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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Teknoloji

Cubist, Led by Computer Science Professors, Releases Wallet-as-a-Service 'CubeSigner'

According to CEO Riad Wahby, who's an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon, the new wallet will be "a hundred times faster" than competing products.

Cubist CEO Riad Wahby (Cubist)

Finans

Coinbase Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates While Trading Volume Falls

The crypto exchange's third quarter transaction revenue declined 12% from previous quarter.

Coinbase sticker on a Macintosh laptop

Politika

Will Hashdex's 'Undeniable' Distinctions Help Win Bitcoin ETF Race? Some Analysts Think So

Hashdex's decision to use CME, a regulated exchange, per the SEC's requirement of a surveillance-sharing agreement (SSA), might set it apart from the group.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Teknoloji

Privacy Technology Firm Nym Plans Early 2024 Rollout of 'Decentralized VPN'

The privacy-focused infrastructure project says that the new NymVPN will disperse traffic across a network of nodes rather than running data through single servers as centralized VPNs do.

Nym co-founder and CEO Harry Halpin (Nym)

Reklam

Finans

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Tests BTC Mining With Methane Gas From Waste Landfill

The 280 Kilowatt (kW) pilot project in Utah is already operational.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel interview at Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finans

Team Behind Celsius Bidder NovaWulf Starts New Firm Called Valinor

Former NovaWulf employees Connor Dougherty and Lily Yarborough are spearheading Valinor, with the continued support and collaboration of two former NovaWulf partners.

(Mustang Joe/Flickr)

Piyasalar

Near Token Rallies Amid Nym Partnership, Ahead of Nearcon Conference

The Near Foundation announced a partnership with Nym Technologies, a privacy-focused infrastructure startup.

NEAR token surges. (CoinDesk)

Finans

Circle Curbs Stablecoin Minting for Retail Users, Moving Closer to Tether's Practice

The action represents a move towards main competitor Tether's practice to limit access for retail users.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (CoinDesk)

Reklam

Teknoloji

Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They're Not Trading Yet

The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they're locked for trading at least until next April.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

Piyasalar

Bitcoin's 14% Weekly Gain Signals 'End of an Era' as Big Tech Dumps, Analyst Says

Bitcoin's advance this week coupled with gains across all digital asset sectors, highlighting the breadth of the crypto rally.

BTC price on Oct. 27 (CoinDesk)