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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Policy

Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Ingredients: U.S.

The financial-crimes arm of the U.S. Treasury Department has flagged the increased use of several crypto assets to support Mexican drug trafficking

U.S. authorities have warned about Mexican cartels using crypto to buy precursors to make fentanyl. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Technologies Stock Sell-Off Is 'Attractive Buying Opportunity,' Benchmark Says

The stock lost nearly half of its value earlier this week following the tumble in altcoins and after the publication of a negative opinion piece in a crypto newsletter, the report said.

Defi Technologies sell-off is overdone, reiterate Buy: Benchmark (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Finance

Kraken Says Hackers Turned to 'Extortion' After Exploiting Bug for $3M

The bug found by a "security researcher" led to nearly $3 million stolen from Kraken's treasuries.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Hashrate May Finally Slow as Miners Face Scorching Summer Heatwaves

Hashrate for the Bitcoin network typically flattens or declines during North American summer time, industry experts say.

Celsius Network is now allowing withdrawals from some accounts after freezing the accounts last June. (Unsplash)

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Finance

Telecom Giant and T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin

The company also revealed that it's running Bitcoin and Lightning network nodes.

Mika Baumeister, Unsplash

Policy

Australian Securities Exchange Gives Its First Approval of a Spot Bitcoin Listing to VanEck

The fund will provide investors exposure to bitcoin by investing in the VanEck Bitcoin Trust ('HODL') which is a United States ETF listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc (Cboe).

Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)

Markets

AI-Linked Crypto Tokens Underperform as Apple's Event Fails to Impress Traders

Tokens of Render, Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and Bittensor slumped 3%-5% despite mostly flat bitcoin and broader crypto prices.

(Laurenz Heymann/Unsplash)

Finance

Defi Protocol UwU Lend Suffers $19.3M Exploit: Arkham

The protocol was set up by Quadriga CX co-founder "Sifu."

(Kris/Pixabay)

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Finance

Bitcoin ETFs, Bankruptcy Paybacks Have Given Crypto Lending a Second Wind

Crypto lending firm Ledn survived the crypto winter by being "boring, slow and safe," according to a co-founder.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Stocks Soar Amid Takeover Frenzy

The stocks are undervalued, so miners with attractive power contracts could become M&A targets, according to Wall Street analysts.

Wall Street has bitcoin mining mergers on its mind. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)