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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Finance

Franklin Templeton Joins Ethereum ETF Race

The asset manager is also one of the issuers of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund but hasn’t seen the same success as frontrunners BlackRock and Fidelity.

Franklin Templeton has joined the race to launch an ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF). (Franklin Templeton via X)

Finance

FTX to Sell Custody Unit for $500K After Paying $10M Just Months Before Collapse

The bankrupt exchange's unit, Digital Custody Inc., which FTX bought for $10 million, sold for just $500k to CoinList.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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)

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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.

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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)

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

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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)