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

DoubleZero Launches $537M SOL Stake Pool to Turbocharge Solana Validator Network

DoubleZero’s new 3 million SOL stake pool, DZSOL, aims to decentralize Solana validator infrastructure by offering access to its high-speed fiber network.

A standing Austin Federa talks on stage at BUIDL Asia 2024

Policy

No U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Plans as White House Touts Crypto Report

The report on the government's crypto plans doesn't offer a ton of surprises, mostly echoing familiar policy work, and it's got nothing new on the crypto stockpiles.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Telegram Bans $35B Scam Marketplace. Only to See Illicit Crypto Trades Surge Elsewhere

While Telegram banned Huione and Xinbi Guarantee channels amid pressure from blockchain intelligence firms and U.S. regulators, the broader ecosystem is beginning to bounce back.

Huione website (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

BONK Sinks 12% as Meme Token Sector Faces Heavy Sell-Off

Solana-based BONK token plunged as transaction volumes spiked to 2.59 trillion amid large holders offloading ahead of the Fed’s policy meeting.

BONK-USD, July 30 2025 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: SEC's In-Kind BTC, ETH ETF Redemption Shift Happened Years Ago in Hong Kong

Regulators in Hong Kong were open to in-kind redemptions for the city's crypto ETFs since day one.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Finance

MARA Shares Jump as Q2 Revenue Beats Wall Street's Expectations Thanks to Surging BTC Price

The bitcoin miner said the company posted its highest revenue quarter due to the average price of bitcoin surging 50% during the second quarter.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

Markets

ETH Treasury Race Heats Up: BitMine Still Ahead Despite SharpLink's Latest Ether Purchase

SharpLink has now bought more than 438,000 ETH, but BitMine’s total holdings exceed 625,000 ETH — highlighting the fierce competition between the two largest ETH treasury players.

ETH trades above $3,800 in 24H chart ahead of Fed decision

Finance

New Ether Treasury Firm 'ETHZilla' Emerges With $425M Funding and a DeFi Twist

The transaction was backed by sixty institutional and crypto-native investors, including Polychain Capital, GSR.

Ether price chart on a smartphone screen (Cedrik Wesche/Unsplash)

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Finance

MARA, Holder of Nearly $6B BTC, Raises $950M to Buy More Bitcoin

MARA Holdings holds roughly 50,000 BTC, valued at nearly $6 billion, ranking it as the second-largest bitcoin holder among public companies

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

Tech

Linea to Burn ETH With Every Transaction in Bold L2 Upgrade

Linea’s updated roadmap introduces ETH-native staking on bridged assets, a protocol-level ETH burn mechanism, and the allocation of 85% of its token supply to ecosystem development.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)