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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Tech

'Everything Is Encrypted': Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand

The solution comes after 8 years of development and as institutions seek transaction confidentiality.

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Markets

Tether Finalizes Buying 70% of Adecoagro Stake, Securing Tokenization Ambition

The USDT issuer expands beyond crypto with a controlling stake in Adecoagro, a major Latin American producer.

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Tech

Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen

Movement, backed by Trump's World Liberty Financial, says it was duped into an agreement that experts say incentivized price manipulation.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Finance

Trump's Truth Social Mulls Launching Token for Subscriptions in Latest Crypto Push

The company also plans to forge ahead with its ETFs, which will include cryptocurrencies.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to accept the "gift" of negative interest rates. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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WonderFi’s Dean Skurka on Bringing Users Onchain and Canada's Crypto Evolution

WonderFi's CEO, a speaker at Consensus 2025, outlines the firm’s Layer-2 ambitions, Australia expansion, regulatory hopes for Canada, and how volatility impacts the industry.

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Finance

A Vanishing $212M Bitcoin Order Caused Chaos for Traders. Is Spoofing Back in Crypto?

Despite increased scrutiny, spoofing remains a challenge in crypto, highlighting the need for better surveillance and stricter regulations.

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Markets

Prediction Markets Traders Bet Big on Easy Liberal Win as Canadians Head to the Polls

Political betting platforms show Mark Carney leading with a 78% chance of becoming Canada's next Prime Minister, while Pierre Poilievre has a 22% chance.

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Markets

Chart of the Week: Tariff Carnage Starting to Fulfill Bitcoin's 'Store of Value' Promise

Traditional safe-haven assets like gold and the Swiss Franc have been joined by bitcoin as a refuge for investors.

A detail of the Satoshi Nakamoto statue in Budapest, Hungary. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

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Markets

Trump Token's 85% Weekly Surge Defies Democrats' Call for Impeachment, Massive Unlocks

U.S. Peesident Donald Trump's memecoin has led to calls for impeachment and inflated its circulating supply in major unlocks. It's still defying gravity.

Donald Trump (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)

Web3

GameFi Tokens Show Signs of Life After Gala Games, White House Tie-Up

Gala Games' Easter event at the White House hints at a potential fresh chapter for GameFi, which has shown signs of life in the last few days.

People playing video games (Alex Haney/Unsplash)