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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Pendle's TVL Hits Record $8.3B After Yield-Trading Platform Debut

The protocol's new yield-trading platform, Boros, allows traders to go long or short on funding rates, and has attracted significant deposits and activity since its launch.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

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Arthur Hayes ‘Had to Buy It All Back’ After Selling $8.3M Worth of ETH

The quick buyback suggests Hayes may see renewed upside in ether, contradicting his earlier prediction of a market downturn.

Arthur Hayes (CoinDesk)

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Commodity-Backed Cryptocurrencies Hit 5-Year Minting Record Over Gold Trade Turmoil

The surge comes after gold futures hit an all-time high and amid concerns over the impact of U.S. tariffs on Switzerland's gold exports.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

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Trump-Linked World Liberty Seeks $1.5B for Public Crypto Holding Firm: Bloomberg

The move would see World Liberty Financial join other crypto treasury firms, and comes as Trump adopts pro-crypto policies.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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ETH Jumps 7% to $4,200, Highest Since December 2021, as Analysts Forecast What’s Next

ETH hit $4,200 on Binance after breaking $4,000 a day earlier, as analysts pointed to liquidations and potential altcoin rotation amid rising sentiment.

ETH price rises 6.57% to $4,165 over 24 hours

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Harvard Reports $116M Stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF in Latest Filing

The position marks one of the largest known bitcoin allocations by a U.S. university endowment.

Harvard University library (Pascal Bernardon/Unsplash)

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Ether to $4.4K? This Hidden Signal Suggests a Possible Quick Fire Rally

The net gamma exposure of dealers in the Deribit-listed ether options market is negative between $4,000 and $4,400.

Ether could rise quickly to $4.4K. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

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Swiss Bank Sygnum Launches Regulated SUI Custody and Trading for Institutions

Sygnum is expanding regulated Sui blockchain access for institutional clients with custody and trading, and plans to add staking and collateral-backed loans later this year.

Swiss flag in alpine landscape, symbolizing Sygnum’s Swiss roots (Janosch Diggelmann/Unsplash)

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Asia Morning Briefing: BTC Mining Industry Not Worried About New Round of Trump Tariffs

Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSMC) and Samsung, the largest BTC Mining ASIC manufacturers, have exemptions from the tariffs because of their U.S. operations.

(Bitdeer Group)

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Donald Trump Signs Order Letting Crypto Into 401(k) Retirement Plans

The order directs the Department of Labor to reevaluate how crypto should be treated by retirement fund managers.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)