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

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.

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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

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Finance

David Beckham-backed Prenetics ditches bitcoin purchase

The health sciences company, co-founded by English football icon, announcement comes as the crypto’s market capitalization continues to lose ground.

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Finance

Grayscale files for first U.S. Bittensor ETP as decentralized AI gains momentum

The filing marks the first attempt to bring TAO, Bittensor’s native token, to U.S. markets through a regulated investment product.

Grayscale on a screen (modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

As Democrats gain in odds to take U.S. House, Waters bashes SEC chair on crypto

Maxine Waters, the top Democrat who may lead the House Financial Services Committee again if Democrats prevail, has a crypto bone to pick with SEC's Atkins.

Representative Maxine Waters (screen capture, House Financial Services Committee)

Tech

Flow scraps blockchain 'rollback' plan after community backlash over decentralization

The layer-1 network reversed course after ecosystem partners warned that rewriting chain history would undermine decentralization and create operational risks following a $3.9 million exploit.

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Web3

Circle platform promising tokenized gold, silver swaps is 'fake,' company says

The release, distributed on Christmas Eve, used Circle branding and claimed to quote executives, but a Circle spokesperson said it was "not real."

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Markets

Filecoin drops 2% as crypto markets weaken

Technical factors dominated as FIL maintained a tight correlation with broader crypto sentiment while establishing support above $1.27.

Filecoin Gains 1.16% to $1.28, Aligning with Broader Crypto Trends