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

Bitcoin Miner MARA Starts Massive $2B Stock Sale Plan to Buy More BTC

The company, which has the second-largest bitcoin stash among publicly-traded companies, could use the funds to finance further BTC acquisitions.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk "First Mover" screenshot)

Markets

FTX to Begin $11.4B Creditor Payouts in May After Years-Long Bankruptcy Battle


Payments to FTX’s largest creditors will start May 30, nearly three years after the exchange collapsed.

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Markets

Why Is the Crypto Market Down Today? Bitcoin Drops to $82K as Traders Flee Risk Assets Amid Macro Worries

Crypto markets see over $300M in liquidations as investors flee risk ahead of April policy changes and over concerning macroeconomic data.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Plunges Below $84K after $115B Sell-Off Wipes Out Weekly Gains

Ethereum's ETH hit its weakest price against bitcoin in almost five years as macroeconomic concerns added pressure to risk assets.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

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Finance

A Public Company Boasting Trump's Sons on Advisory Board Is Buying BlackRock Bitcoin ETFs

Dominari Holdings, a wealth management firm, announced during an earnings report on Friday that it would use a portion of its excess cash to buy shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust.

Dominari Holdings (DOMH), located in the Trump Tower in New York City, made headlines last month after the Trump brothers joined its 58-year-old board of advisors and became investors. (Getty Images)

Finance

FalconX Said to Have Suffered Wave of Senior Staff Departures, Including General Counsel, European Head

A total of 10-15 people have left the business recently, two sources said.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Finance

Now Is 'Really Good Time' to Buy Bitcoin, Says Trillion Dollar Investment Manager

Global investment firm T. Rowe Price’s global technology portfolio manager, Dominic Rizzo, spoke at the Exchange conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

(Namthip Muanthongthae, Getty Images)

Markets

Apple, Tesla Among Stocks to Get Tokenized Via DigiFT's New On-Chain Index Fund

The funds, available to accredited and institutional investors, aim to change portfolio management with smart contracts and stablecoins.

Price and depth chart on laptop (Austin Distel/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto ETFs Gaining Massive Popularity Among U.S. Advisors as 'Reputational' Risk Gone

Crypto is now part of every financial advisor’s conversation and 57% of them plan to increase their allocations, TMX VettaFi senior investment strategist Cinthia Murphy said.

A presentation by TMX VettaFi at the Exchange conference in Las Vegas showing various crypto exchange-traded funds currently on the market. (CoinDesk/Helene Braun)A presentation by TMX VettaFi at the Exchange conference in Las Vegas showing various crypto exchange-traded funds currently on the market. (CoinDesk/Helene Braun)

Policy

Fintech and Crypto Firms Seek Bank Charters Under Trump Administration: Reuters

Financial technology and crypto firms are increasingly applying for state or national bank charters, despite the community’s historical resistance to centralized banking.

Battered BTC bulls pin hopes on the Fed. (JamesQube/Pixabay)