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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Markets

OpenSea Confirms Upcoming Token Airdrop, Expands to Crypto Trading

The new platform OS2 will combine NFT and token trading and support multiple blockchains.

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Finance

Robinhood's Big Earnings Beat Could Bode Well for Coinbase

The popular trading platform said revenue for fourth quarter rose 115% from last year, mainly driven by crypto.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether Poised for a Rebound to $3K From Oversold Levels: Analysts

Recovery from oversold momentum indicator, the upcoming Pectra upgrade and Wednesday's CPI report are among the catalysts that could fuel an ETH rally,, a 10x Research report noted.

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Markets

Gold-Backed Tokens Set to Benefit as Wall Street Goes Even More Bullish After Record Rally

Major financial institutions are raising their gold price forecasts due to growing trade war fears and central bank accumulations.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Odds of Kanye West Launching Token Plummet After He Says ‘Coins Prey on Fans’

The rapper denied plans to launch his own cryptocurrency after saying he turned down a $2 million offer to do so.

Kanye West (Super 45/Música Independiente via Flickr)

Finance

Brazilian Stock Exchange B3 Reportedly Launching Bitcoin Options, ETH and SOL Futures

The move builds on its successful bitcoin futures trading and is set to strengthen Brazil’s cryptocurrency market.

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Markets

Why Is Ether Down Today? Market Fears and Growing Supply Help Fuel 5% Slide

Despite the bearish performance, analysts note a potential setup for a price bounce as bearish sentiment impacts ETH.

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Finance

Decentralized AI Opportunity Is 'Bigger than Bitcoin,' Says DCG's Barry Silbert

Barry Silbert thinks deAI is a generational opportunity. DCG's betting on it.

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Finance

Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Crypto Exchange Gemini Looking to Go Public: Bloomberg

The exchange looking at IPO listing as soon as this year, the report said.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Finance

DEX Aggregator 1inch Integrates ZKsync to Boost Cross-Chain Swaps

The integration aims to provide faster and cheaper transactions for users.

Price charts. on various screens (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)