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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Tech

Solana’s Yakovenko Says Bitcoin Must Upgrade to Survive Quantum Threat by 2030

Other experts in the crypto community, such as Adam Back and Peter Todd, are less convinced of the near-term threat.

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Finance

Kevin Durant Recovers Bitcoin Bought at $650, Now Up Over 17,700%, After Nearly a Decade

The episode comes amid growing frustration among Coinbase users, many of whom alleged they’ve faced similar issues retrieving account access.

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Finance

BitGo Files for IPO With $4.2B in H1 2025 Revenue, $90B in Crypto on Platform

The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BTGO.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Michael Saylor: Bitcoin Is Building a Base as 'OG' Hodlers Exit and Big Money Preps

Saylor says bitcoin’s volatility is easing as early holders cash out, clearing the way for institutions to step in and build a stronger market base.

Michael Saylor

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Markets

Ex-Kraken CLO Says Solana Delivers on Promises Ethereum 'Made Almost a Decade Ago’

Marco Santori outlines a UAE Solana treasury with bare-metal validators; Rekt Capital flags a $238 retest as support and KALEO says $1,000+ sol is plausible.

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Markets

Bullish Shares Jump as Citi, Canaccord Praise IPO Debut and BitLicense Win

Wall Street analysts see upside in Bullish’s early execution, citing accelerating SS&O growth, regulatory progress and options trading on the horizon.

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

Markets

Arca CIO on Why Crypto’s 2025 Rally Isn’t a True Bull Market and Why Some Tokens Have Outperformed

Arca’s Jeff Dorman says most digital assets are still deep in the red this year, making 2025 look more like a selective rally than a true bull market.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Bittensor’s dTAO Shows a Retail Path to AI Exposure Beyond Robinhood’s SPVs

Staking into Bittensor’s subnets offers one of several emerging routes for retail investors to gain exposure to decentralized AI’s early days – which might have more upside than comparatively mature OpenAI or Nvidia.

Artificial Intelligence (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

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Policy

SEC Makes Spot Crypto ETF Listing Process Easier, Approves Grayscale's Large-Cap Crypto Fund

The move opens the way for exchanges to list spot digital asset-backed funds without the case-by-case approval of the regulator.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

First U.S. XRP ETF Launches Sept. 18, CME to List Options on XRP Futures Oct. 13

XRP is set for new products, with REX-Osprey launching the first U.S. ETF offering spot exposure Sept. 18 and CME Group adding options on XRP futures Oct. 13.

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