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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Finance

Trump's Empire Pulled In $57M From Family-Linked Crypto Firm Last Year, Filing Shows

The U.S. President also holds up to $5 million in crypto, $500,000 in gold bars, stakes in various companies, and a vast real estate empire.

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Markets

Brazil Sets Flat 17.5% Tax on Crypto Profits, Ending Exemption for Smaller Investors

The tax applies to all crypto assets, regardless of location, and aims to boost tax revenue.

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Markets

Shaquille O’Neal to Pay $1.8M in Settlement Over FTX Promotion Lawsuit

Investors in the lawsuit alleged that he misled them by appearing in ads for the exchange.

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Markets

Bitcoin Remains Defiant Amid Escalating Middle East Conflict and Trade War Fears

Bitcoin dipped below $105K overnight before steadying as traders weigh geopolitical fallout and tariff uncertainty.

Bitcoin traded between $104.2K and $106.1K over the past 24 hours, with dips below $105K

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Bitcoin Bounces to $106K After Iran-Israel Jitters, but Analysts Warn of Deeper Pullback

Circle is up 13% on news that Amazon and Walmart are moving into stablecoins.

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Markets

SUI Drops 10% to $3.02, but Is a Turnaround Forming After Buyers Step In Near $3?

SUI plunged nearly 13% before stabilizing above $3 as high-volume sell pressure gave way to cautious dip buying.

SUI fell sharply from $3.34 to below $2.96 before rebounding above the $3.00 level

Markets

Solana's SOL Falls 8% to $147 Despite Standard Chartered’s $275 Year-End Target

Solana’s SOL sharp pullback contrasts with Standard Chartered’s late-May forecast calling for nearly 90% upside by the end of the year.

SOL fell from over $160 to a low of $142 before rebounding toward $147

Markets

ADA Drops 6% as Cardano Community Debates $100M Stablecoin Liquidity Proposal

Cardano's ADA token dipped more than 6% as Charles Hoskinson defended a proposal to deploy 140M ADA from the treasury to kick-start stablecoin liquidity.

ADA price dropped from near $0.688 to $0.625 before rebounding to the $0.64 area

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Markets

UNI Drops Hard After V-Shaped Rebound Fizzles Amid Mounting Middle East Tension

Uniswap (UNI) reversed steep losses after a flash crash but slipped again as Trump warned of “more brutal” strikes against Iran.

UNI price swung from $7.90 to $6.82 and back above $8.40 before retreating to $7.38

Markets

Brazilian Firm Meliuz's Shares Fall After Planning to Raise $32.4M to Buy Bitcoin

The fintech company strengthened its crypto strategy with a discounted share offering and a bitcoin acquisition plan.

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