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

OpenSea Confirms Q1 Launch for SEA Token With Half of Supply Allocated to Community

The token will be integrated into OpenSea, allowing users to stake behind favorite collections or projects, Finzer said.

OpenSea platform (OpenSea)

Marchés

BNB Outperforms Wide Market on Growing RWA Adoption, Potential Coinbase Listing

The token's price action is driven partly by Coinbase considering BNB for a listing and China Merchants Bank International tokenizing a MMF on the BNB Chain.

CoinDesk

Juridique

Ondo Finance Urges SEC to Delay Nasdaq's Tokenization Plan Over Transparency Gaps

The proposed rule change relies on Nasdaq's vague understanding of how the Depository Trust Company (DTC) would handle post-trade settlement for these tokens.

U.S. SEC headquarter in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Daylight Raises $75M to Build Decentralized Energy Network

The funding combines equity and project financing to connect DeFi capital with real-world electricity infrastructure

Electricity (Joe/Pixbay)

Marchés

Stablecoins Can Cut Cross-Border Payments Cost by 99%, KPMG Says

Institutions are embracing stablecoin technology to cut costs, speed up settlement times, and unlock liquidity in a $150 trillion payments market.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Ripple Set to Enter Corporate Treasury Business With $1B Acquisition of GTreasury

The deal, pending regulatory approvals, would give Ripple access to large enterprise clients as it is building out financial services around its digital asset business.

Brad Garlinghouse at DC Fintech Week (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Coinbase Rolls Out the 'Blue Carpet' for Binance’s BNB Token

Coinbase launched The Blue Carpet, then added BNB to its roadmap — an intent signal, not a guarantee — pending market-making support and technical readiness.

Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen

Finance

Indian Telecom Giant Reliance Jio Taps Aptos to Deliver Blockchain Rewards to 500M Users

The partnership will utilize Aptos' layer-1 blockchain to distribute digital rewards, with a focus on real-world utility rather than speculation.

Telecom tower (thiago japyassu/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)