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

New York Community Bancorp Shares Tumble After Earnings Miss, 71% Dividend Cut

The bank took over defunct Signature Bank's non crypto-related deposits last year.

Bitcoin slides back into familiar range (Shutterstock)

Finance

Ripple's XRP Drops 5% After Executive Is Hacked, Sparking Rumors of Network Breach

Ripple Executive Chairman Chris Larsen said the stolen funds all came from his "personal XRP accounts" in response to a report from blockchain analyst ZachXBT.

Ripple (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Vibe Check: The Bullish Bounce Back: CoinDesk Indices' Todd Groth

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

(John Angel/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner GRIID Shares Extend Drop After Nasdaq Listing

GRIID commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on Monday under the ticker symbol "GRDI" while continuing to trade on Cboe Canada under the same ticker.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

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Tech

Circle to Issue Its Stablecoin USDC on Celo Network to Boost RWA Capabilities

Celo, which is in the midst of transforming into an Ethereum layer 2 network, increasingly positions itself as a blockchain for real-world assets.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Invesco Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee In a Bid to Lure Investors

The asset manager previously had one of the highest fees of 0.39% for its bitcoin ETF.

Monad stumbles out the gate (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)

Markets

Solana's WEN Token Plummets Despite Burning 27% of Supply

The burn turned out to be a "sell the news event" as traders had already accounted for the purge – and then some.

"Moonbois in the mud," wrote one pseudonymous trader (wenwencoin.com, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto-Linked Stocks Rise With Bitcoin as Analyst Says 'Not The Time to Turn Bearish'

Miners such as Core Scientific (CORZ), Hut 8 (HUT) and TeraWulf (WULF) were among the outperformers.

Crypto rotation (Pixabay)

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Finance

Coinbase Upgraded by Oppenheimer as Crypto Exchange Is 'Stronger Than Many People Realize'

Analyst Own Lau noted higher trading volume, the recent approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs, and a potential win in the company’s lawsuit against the SEC as the main drivers for the upgrade.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Markets

Vibe Check: Ether Finds Support: CoinDesk Indices' Todd Groth

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

Ether (ETH) finds support at $2,200 level. (Natalilia Mysik/Getty Images)