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

SEC’s Atkins: 'Most Crypto Assets Are Not Securities' Under Bold New Vision

Paul Atkins, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said "most crypto assets are not securities."

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Tech

Adam Back's Blockstream Unveils Bitcoin-Powered, Liquid Network-Based Smart Contracts

Co-founded by early Bitcoin contributor Adam Back, Blockstream introduced Simplicity to solve the limitations of Bitcoin as a smart contract venue

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

ETH Going to $16K in This Cycle? Analyst Explains Why This Could happen

Crypto analyst Edward says ether could surge to $15K–$16K this cycle, citing bullish technical patterns, ETF inflows and rising institutional demand.

Ether price chart shows 1% rise to $3,800

Markets

Grayscale Launches Trust for Story Protocol to Tap Into $80T Intellectual Property Market

The new Grayscale Story Trust offers investors exposure to $IP, the token powering programmable digital rights on blockchain.

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Policy

Bolivia Looks to El Salvador for Help Building Its Crypto Regulatory Framework

Bolivia’s central bank has signed a cooperation agreement with El Salvador’s crypto regulator to help build a local digital asset ecosystem.

Bolivian Flag (Unsplash)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: MSFT, Meta Soar on Strong AI Earnings, but Crypto AI Tokens Fail to Follow

MSFT and Meta both rocketed off in after-hours trading after reporting strong earnings, thanks to Artificial Intelligence, but on the crypto side, there wasn't much movement.

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Policy

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Coming, Bo Hines says, 'People will be very Pleased'

Two of President Donald Trump's leading officials on crypto, Bo Hines and Treasury's Tyler Williams, gave CoinDesk an inside take on their new report.

Bo Hines on CoinDesk TV

Markets

Crypto Bulls Get Hit With $200M in Liquidations as Powell Rattles Market With Fed Warning

Altcoins like SOL, AVAX, HYPE were down 4%-5% before paring losses, while BONK and PENGU plunged 10% then bounced back.

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Markets

Robinhood Q2 Earnings Beat Expectations as Crypto Volumes Climb and Bitstamp Deal Pays Off

Robinhood posted $160 million in revenue from crypto-related trading and $989 million in overall revenue, outpacing expectations as acquisitions are reshaping the firm.

Robinhood website (PiggyBank/ Unsplash/ Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

DoubleZero Launches $537M SOL Stake Pool to Turbocharge Solana Validator Network

DoubleZero’s new 3 million SOL stake pool, DZSOL, aims to decentralize Solana validator infrastructure by offering access to its high-speed fiber network.

A standing Austin Federa talks on stage at BUIDL Asia 2024