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 Mining Cost Drops to $45K as Inefficient Miners Exit: JPMorgan

The bank sees limited upside for the bitcoin price in the near term due to a number of headwinds.

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Policy

Sweeping ‘Bitcoin Rights’ Bill Becomes Law in Oklahoma

The new laws protect Oklahomans’ right to self-custody their crypto and prevent the state and local governments from banning crypto mining.

Oklahoma's new laws protect Oklahomans’ right to self-custody their crypto and prevent the state and local governments from banning crypto mining (Unsplash)

Finance

State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF

The state’s investment board bought 94,562 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust in the first quarter of the year.

Wisconsin sign

Markets

Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs See $39M Outflows on Monday: Farside Investors

Previous outflows hovered around the $6 million mark, signaling a significant uptick in negative flows on Monday.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

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Markets

GameStop's Halting Rally Has Crypto Howling

The U.S. stock market has circuit breakers that halt shares sometimes as a safeguard. That's funny to crypto folks.

GameStop's stock soared – intermittently – on Monday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon In Talks With Kenya to Help With Its Green Energy Ambitions

Kenya's President William Ruto also wants to build a regulatory framework for crypto, with Marathon's help.

Nairobi, Kenya, Africa (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Markets

Jack Dorsey Says Bitcoin Price Will Go Beyond $1 Million in 2030

Dorsey, who led the social media platform from 2015 to 2021, developed a strong interest in crypto during that time and is now fully focused on the sector.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Misses Q1 Revenue Expectation On Operational Challenges

The shares of the miner dipped about 1.5% in after hours trading on Thursday afternoon.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

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Finance

Robinhood's Q1 Crypto Trading Volume Surged 224% as SEC Action Looms

Shares in the popular trading platform were higher by 7% after the company topped first quarter revenue and earnings estimates.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Finance

Revolut's Crypto Exchange Goes Live for Experienced Traders

London-based Revolut, which has more than 40 million customers worldwide, has developed Revolut X to compete with leading crypto exchanges

Revolut to Suspend Certain Crypto Services (Kaysha/ Unsplash)