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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Bybit Declares ‘War on Lazarus’ as It Crowdsources Effort to Freeze Stolen Funds

The exchange is offering a 5% bounty for submissions that could lead to stolen funds being frozen.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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GameStop Urged to Convert Its $5B Cash Into Bitcoin by Strive's CEO Matt Cole

GameStop has a unique opportunity to redefine itself as a market leader with its nearly $5 billion cash reserve, the letter said.

(Getty Images)

Политика

U.S. Law Enforcement Seizes $31M in Crypto Tied to Uranium Finance Hack

Hackers made off with approximately $50 million when the automated market maker was exploited in 2021.

SDNY Courthouse 40 Centre Street

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OKX Settles U.S. DOJ Charges, Pays Over $500M Penalty and Forfeiture

An OKX subsidiary said it resolved a U.S. DOJ investigation.

OKCoin, Star Xu

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Ethereum 'Roll Back' Suggestion Has Sparked Criticism. Here's Why It Won't Happen

Call for "roll back" by some, to negate Bybit hack, immediately provoked a fierce reaction from the Ethereum community, which was firm in its belief that it wouldn't happen.

(Jacob Lund/Shutterstock)

Финансы

Bybit Sees Over $4 Billion ‘Bank Run’ After Crypto’s Biggest Hack

The exchange, facing a bank run and needing to process withdrawals, worked to secure a loan and developed new software to access frozen funds.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

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Binance Research Survey Shows 95% of Latin American Crypto Users Plan to Buy More in 2025

The survey found that investors entered the cryptocurrency space looking for significant returns and financial freedom.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

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Ether Price Spikes Further on Reports of Bybit Starting to Buy ETH

The rise comes amid reports that Bybit has allocated 100 million USDT to a new wallet to buy the cryptocurrency.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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SEC Drops OpenSea Investigation Easing Pressure on NFT Market

The regulator’s decision comes after Coinbase said the SEC will vote on a deal to abandon its enforcement case against it.

OpenSea logo on phone (Unsplash)

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Arthur Hayes Floats the Idea of Rolling Back Ethereum Network to Negate $1.4B Bybit Hack, Drawing Community Ire

"I would support it because we already voted no on immutability in 2016," Hayes said on X, while Ethereum community strongly criticized it.

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)