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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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.

Bear roaring

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)

Markets

Standard Chartered CEO Sees Hong Kong Stablecoin as Pivotal for International Trade Settlement

At FinTech Week, the Standard Chartered CEO said Hong Kong’s digital asset pilots, including HKD-backed stablecoins and tokenized deposits, could transform cross-border trade, as regulators unveiled new rules allowing shared order books for crypto exchanges.

Bill Winters, CEO of Standard Chartered, speaks during HK Fintech Week (screenshot)

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Markets

Balancer Hit by Apparent Exploit as $110M in Crypto Moves to New Wallets

The affected funds include 6,850 osETH, 6,590 WETH, and 4,260 wstETH, blockchain data analyzed by CoinDesk showed.

(Clint Patterson/Unsplash/modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Swiss Crypto Bank AMINA Secures MiCA License in Austria

The Swiss banking group’s Austrian subsidiary, AMINA EU, will spearhead a European market launch and accelerated expansion into the trading block.

Austrian parliament, Vienna. (Shutterstock)

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)

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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)