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

Eric Trump Makes Bitcoin Price Predictions as He Reportedly Gets Ready to Visit Metaplanet

Eric Trump says he’s a “bitcoin maxi” and sees BTC hitting $175K this year, as reports point to new ventures in Japan and Hong Kong.

Eric Trump walking in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 13, 2025

Markets

XRP Surges 9% Before Pullback Caps Rally Near $3

Breakout above $3 triggers five-fold volume spike as Fed policy shift and on-chain activity boost institutional flows.

(CoinDesk Data)

Markets

AAVE Leads Top 40 Cryptocurrencies With 19% Surge in One Day — Here’s What Could Be Driving It

The AAVE price jumped 19% to $355.29 as following Aave going live on Aptos, Jerome Powell's dovish comments on Friday and a rumor about Aave's alleged exposure to the WLFI token.

AAVE rose from about $298 to $355 in 24 hours, with a breakout near $340.

Tech

Bitcoin Liquid Staking Gains Momentum as Lombard Launches BARD Token and Foundation

Lombard is attempting to make the world's original cryptocurrency into a more productive asset for DeFi functions

16:9 Liquid staking (ataribravo99/Pixabay)

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Markets

Dogecoin Bullish Structure Forms After High-Volume Breakout Sees 11% DOGE Surge

DOGE's price action shows potential for further gains, with support at $0.21 and resistance at $0.24.

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Markets

Ethereum Bets See Unusually High $400M Liquidations as Some Now Target $10K ETH

Powell’s dovish tone sent ether to fresh highs, but nearly $400 million in liquidations show just how stretched traders were heading into the move.

target (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Ether Likely to Top $5K, BTC May See New High as Powell Sparks Rally, Asset Managers Say

While Powell's stance supports a crypto rally, potential risks include corporate treasury adoption challenges and equity market volatility.

Cryptocurrencies are likely to surge in the coming days. (lizzyliz/Pixabay)

Markets

Ethereum Surges to New All-Time High Amid Likely September Rate Cut

The token rose to a fresh record on Coinbase on Friday.

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Markets

VanEck Aims to Take Solana's Liquid Staking to TradFi Investors Via JitoSOL ETF

The fund would offer exposure to staked Solana via JitoSOL, tracking staking rewards.

(VanEck)

Markets

Chainlink's LINK Rallies 12% to New 2025 High Amid Token Buyback, Broader Crypto Rally

The oracle network's native token smashed through resistance levels, hitting its strongest price since December.

"Chainlink's LINK Token Surges 8% on Institutional Buying and Breakout from 23-Hour Consolidation"