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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Policy

Feds Seize $10M in Crypto Tied to Sinaloa Cartel’s Fentanyl Trade

The bust is part of a broader federal crackdown on synthetic opioids and cartel-linked money laundering operations.

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Finance

Off-Road EV Maker's Shares Surge 300% on $500M Raise to Buy Bitcoin

The company's bitcoin holdings will be custodied by Gemini, and Volcon has named Ryan Lane, co-founder of Empery Asset Management, as co-CEO and Chairman.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

ICP Climbs With Broader Crypto Rally, Holds Gains Above $5.50

ICP joins wider crypto breakout, rising 7% before stabilizing above key support near $5.52

ICP-USD, July 16 2025 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Pulls Back as Market Isn't 'Invincible', But Google, Meta Lift AI Tokens

PLUS: Maple Finance is now crypto's largest on-chain asset manager.

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Finance

Gaming Studio Snail Explores Developing U.S. Dollar Stablecoin

The gaming publisher is evaluating the feasibility of a proprietary stablecoin and has hired external consultant.

Gaming on a computer (Sean Do/Unsplash)

Policy

'Crypto Week' Back on Track? Trump Says Defecting Lawmakers Ready to Vote for Bills

The House was supposed to vote at 5pm ET Monday after an earlier hiccup.

There was bipartisan opposition to advancing the crypto bills on a procedural motion. (C-SPAN)

Markets

Citigroup CEO Confirms the Bank Is ‘Looking at the Issuance of a Citi Stablecoin’

Jane Fraser told analysts the bank is evaluating stablecoin issuance and advancing tokenized deposit solutions as part of a broader digital finance strategy.

(Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

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Policy

Jury Seated for Tornado Cash Dev Roman Storm's Trial

Opening arguments are set to begin shortly.

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Prosecutors, CFTC Drop Polymarket Investigations

The FBI raided Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan's home last year.

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