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

Michael Saylor Says Bitcoin ETFs Will Be the ‘Super Tanker’ for His MicroStrategy ‘Sports Car’

The software company now owns around $4.5 billion worth of bitcoin and is planning to buy more in the third quarter of this year.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

GameStop to Remove Crypto Wallets Citing 'Regulatory Uncertainty'

The company will remove its iOS and Chrome wallet extensions on Nov. 1.

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Markets

KIN Token Surges Over 20% After Vote to Burn 70% of Supply Passes

The token climbed on news that about 7 trillion KIN tokens worth $156 million will be burned.

Ted Livingston speaks at Kin Ambassadors event in NYC April 2018. Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk.

Markets

Bitcoin May Reach $300K by 2028 Halving, Says $1.6B Asset Manager

The Morgan Creek Capital Management founder expects bitcoin to catch up to gold's valuation.

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Finance

Private Banking Firm With $14B Assets Starts First Crypto Fund of Spain

The fund will be accessible to professional investors only and will be audited by PwC.

Una encuesta mostró que casi 7% de los españoles invirtió en cripto. (Kutay Tanir/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin Miners Buy Up Rigs as Prices Near All-Time Lows

Miners are prioritizing the inclusion of next-generation mining rigs in their operations to prepare for the next Bitcoin halving.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Startup Ramp Network Starts Brazilian Unit as First Step in LatAm Expansion

Ramp said that it will look to link up with local payment networks, such as the widely used Pix in Brazil.

Bandera de Brasil. (Unsplash)

Policy

Putin Signs Digital Ruble Law Making a CBDC Possible in Russia

The new law describes a legal framework for a central bank digital token

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)

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Finance

Arkham Intel Exchange Shows 11 Submissions Since Debut Including Finding Elon Musk’s Wallet

Some bounties that have received a submission include identifying an address owned by MicroStrategy with over 10,000 BTC volume.

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Markets

DeFi Project Parrot Holds Contentious Vote on Future of $70M Treasury

The redemption plan for the protocol appears to heavily favor employees and Parrot’s venture investors.

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