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

Coinbase's $2.9B Deribit Deal a 'Legitimate Threat' for Peers, Wall Street Analysts Say

The acquisition makes Coinbase the largest crypto derivatives platform and a credible rival to Binance.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sits for a portrait in their San Francisco headquarters. (Christie Hemm Klok/Getty Images)

Finance

Meta Is Looking to Enter Red-Hot Stablecoin Market: Fortune

The tech giant reportedly also hired a vice president of product with crypto experience to help with the stablecoin efforts.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $100K for First Time in 3 Months; Are Upside Targets Too Low?

The price has jumped 33% in a few weeks after plunging to $75,000 in the days following President Trump's early April Liberation Day tariff announcement.

Bitcoin tops $100K

Finance

Pump.fun Hits Back at Report That Claimed 98% of Memecoins on the Platform Are Fraudulent

Seven millions tokens have been launched in pump.fun since its inception in 2024.

(Trang Nguyen/Unsplash)

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Markets

Coinbase Earnings Pain Likely as Retail Activity Slumps, Wall Street Analysts Warn

Barclays, JPMorgan, Compass Point and Oppenheimer all cut their first-quarter forecasts last month, citing weaker crypto trading.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Tech

Why One of Uniswap DAO’s Most Outspoken Members Just Walked Away in Frustration

The situation highlights the struggle of balancing DeFi protocol interests.

Uniswap DAO is down a delegate this week. (Getty Images)

Markets

SHIB Plunges 7.4% in One Week, but Market Sentiment Remains Cautiously Optimistic

Institutional investors accumulate despite volatility, with 109 new SHIB millionaire wallets emerging in April.

SHIB-USD 1-hour price chart showing a 0.45% decline to 0.041285 on May 5, 2025, with volume spikes around 19:00 GMT

Policy

Leading House Dem Will Block Crypto Market Structure Bill Hearing

Rep. Maxine Waters said she is concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump's increasing crypto ties.

Rep. Maxine Waters (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Markets

Bitcoin Traders’ Favorite Lottery Ticket for the First Half of the Year — The $300K BTC Call

"There are always folks that want the hyperinflation hedge," one observer said, explaining the solid open interest build up in the $300K call option expiring on June 26.

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Markets

Chart of the Week: '10x Money Multiplier' for Bitcoin Could Take Wall Street by Storm

Publicly traded firms relentlessly buying bitcoin for their balance sheet could result in 'significant buy pressure.'

Could BTC price rise 44% from firms buying in the open market? (Getty Images)