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

ETH Treasury Firm to Tokenize Nasdaq-Listed Shares on Ethereum With Securitize

The move positions FG Nexus (FGNX) among the first Nasdaq-listed firms to bring dividend-paying stock on blockchain rails.

Ethereum (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bullish to Offer Bitcoin Options Trading With Top-Tier Consortium of Trading Partners

The new offering comes as there is an increasing demand for hedging instruments across the full spectrum of crypto products.

Crypto exchange Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (Aoyon Ashraf/Modified by CoinDesk))

Policy

Leading Democrat Wyden Continues Probe Into Pantera Founder Morehead's Taxes

Sen. Ron Wyden, who leads Democrats on the Senate's tax committee, said he is investigating whether Dan Morehead misstated his taxes from crypto capital gains.

Sen. Ron Wyden, who heads the Committee on Finance, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Memecoins Are No Longer a Joke, Galaxy Digital Says in New Report

Galaxy’s Will Owens says memecoins have become a lasting part of crypto, reshaping culture, trading and infrastructure while fueling activity on Pump.fun.

Abstract digital illustration representing the memecoin landscape

Finance

Swiss Bank Sygnum Unveils Bitcoin Yield Fund as BTC DeFi Demand Grows

The BTC Alpha Fund aims for 8%-10% annual returns through arbitrage while keeping full Bitcoin exposure.

Swiss flag in alpine landscape, symbolizing Sygnum’s Swiss roots (Janosch Diggelmann/Unsplash)

Policy

White House Withdraws Pro-Crypto Brian Quintenz's Name From CFTC Chair Nomination

Gemini's co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss opposed Quintenz's nomination.

Brian Quintenz (Senate Agriculture Committee, screen capture)

Markets

SUI Declines 3% as $144M Token Unlock Spurs Selloff

The token slipped from $3.32 to $3.21 in the past 24 hours, underperforming the broader market.

SUI slipped 3% over the past 24 hours.

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Markets

Robinhood Eyes Global Expansion of Prediction Markets After U.S. Debut: Bloomberg

The retail trading platform is exploring launches in the UK and Europe after teaming up with Kalshi in August.

Robinhood logo on a mobile phone. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finance

Chainlink Teams With Major Financial Institutions to Fix $58B Corporate Actions Problem

A pilot project used Chainlink's infrastructure to extract and validate data, producing unified records in near real-time and reducing manual work and error.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov