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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Policy

Crypto Industry Is 'Absolutely' at War Against Gensler and Warren, Blockchain Association CEO Smith Says

The war won't last forever, but probably will continue for the next 18-20 months, Kristin Smith said.

Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

'Operation Choke Point 2.0' Is SEC's 'Chemotherapy' for $14B Ponzi Problem, BCB's CEO Says

What happened to Custodia Bank is "tragic" under the current administration's efforts to de-bank the crypto industry, BCB's Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie said.

Left to right: Catlin Long, Custodia Bank; Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, BCB Group; Richard Booth, Fortress Trust Company; and Michael Casey, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Robinhood Gives Users a New Way to Fund Their Web3 Wallets

The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months.

Johann Kerbrat (on left), GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Google Cloud to Help Accelerate Polygon's Growth Via New Agreement

The tech giant will be "strategic cloud provider" for Polygon protocols.

Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto Wallet Giddy Raises $6.9M in Funding to Further Self-Custody Adoption

Fortnite co-creator Geremy Mustard took part as a strategic investor in the round.

Giddy's founding team from left to right: David Bland, Adam Olsen, Eric Parker, David Hurst, Ethan Parker, Brendan Wanlass (Giddy)

Finance

Grayscale CEO Expects Decision on Attempt to Overturn SEC's ETF Rejection by End of 3Q

Michael Sonnenshein still sees crypto industry in its "early days."

Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

CeFi Exchanges Helped Mass Crypto Adoption; DeFi Will Further It

Centralized exchanges will continue to serve as a first step into crypto but decentralized exchanges will further the future of financial systems, panelists say at Consensus.

Sidney Powell, Salman Banaei and Nathan Cha at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Voyager Digital Says Binance.US Sent Letter Terminating $1B Asset Buy Deal

The crypto lender said it will return value to customers via direct distribution.

Voyager Digital's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Google Cloud to Help Web3 Builders Fast-Track Their Startups

The initiative will come with technical and monetary support for early-stage Web3 developers.

(Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Wealth Manager Onramp Taps CoinDesk Indices to Create Customized Portfolios

The partnership will provide advisers with a wider range of options for shaping successful portfolios.

(Onramp)