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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Financiën

CleanSpark Shares Rise After Getting $100M Bitcoin-Backed Credit From Coinbase Prime

The credit facility allows CleanSpark to leverage its bitcoin holdings to fund expansion without selling the asset.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Tom Lee’s BitMine Sells Stock at $70 to Raise Additional $365M for ETH Treasury

BitMine disclosed holdings of 2.4 million ETH and raised $365 million in a premium stock sale, highlighting investor demand for ether exposure through public markets.

Ethereum Logo

Markten

BitMEX Co-founder Arthur Hayes Dumps HYPE for a Ferrari, Then Tells Followers Not to Worry

The Maelstrom CIO claims he offloaded his HYPE bag to fund the purchase of anew Ferrari, even as his firm warns of billions in new token supply hitting the market.

Ferrari logo outside the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello

Markten

Coinbase CEO: 'We Want to Become a Super App and Provide All Types of Financial Services'

Brian Armstrong told Fox Business that Coinbase aims to be users’ primary financial account while addressing U.S. crypto rules and pressure from banks.

Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen

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CZ's Family Office Deepens Stake in Ethena Labs as USDe Stablecoin Supply Tops $13B

Backing will fund expansion on BNB Chain, fiat-backed stablecoin USDtb, and settlement layer Converge.

Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Financiën

'Am I Too Late to Invest' in Crypto? Here's What TradFi Is Asking Wall Street Analysts

Jefferies says most institutional investors remain on the sidelines despite growing token infrastructure, but that's changing, and it's a good thing for the industry.

A Wall Street banks's take on crypto. (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markten

Kalshi Outpaces Polymarket in Prediction Market Volume Amid Surge in U.S. Trading

Kalshi’s weekly trading volume exceeded $500 million with an average open interest of around $189 million, surpassing Polymarket’s figures, according to Dune analytics data.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Technologie

Solana’s Yakovenko Says Bitcoin Must Upgrade to Survive Quantum Threat by 2030

Other experts in the crypto community, such as Adam Back and Peter Todd, are less convinced of the near-term threat.

Bitcoin (modified by CoinDesk)

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Kevin Durant Recovers Bitcoin Bought at $650, Now Up Over 17,700%, After Nearly a Decade

The episode comes amid growing frustration among Coinbase users, many of whom alleged they’ve faced similar issues retrieving account access.

Durant shirt from the back (鸣轩 冷/Unsplash)

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BitGo Files for IPO With $4.2B in H1 2025 Revenue, $90B in Crypto on Platform

The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BTGO.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)