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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Crypto Bleeds Ahead of Powell's Speech — Eight Reasons the Fed May Choose Not to Cut Rates in September

Crypto and related stocks are sliding as traders brace for the July FOMC meeting minutes and Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, fearing a hawkish Fed stance.

Eggs with hand-drawn anxious faces symbolizing market fears

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Best Crypto Investment Ideas According to CEO of $1.6T Asset Manager Franklin Templeton

Jenny Johnson said she likes the “picks and shovels” of the industry.

Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton, speaking at SALT in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (CoinDesk/Helene Braun)

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Scaramucci's Skybridge Capital to Tokenize $300M in Hedge Funds on Avalanche

The investment management firm is bringing two of its hedge funds on-chain in partnership with Apex Group's Tokeny.

Consensus 2025: Anthony Scaramucci, Founder, SkyBridge Capital

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Ripple’s Global Co-Head of Policy on Four Best Practices for Digital Asset Custody

Ripple distills a Singapore workshop into four custody best practices: compliance by design, tailored models, operational resilience and governance.

Large open bank vault door symbolizing secure bitcoin storage

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Bullish's $1.15B in IPO Proceeds Was Entirely in Stablecoins—A First for Public Market

Stablecoins used in the settlement include dollar- and euro-pegged tokens of Circle, Paxos, PayPal, Ripple and Societe Generale, among others.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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Robinhood Partners With Kalshi to Launch NFL and College Football Prediction Markets

The new offering follows the success of Polymarket-style event trading, but with CFTC-regulated contracts in the U.S.

Robinhood app (Getty Images/Cheng Xin)

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Polkadot Launches Institutional Arm to Bridge Wall Street and Web3

The new group’s offerings will cover centralized and decentralized exchange infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization, staking, and decentralized finance.

David Sedacca.

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Asia Morning Briefing: Traders Tilt Bearish on August BTC, ETH Targets as Retail Lags Institutions

Prediction markets are flashing red even as institutions keep doubling down on BTC and ETH.

(Marc-Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash)

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Stellar Development Foundation Invests in Archax, Aiming to Boost Tokenization

The UK-regulated digital asset platform has integrated Stellar into its tokenization tool and launched the Aberdeen tokenized money market fund on the network.

Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer at Stellar Development Foundation on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

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Asia Morning Briefing: Crypto's Rising Leverage Trades Show Signs of Stress, Galaxy Digital Says

Crypto loans are back near bull-market highs, but last week’s $1B liquidation shows leverage is cutting both ways.

(New York Public Library/Unsplash)