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

Stellar Surges 14% Before Sharp Reversal as Network Upgrade Fuels Volatility

Stellar rallies 14.3% on soaring volume and developer momentum as the "v23.0.0rc2" release reinforces protocol readiness

XLM-USD July 9 2025 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Crypto Exchange Bullish Teams Up With Solana for Institutional Stablecoin Push

Bullish and the Solana Foundation will work on institutional-grade financial infrastructure with stablecoins built on Solana to serve as the primary rails for the exchange.

Close-up of the head of a statue of a bull (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

Finance

Ripple Taps BNY to Custody Stablecoin Reserves as RLUSD Surpasses $500M

The move follows Ripple's application for a national banking license and a Federal Reserve master account to further integrate with the U.S. financial system.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Stalls Near $109K as Market Waits for a Catalyst

As Bitcoin trades near highs, market flows are clustering into large caps and memes, with mid-tier tokens losing momentum, say market observers.

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Markets

Polygon’s Token Gains 3% After Seeing ‘Exceptional’ Trading Volume

The token was trading at $0.1891 at press time, up 2.8% over the last 24 hours.

MATIC rose nearly 3% over the past 24 hours, outperforming the broader market, after establishing multiple support zones, according to CoinDesk Indices data.

Policy

U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Workers Over 'Cyber Espionage,' Crypto Thefts

The U.S. Treasury Department added the employee of a North Korean hacking group to its blacklist over his role in getting IT workers jobs in other countries.

The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the role of cryptocurrencies in illicit finance, and its own response to this issue. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Hedera’s HBAR Rises After Inclusion in Grayscale Fund

The native token of the Hedera network rose by about 2% over the past 24-hour period.

HBAR rose about 2% over the past 24 hours, CoinDesk analytics shows.

Markets

FLOKI Explodes 12% on Massive Volume, Potentially Signalling Bullish Momentum

The token's volume spikes hit 274.1 billion tokens at 16:00 UTC, nearly five times the average.

Floki price chart (CoinDesk data)

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Markets

ICP Maintains Bullish Structure Setting $4.72 as a Foundation for Next Move Higher

ICP climbs 1% after testing key support, with recovery momentum suggesting further upside potential.

ICP-USD, July 8 2025 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Are Jerome Powell’s Days as Federal Reserve Chair Numbered?

Jerome Powell’s cautious rate policy sparks fierce criticism and succession talks, putting his Fed Chair tenure under unprecedented scrutiny.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee