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

BNY CEO says the future of crypto runs through big banks

Robin Vince says large banks can bridge digital assets and traditional finance as trust and regulation shape the next phase of growth.

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Markets

Circle stock plunges 20% as a new draft of the Clarity Act threatens stablecoin rewards

The latest version of the Clarity Act is pressuring stocks as it would restrict stablecoin rewards.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

Markets

Coinbase says the ‘second wave’ of crypto investors are prioritizing income over price appreciation

Coinbase’s head of institutional, Brett Tejpaul, says institutional priorities in crypto are evolving, and investors are increasingly hunting for yield.

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Markets

Bitcoin's wild roller coaster ride leaves leveraged traders with $415 million in liquidations

Bitcoin swung from $67,500 to $71,200 and back to $70,000 in a single session as Trump said he was postponing Iran strikes, then Iran denied any communication was taking place.

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Tech

Ethereum faces make-or-break moment in high-stakes balancing act as scaling, quantum and AI pressures mount

While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fragmentation, security, and purpose, even as it continues prioritizing base-layer scaling.

Vitalik Buterin speaking at ETHDenver in February 2022

Finance

The genius and the danger of STRC: How Strategy’s new funding model bends so it doesn't break

Strategy's STRC has bitcoin a major bitcoin accumulation tool, but analysts warn the risks aren't as clear as the marketing makes them out to be.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%

The average production cost was sitting at $88,000 per bitcoin in mid-March, according to Checkonchain's difficulty regression model.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Markets

Bitcoin options signal extreme fear as downside protection premium hits new all-time high, says VanEck

Despite stabilizing spot prices, investors remain defensive, with leveraged speculation cooling and realized volatility dropping from 80 to 50, suggesting a cautious market sentiment.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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Finance

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

It could cost you up to $6 million to grab lunch with Donald Trump

Qualifying for Trump’s crypto gala can cost as little as $70,000 or as much as several million, with rankings driven by timing and strategy rather than sheer holdings.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)