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.

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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)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

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.

(Dean Skurka)

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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.

A curious case of $212 million vanishing bitcoin order. (Getty Images)

Mercati

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.

(Jason Hafso/Unsplash)

Mercati

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)

Mercati

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)

Finanza

Stripe Tests New Stablecoin Project as $3.7T Market Looms

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said a stablecoin tool for companies outside US, UK and EU is ready for testing.

Contactless payment via a mobile phone (Jonas Lupe/Unsplash)

Finanza

DeFi Development Plans to Raise $1 Billion to Buy More Solana

DeFi Development Corp. plans to use proceeds to bolster its Solana-focused treasury strategy and fund corporate initiatives.

Solana portfolio shown on a laptop (Amjith S/Unsplash)

Mercati

Bitcoin Poised for Strongest Weekly Gain Since Trump Win as ETFs Gobble $2.7B Inflows

SUI, BCH and Hedera's HBAR led Friday gains in the CoinDesk 20 Index, with one analyst saying this week's crypto rally is likely the beginning of BTC's climb to fresh record prices.

(Getty Images)