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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CME Group to Launch Solana Futures as Demand for Crypto Derivatives Grows

CME Group expands its crypto offerings with Solana futures, set to debut in March.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

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Consensus EasyA Hackathon Winners: AI Agents, Gaming, Trading, Payments, NFT Platforms

Hackathon for Consensus Hong Kong brought out some of the most innovative the early stage projects that could drive the Web3 world forward.

Consensus HK EasyA Hackathon (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

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Bybit and Safe Custody Are at Odds on Who's to Blame for $1.5B Hack

The apparent stand-off mirrors that of WazirX and Liminal Custody, which blamed each other following a $230 million exploit last July.

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

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Core Scientific Stock Surges After $1.2B Expansion of Data Center With CoreWeave

The expansion will significantly increase Core Scientific’s AI and cloud computing capacity and increase total projected revenue to $10.2 billion over 12-year contract terms.

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Bitcoin Miners Drawing Power From Grids Will Face 'Reckoning' Post Next Halving, MARA Says

With rising energy cost, many miners may not survive the 2028 halving, MARA said.

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

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Bitcoin, Broader Market Dip After Trump Plans to Impose 25% Tariffs on EU

Bitcoin and S&P 500 both fell to their session low after Trump talked about tariffs at his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Strategy Is Down 50% From Its Highs. What Does It Mean for Its $43B Bitcoin Holdings?

Bitcoin's stumble begs the question asked during the last bear market: Is there a point at which Michael Saylor would be forced to liquidate part of the company's near-500,000 BTC stack?

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

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How to Prepare for a Major Compliance Failure Settlement: The OKX Approach

A confidential crisis management document drafted by OKX offers a fascinating insight into how one exchange choreographs its response when news breaks about regulatory failures.

OKX CMO Haider Rafique with McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri before the Singapore Grand Prix on September 1, 2024. (Courtesy: McLaren and OKX)

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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.

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