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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Finance

World's largest custodial bank BNY to offer tokenized deposits for institutional investors

The initiative mirrors deposit balances on a private blockchain to speed up settlement and unlock liquidity.

BNY office (BNY, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin holds near $91,000 as market awaits Trump tariff ruling: Asia Morning Briefing

Prediction markets see low odds of a clear Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, a setup that has previously triggered short-term volatility in bitcoin, which then stabilized.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum scaling network Polygon close to buying bitcoin kiosk firm Coinme, sources say

Polygon is paying $100 million to $125 million for the bitcoin ATM provider, according to one of the sources.

Customers aren't just buying toilet paper at the supermarket.

Markets

Crypto credit is starting to look like cash savings accounts: Asia Morning Briefing

Flowdesk says record demand met even deeper liquidity, suppressing volatility across staking, stablecoin lending, making crypto credit markets look more like traditional cash plumbing.

Crypto custodians are increasingly mindful of how stored tokens should be used in governing DeFi protocols. (Credit: NYPL)

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Finance

The ultra wealthy feel like they've missed out on Crypto riches and Binance thinks it has a solution

Binance’s head of VIP and Institutional, Catherine Chen, talks about the conversations she has been having with ultra-wealthy investors and family offices.

Photo of Binance's head of institutional and VIP, Catherine Chen

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin holds steady above $90K as fresh money returns to crypto

New-year allocations support bitcoin prices as leverage cools and volatility expectations rise.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor's Strategy catches a break from MSCI, but analysts caution fight isn’t over yet

MSCI won’t drop firms like Strategy from indexes yet, but a broader rule change may still be on the table

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto traders can now speculate on housing prices through Polymarket

The crypto-based betting platform is expanding beyond politics and macro with real estate markets tied to daily housing indices.

house for sale (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Data shows legacy media took a more balanced view of bitcoin in 2025

Media attention shifted from bitcoin’s environmental footprint to crime and kidnapping in 2025, while overall sentiment remained broadly neutral, according to crypto intelligence platform Perception.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin got stuck after slumping 30% from its peak. Here's why.

The October flash crash exposed how fragile bitcoin’s rally had become. It also illustrated a fundamental change in how BTC is perceived.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City