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

New York Expands Fraud Case Against Digital Currency Group to $3 Billion

An initial lawsuit accusing crypto firm DCG of cheating people out of $1 billion has been amplified by investors coming forward with losses tripling that, the NY attorney general said.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Markets

Vibe Check: Momentum Building: CoinDesk Indices' Todd Groth

Periodic observations and market musings from Todd Groth, Head of Research, CoinDesk Indices.

Arrow Up (Unsplash)

Markets

JPMorgan Survey Shows Over Half of Institutional Traders Don't Want Crypto Exposure

The bank’s survey of over 4,000 traders found that 78% of the participants do not plan to trade cryptocurrencies, while just 12% plan to do so in the next five years.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Shares Slide as CEO Departs Weeks After Short-Seller Report

Former CEO Jamie Leverton is succeeded by president Asher Genoot.

Jaime Leverton (Hut 8)

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Markets

CME Trading Volume Reached Highest in 3 Years After Bitcoin ETF Approval

The total derivatives trading volume on CME rose 35% in January to $94.9 billion, the highest since October 2021.

CME trading volume reached highest in 3 years after bitcoin ETF approval (CCData)

Markets

Vibe Check: Coiling the Spring: CoinDesk Indices' Todd Groth

Periodic observations and market musings from Todd Groth, Head of Research, CoinDesk Indices

Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

Apple's 'Vision Pro' Set to Get First Crypto-Focused Metaverse App From Victoria VR

The app will be released in the second quarter, and the VR token price has surged 60% in the last 24 hours.

Victoria VR's token surges as it becomes first to release metaverse app for Apple's 'Vision Pro' headset. (Apple)

Finance

Crypto Trading Platform Avantis Opens Perpetual Swaps DEX on Base Network

Avantis said it saw over $5 billion in trading volume from 50,000 wallets during its two-month testnet run.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Steady at $43K as Tumbling U.S. Regional Bank Stocks Reignite Worries

Bitcoin so far remained muted compared to its vehement rally during the March banking crisis, but one analyst said he's "cautiously long" amid the turmoil.

Bitcoin price on Feb. 1 (CoinDesk)

Finance

The Biggest BONK Whale Just Invested in 'Ycombinator for Solana'

What started as a joke is turning into real business for Solana.

A BONK ad in Salt Lake City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)