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

Altcoin Season Could Begin in September as Bitcoin’s Grip on Crypto Market Weakens: Coinbase Institutional

Coinbase expects falling bitcoin dominance, improving liquidity and renewed investor appetite to shift gains toward altcoins starting in September.

Fall season

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: ETH's Bullrun Meets Early Signs of Selling Pressure

ETH’s rally is fueled by record flows and BTC outperformance, but rising exchange inflows spark debate over momentum vs. consolidation.

Ethereum

Tech

Ripple Exec on Why XRP Ledger Is ‘Uniquely Suited’ for Real World Asset Tokenization

Ripple Senior Vice President Markus Infanger explains how the characteristics and features of XRPL make it the perfect candidate for tokenizing real-world assets.

Blockchain illustration

Finance

Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Gemini Launches Self-Custodial Smart Wallet

Gemini users can now access Web3 and DeFi ecosystems with social recovery, gas sponsorship, and integrated trading support.

Gemin's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Image Catcher News Service/Getty Images)

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Policy

Asia Morning Briefing: Korea’s 'Onshore' Won Policy Could Hinder Its Stablecoin Ambition

Korea's Won is stuck onshore. That's going to put a damper on any demand for a Won-backed stablecoin.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Finance

Ethereum Wallet MetaMask Will Likely Unveil Its Own Stablecoin this Week

The MetaMask stablecoin (mUSD) was already reported to be in the works thanks to a prematurely posted governance proposal that was quickly deleted last week.

A fox (Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Platform Bullish Shares Debut Above $100, More Than Doubling IPO Price

The company opened for trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "BLSH" on Wednesday.

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

Markets

BONK Jumps 10% to $0.000027 Before Profit-Taking Hits

BONK posts its strongest daily rally in weeks, hitting $0.000027 before selling pressure caps gains.

BONK, Aug. 13 2025 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Polymarket Bettors Foresee $5K ETH by End of August

But ETH's rally is hiding the fact that more and more liquidity is leaving for TRON, which could put a damper on growth.

Ethereum

Markets

Polkadot's DOT Advances Over 4% Amid Robust Recovery

Successful defence of the $3.88-$3.92 consolidation range suggests the potential for further appreciation toward the $4.15-$4.20 Fibonacci extension targets.

DOT Surges 3% with Strong Institutional Buying, Breaking Key Resistance and Targeting $4.20 Levels