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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Pudgy Penguins token rallies as ecosystem momentum hits a new peak

The tokens rallied after bullish ecosystem news provided holders with positive momentum, alongside major market activities.

(pudgypenguins.com)

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BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF just hit a massive milestone that proves crypto is now a mainstream bet

IBIT options open interest topped Deribit on Friday, signaling rapid institutional adoption of regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S.

Larry Fink (Getty Images)

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How Anthropic’s Mythos model is forcing the crypto industry to rethink everything about security

DeFi leaders say that AI will arm both attackers and defenders, and widen the gap between projects that prioritize security and those that do not.

CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin falls after Trump reportedly canceled Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's Iran-talks trip

Trump is expected to speak at his crypto conference in Palm Beach shortly.

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Mike Tyson, Tether CEO, Cathie Wood among speakers at Trump's 'most exclusive' crypto conference

The event, at which Trump himself is scheduled to speak, gathers top-tier holders of the $TRUMP meme coin.

Donald Trump points at the audience during a press conference at the White House.

Technologie

Clock is ticking for bitcoin to prevent quantum threat as it could drain 6.9 million BTC including Satoshi’s

Can a network without formal governance coordinate the biggest cryptographic migration in its history?

A detail of the Satoshi Nakamoto statue in Budapest, Hungary. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

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Michael Saylor says the bitcoin winter is over. Some experts agree, with caveats.

Market analyst Mati Greenspan said bitcoin has not gone through a “winter,” rather a pullback within a broader bull market, adding the next leg up for bitcoin will be driven by nation-state adoption.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Tether freezes $344 million in USDT on Tron tied to 'illicit activity'

The stablecoin issuer said the action followed U.S. law enforcement requests as global watchdog FATF warned of growing role of digital dollars in illicit money flows.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

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Core Scientific seeks $3.3 billion bond sale to further AI data center pivot

The company is building six AI data centers, leased to CoreWeave for 12 years, and is expected to generate approximately $10 billion in revenue.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

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Mob boss John Gotti’s grandson is headed to prison for a $1.1 million Covid fraud and crypto scheme

The mob boss’ grandson defrauded the U.S. government’s Covid-19 relief system out of $1.1 million and invested at least half of it to invest in crypto businesses.

Mob boss John Gotti (Getty Images)