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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BONK Climbs 4% After Binance Reclassification. Then Dips on Profit-Taking

BONK saw a 4% surge and 3.19 trillion volume as Binance removed the risk tag; the price dipped late on profit-taking.

BONK-USD, July 21 2025 (CoinDesk)

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Polymarket Returning to U.S. with $112M Acquisition After Prosecutors Drop Probe

The crypto betting site is buying a licensed derivatives exchange to regain legal access to U.S. markets.

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan at CoinDesk's Consensus 2024.

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Blockstream Expands in Europe With Acquisition of Swiss Crypto Firm Elysium Labs

Blockstream is building momentum around its European ventures, following the inception of its Lugano Research Center.

Adam Back, CEO Blockstream (second from right) speaks at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 by CoinDesk (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

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Ether Machine to List on Nasdaq Via SPAC With $1.5B Backing

It is backed by around $645 million worth of ETH from Chairman Andrew Keys and a further $800 million from an array of high-profile investors

16:9 Stock market rally (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

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Solana's SOL Tops $191 After $11M in Shorts Liquidated and Fund Inflows Hit $39M

SOL hit $191 as $11 million in shorts were wiped out and CoinShares reported $39M in weekly inflows, pointing to renewed institutional interest in SOL.

SOL rises to $191 with 6.55% daily gain

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Asia Morning Briefing: Miners and Whales Dumping BTC Amid Rally May Signal 'Local Top'

BTC’s rally to all-time highs triggered the largest miner sell-off since April, with 16K BTC moved to exchanges.

(André François McKenzie/Unsplash)

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ETH's ‘Most Hated’ Rally Could Trigger $331M in Liquidations Near $4K, Says Analyst

Ether pushes toward $4,000 while analysts warn of liquidations and note capital rotating from smaller altcoins into ETH.

ETH price hits $3,755 after 5.7% daily gain

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Ethena's ENA Soars 20% as Protocol Sees $750M Inflow Amid Rising Crypto Funding Rates

The decentralized finance protocol pays out yield-harvesting BTC, ETH and SOL funding rates, which have been rising as the crypto rally broadens.

Ethena (ENA) price on July 20 (CoinDesk)

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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Aims to Hold 5% of ETH: ‘Game On,’ Says Lubin, SharpLink's Chairman

SharpLink Gaming and Bitmine Immersion Technologies now hold 500K+ ETH, fueling a treasury arms race that's redefining how public companies manage crypto on their balance sheets.

Ether price climbs to $3,756.99 with 6.03% daily gain on July 20, 2025

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Ethereum's ETH Breaks $3,800 Amid Massive Whale Buy, Large Capital Inflow

Some analysts are now predicting that prices could reach up to $15,000.

(Marcio Jose Bastos Silva/Shutterstock.com)