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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Markets

Bitcoin’s wild Tuesday: From a 14-month low to a sharp rally triggers $740 million in liquidations

Bitcoin failing to bounce soon could set the stage for "one hell of a year," one analyst said.

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Markets

Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz doesn't see quantum as big threat for bitcoin

CEO Mike Novogratz said that the profit-taking trend among early bitcoin adopters is real, indicating weakening conviction in the "HODLing" philosophy.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Shutterstock)

Finance

'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks

The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Markets

Here is why Ethereum's ‘brutal stumble’ looks exactly like the start of the last bull run: Asia Morning Briefing

Crypto could be getting ready to gallop as the year of the horse sets up a fresh run higher across ETH, BTC, and other digital assets.

(Silje Midtgård/Unsplash)

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Finance

Russia's biggest bitcoin mining firm's founder arrested for tax evasion while his company faces bankruptcy

An En+ subsidiary has filed an insolvency claim against the crypto mining firm, adding to pressure from energy debts, regulatory curbs and internal turmoil.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Markets

Cboe is looking to make trading as simple as a ‘yes or no’ rivalling prediction markets

The exchange is in early talks on a yes-or-no options product that mirrors platforms like Polymarket or Kalshi.

The Cboe Global Markets Inc. building in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Markets

'This is absolutely INSANE': Bitcoin’s weekend crash exposes the cracks beneath crypto’s latest boom

Here is what happened this weekend and what it means for the crypto industry.

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Markets

Bitcoin's 'hopium' for bulls may be over and this weekend's slide could be just the beginning

Bitcoin’s sharp weekend drop triggered fresh liquidations, with analyst Eric Crown warning the market may face months of further downside.

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Policy

Senator Elizabeth Warren is sounding the alarm on Trump’s 'spy sheikh' crypto deal

Senator demands probe after report links Emirati intelligence chief to secret investment in U.S. crypto venture.

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Finance

Michael Saylor’s bitcoin stack is officially underwater, but here’s why he likely won't reach for the panic button

The main impact of the price decline is slowing Strategy's ability to buy more bitcoin without diluting shareholders, as its stock now trades at a discount to its bitcoin holdings.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)