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

Roman Storm Trial: Is Coding A Crime? The Tornado Cash Court Battle Intensifies

Over the last several trial days, the government laid out its case that Roman Storm could have changed the Tornado Cash protocol to make it less attractive to cyber criminals, but chose not to.

A protestor stands outside the Manhattan court where Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm is being tried for money laundering and sanctions evasion (CoinDesk/Cheyenne Ligon)

Markets

Elon Musk’s xAI Partners With Kalshi to Bring Grok to Prediction Markets

The partnership aims to use Grok’s AI to analyze real-world events for Kalshi’s regulated prediction markets.

Elon Musk

Markets

Ether Surges 4% as ETH Treasury Firm BitMine Steps Up Bid to Acquire 5% of Supply

BitMine reveals ETH holdings above $2 billion just 16 days after a $250 million raise, reinforcing its goal of acquiring 5% of ether's supply.

ETH rose 4.1% to $3,755 amid strong treasury accumulation

Markets

Tesla’s Bitcoin Holdings Now Worth $1.2B After 30% BTC Price Rally in Q2

A new accounting rule this year lets companies mark crypto assets to market, benefiting Tesla’s balance sheet.

Tesla Gigafactory, Nevada

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Markets

Joe McCann Closes Asymmetric Liquid Fund After 'Shifting Away From Liquid Trading'

McCann is shutting down crypto fund after steep losses and shifting his focus to long-term blockchain investments.

Credit: Shutterstock

Markets

Bitwise CIO on Ether’s ‘Demand Shock’: Why ETH’s Rally Has Staying Power

Matthew Hougan says ETH treasury firms and spot ether ETFs are driving a $10 billion ETH supply squeeze, pushing ether toward structurally higher prices.

Ether (ETH) price falls 0.69% to $3,658 over 24 hours

Markets

Solana's SOL Could Hit $500 in This Bull Run, Says Analyst, as Upexi Boosts Holdings to 1.8M SOL

Upexi’s SOL stash now exceeds $330 million after a $200 million capital raise, as one analyst calls for a breakout to $500 this cycle.

Solana (SOL) price chart shows 24-hour movement around $198

Finance

Dan Tapiero Projects Crypto Economy Hitting $50T, Launches $500M Fund Under New Firm

Tapiero, who previously projected a $10 trillion crypto market, adjusted his forecast after seeing the success of Circle's IPO and Deribit's acquisition by Coinbase.

Zenrock Chairman Dan Tapiero (second from right). (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Toncoin Extends Rally as TON Launches Integrated Wallet for 87M U.S. Users

Toncoin jumped 3% to $3.41 as TON began rolling out its wallet mini app to 87 million U.S. users, enabling seamless crypto payments inside the app.

Toncoin (TON) rose 3% to $3.41 over 24 hours

Markets

PEPE Dips Slightly as Market Cools, but Outperforms Broader Memecoin Sector

Despite the drop, PEPE is outperforming the wider memecoin space and is up nearly 55% over the past month.

PEPEUSD Chart (CoinDesk Data)