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

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

Markets

Japan's Surging 30-Year Yield Is Flashing Warning Sign for Risk Assets: Macro Markets

Market concerns about fiscal policy and upcoming elections may be contributing to the rise in bond yields.

Japan (Unsplash)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: BTC’s Institutional Waves Are Building, Not Breaking

Despite short-term demand jitters, Saphira’s Jeff Dyment says BTC’s institutional adoption is accelerating in cyclical waves, not stalling, with options data backing up that thesis.

(Rob Miller/Unsplash)

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Markets

Solana Matches All Other Chains Combined in Monthly Active Users, Artemis Data Shows

Solana matched all other L1 and L2 chains in monthly active addresses in June and has led in network revenue for three consecutive quarters.

SOL 24-hour chart shows drop below $150 with sharp sell-off and rebound

Finance

Crypto VC Paradigm Leads $11.6M Round for Kuru Labs’ DeFi Liquidity Engine

The raise will help build an on-chain orderbook on super-fast blockchain Monad.

Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)