock)

Markets

Solana Stronger Bet Than ETH as SOL Holds Key Support, Says Analyst

Altcoin Sherpa highlights SOL's relative strength against ETH, while CoinDesk Research points to key support around $233 and a trading ceiling near $238.

SOL price at $232.11 on Sept. 16 with 24H trading swings

Finance

Google Teams Up With Coinbase to Bring Stablecoin Payments to AI Apps

The tech giant expands its open-source AI protocol into financial transactions, partnering with Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation to integrate stablecoin rails.

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Markets

ETH Going to $5,500 by Mid-October, Says Fundstrat’s Global Head of Technical Strategy

Mark Newton sees ether dips toward $4,375 as buying opportunities before a rally, while recent trading shows heavy selling, sharp rebounds, and a key support test.

ETH price chart at $4,506 on Sept. 16, 2025

Finance

Robinhood Expands Private Equity Token Push With New Venture Capital Fund

The fund would invest in a basket of private companies across various industries and hold them through IPO and beyond.

Robinhood website (PiggyBank/ Unsplash/ Modified by CoinDesk)