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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Markets

Chart of the Week: Wall Street's 'Infinite Money Glitch' Moves From Bitcoin to Altcoins

Will the strategy to buy altcoins for publicly traded companies' balance sheets be sustainable?

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Markets

ETH Could Be Worth $15K Medium Term, $4K Target in the Short Term: Fundstrat's Tom Lee

Fundstrat's Tom Lee says Ethereum is Wall Street’s top blockchain, with ETH possibly reaching $15,000 as tokenization and stablecoin growth accelerate.

Ether 24-hour chart showing rebound from $3,490 to $3,564

Markets

Avalanche’s AVAX ‘Breakout Finally Happened’ After 30% Monthly Price Jump

This price increase, coupled with a rebound in DeFi activity, suggests growing confidence among traders and a potential short-term target of $32 to $35.

AVAX monthly price chart (CoinDesk Data)

Web3

Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Suffers $44M Hack

The timing of the hack carries an unsettling echo: it occurred exactly one year after another Indian exchange, WazirX, was hacked for $235 million.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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Markets

TON Launches Tolk, New Smart Contract Language With Lower Costs and Faster Development

TON Foundation designates Tolk as the new standard for smart contracts, promising up to 40% lower gas fees and a faster, modern development experience across DeFi and gaming.

TON drops 1.73% to $3.1696, with lows near $3.14 during a choppy 24-hour session.

Finance

TAO Synergies Becomes Largest Public Holder of Bittensor Token With $10M Purchase

The company plans to stake the tokens within the Bittensor network, believing in the continued growth and expansion of decentralized AI.

artificial intelligence (AI) key on a keyboard (BoliviaInteligente/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether ETFs See Record $2.18B Weekly Inflow as ETH Rallies During 'Crypto Week'

The price of ether rose over 20% in the past week to briefly top $3,600, before correcting to $3,560.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Charles Schwab CEO Says Crypto Trading Is Coming Soon, Will Compete With Coinbase for Retail

Rick Wurster says clients want crypto to sit next to their stocks and bonds and that Schwab will “absolutely” compete with Coinbase as it rolls out BTC and ETH trading.

Bitcoin trades at $118,256 after dipping from a 24-hour high of $119,186.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bullish Files for U.S. IPO

The company plans a NYSE listing under the ticker “BLSH.”

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Policy

Trump Signs GENIUS Act Into Law: The Full Transcript

President Trump celebrated the signing of stablecoin legislation in a wide-ranging speech touching on crypto, regulation and political allies.

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