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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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)

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)

Markets

Gold-Backed Crypto Minting Volume Hits 3-Year High as Central Bank Buying Drops

A surge in demand, particularly from ETFs, pushed the average quarterly gold price to a record high.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

A Tiny Company Wants to Buy $20M TRUMP Token to Change U.S.-Mexico Trade Deals

Freight Technologies, which also invested in FET tokens, says it's aiming to strengthen its technology and geopolitical positioning.

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Policy

Arizona Governor Calls Crypto an ‘Untested Investment,’ Vetoes Bitcoin Reserve Bill

The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state.

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Markets

‘Like Spitting on a Fire’: Tether CEO Slams EU Deposit Protections Amid Bank Failure Warnings


Paolo Ardoino criticizes EU rules that could force stablecoin issuers to rely on fragile banks and warned about potential bank failures in the future.

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino at Paris Blockchain Week on April 14, 2022. (Twitter/Bitfinex, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

CME Group Crypto Derivatives Volume Soars 129% in April With ETH Leading the Charge


The exchange saw its crypto derivatives volumes rise sharply to $8.9 billion in April, led by ether futures growth.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

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Markets

Movement Labs Suspends Rushi Manche Amid Coinbase Delisting, Token-Dumping Scandal

Movement Labs cites 'ongoing events' as the reason for suspension.

(Rushi Manche/Danny Nelson)

Finance

SEC Ditches PayPal's PYUSD Probe, Removing Key Regulatory Hurdle for Its Stablecoin

The SEC subpoenaed PayPal in late 2023 over its dollar-backed stablecoin.

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