Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Head of Americas. 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 University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineering. He holds ETH and BTC, as well as ADA, SOL, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Aoyon Ashraf

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Marchés

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)

Marchés

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.

(Getty Images)

Marchés

Litecoin Surges 7% as SEC Likely to Approve Spot ETF with 90% Odds: Analyst

Bullish reversal pattern forms as LTC reclaims critical $86 level amid increasing institutional interest.

LTC-USD price chart showing a 6.79% rise to $88.67 with strong momentum and volume on May 1, 2025

Marchés

Solana Surges 8% Despite Global Macro Tensions. Can It Hit $155 in Short-Term?

Despite broader market uncertainty, SOL demonstrates remarkable resilience by climbing from April lows to establish new support levels above $150.

SOL-USD price chart showing a 6.57% rise to $152.52 with high trading volume on May 1, 2025

Marchés

Movement Token Slumps 14% as Coinbase Suspends Trading

Movement's MOVE token is now in "limit-only mode" on the trading platform.

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

Marchés

ATOM Surges More Than 4% With Broader Market as Cosmos Ecosystem Attracts Institutions

Cosmos-based projects gain institutional attention with BlackRock CEO highlighting tokenization revolution

ATOM price chart shows 4.5% daily rise to $4.44 with higher trading volume.

Technologies

'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.

Credit: Shutterstock

Marchés

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.

(Shutterstock)

Technologies

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)