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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Peter Schiff Says He 'Gets Bitcoin' but Not USD-Pegged Stablecoins, Floats Gold-Backed Token Plan

The vocal crypto and bitcoin critic advocated for gold-backed stablecoins instead of U.S. dollar-pegged ones, and he plans to launch one himself.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Finance

A South Korean Biotech Firms Gets $183.3M Funding to Build Bitcoin Treasury

The company is also preparing to list on public markets in the U.S. via a special purpose acquisition company, SilverBox Corp IV.

16:9 Healthcare, biotech, laboratory (Darko Stojanovic/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: CryptoQuant Warns of $92K BTC Drop as Analyst Views Diverge

PLUS: Semler Scientific wants to hold over 100,000 BTC by 2027

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Markets

SOL Slips Below $144 Even as Sol Strategies Eyes Nasdaq to Deepen Its Bet

SOL fell below $144 despite bullish institutional headlines, as Sol Strategies filed to list on Nasdaq while holding over $61 million worth of SOL tokens.

SOL Breaks Below $144 Despite Nasdaq News From Sol Strategies

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ADA Slips Below $0.60; 24-Hour Trading Volume Jumps 30% Amid Accumulation Signs

ADA dips under key psychological support even as a 30% spike in 24-hour trading volume signals growing activity and potential accumulation.

ADA price chart showing decline to $0.5965 with consolidation near $0.60 amid rising volume

Markets

Bitcoin Cash Jumps to $480 as 24-Hour Trading Volume Spikes 22% Above Average

Bitcoin Cash climbed above $480 Tuesday as 24-hour trading volume surged 22% above its monthly average, defying broader market volatility and global tensions.

BCH 24-hour price chart showing breakout from $454 to above $480 with increasing volume

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Adds Bitcoin Staking Via Babylon as BTC Driven DeFi Picks Up

Kraken users will now be able to stake their bitcoin directly, locking it in a custodial vault on the native chain.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Policy

DOJ Ties Kansas Bank Collapse to $225 Million 'Pig Butchering' Seizure

Shan Hanes, the former CEO of Heartland Tri-State Bank, wired millions in embezzled funds to scammers who promised crypto riches and was arrested in 2024. Now, a DOJ complaint shows he was the single largest victim in a global "pig butchering" USDT laundering network.

Shan Hanes mugshot (Morton County Jail/DoJ Filing)

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Crypto Lenders Hold Nearly $60B of Assets as New Wave of DeFi Adoption Sweeps In: Report

DeFi protocols are expanding into tokenized real-world assets, with crypto-native asset managers playing a key role in capital allocation and governance, according to a new report.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)