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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Tech

Ethereum's Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says

Future roadmap upgrades for the network will become more difficult with a large validator set, the report said.

Ethereum's rising validator count is causing technical capacity and centralization concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets says (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit

They are "very squeezable" due to short sellers' large positions, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.

Heavily shorted crypto stocks like MicroStrategy could be poised to shoot up. (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Markets

Layer-2 Blockchain Mantle’s Token Hits All-Time High as Reward System Goes Live

The rally in the MNT token pushed the market cap of the blockchain to over $4 billion.

Messari


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Finance

Crypto Exchange KuCoin Violated Anti-Money Laundering Laws, U.S. Charges

The exchange was charged under the Bank Secrecy Act.

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Finance

A16z-Backed Protocol Unveils U.S. Dollar Stablecoin Passing Yield from RWA and DeFi

Angle also aims to establish a forex hub offering seamless conversion between its dollar and euro-pegged stablecoins.

Guillaume Nervo and Pablo Veyrat, founders of Angle (Angle Labs, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

London Stock Exchange Will Start Market for Bitcoin and Ether ETNs May 28

The stock exchange will accept applications for trading bitcoin and ether crypto exchange traded notes from April 8.

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Markets

Goldman Seeing 'Resurgence of Interest' for Crypto Options From Hedge Fund Clients: Bloomberg

The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. in January led to a pickup in interest from Goldman's existing clients, the report says.

Goldman Sachs logo (CoinDesk archives)

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Policy

CommEX, Owner of Binance's Former Russian Ops, to Close Down

Crypto exchange Binance sold the entirety of its Russian business to CommEX in September last year following compliance concerns.

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)

Finance

Cathie Wood Calls Bitcoin a ‘Financial Super Highway,’ Reiterates $1.5M Price Target

The Ark Invest CEO said the firm has been looking closely at emerging markets, where use cases of the digital asset make her believe that bitcoin is partly a risk-off asset.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood