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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Trump's crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, blockchain data shows

The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

Policy

EU moves to block retail investors from explosive boom of multibillion-dollar prediction markets

The region's regulators emphasized that a product's actual function as a derivative matters more than its commercial name or labeling when assessing compliance.

Europe's markets regulator European Parliament (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Policy

UK's bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten the rollout

The U.K. FCA's crypto framework has been praised for prioritizing global liquidity and institutional adoption, but the authorization process is expected to be daunting.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

Markets

Bitcoin’s next parabolic run may need $1 trillion in fresh capital

This cycle, about $697 billion in new money has generated a roughly 689% gain, compared with earlier cycles where far less capital drove returns of upto 50,000%.

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This sanctioned Russian stablecoin claims it processes billions, but blockchain analysts disagree

A7A5 claims crypto data providers understate its trading activity, while blockchain analytics firms say the ruble-backed token's volumes have fallen sharply this year.

Kremlin and Moskva River. (Pavel Kazachkov/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance says MiCA should be judged by who it licenses, not who it excludes

Europe head Gillian Lynch said Binance met Greece's licensing requirements and that the company remains committed to the EU, despite withdrawing its MiCA application days before the July 1 deadline.

Binance Head of Europe Gillian Lynch. (Binance/Media)

Markets

A struggling Nasdaq-listed company that tried to copy Saylor's Bitcoin playbook is completely dumping crypto for AI

The Nasdaq-listed Korean media company once lined up $1 billion in financing to buy 10,000 bitcoin. A recent filing confirms its balance is now zero as it pivots to AI infrastructure and fights to stay listed.

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Policy

Why Poland is the only EU country where crypto firms can't get a MiCA license

President Karol Nawrocki refuses to sign a law that gives the regulator power to approve companies, forcing tech founders to look outside their own borders for permission to operate.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki

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Why OpenUSD's 'real threat' that tanked Circle stock still faces a steep uphill battle for adoption

The Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium can challenge Circle's business model, but analysts say building a network is harder than assembling big-name partners.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Dubai set for crypto firm influx as MiCA deadline pushes companies to reassess Europe

Dubai lawyer Irina Heaver says European founders are flocking to the UAE for faster licensing, a dedicated crypto regulator and access to markets beyond Europe.

Irina Heaver, crypto lawyer NeosLegal. (Irina Heaver/NeosLegal)