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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Crypto Treasury Firms Could Become Long-Term Giants like Berkshire Hathaway, Analyst Says

Ryan Watkins argues crypto treasury firms may evolve beyond speculation into lasting economic engines, deploying capital and building businesses across ecosystems.

Abstract digital illustration representing blockchain networks and crypto treasuries.

Finance

NYDIG Calls for Bitcoin Treasury Companies to Drop 'Misleading' mNAV Metric

NYDIG argued that mNAV fails to account for operating businesses and uses assumed shares outstanding, which can be inaccurate.

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Markets

Trader Who Bet $1B on Bitcoin, Returns With 3x Leveraged Long on Aster

James Wynn's new trade comes just days after being liquidated on the same token, as he believes ASTER's airdrop will be one of the biggest in crypto history.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

As Gold Keeps Setting New Highs, China Reportedly Wants to Be Its Custodian for Central Banks

Beijing is said to be courting foreign central banks to store bullion in Shanghai vaults as gold hovers near record highs and demand strengthens.

1Kg gold bars

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Crypto Miner TeraWulf to Raise $3B in Google-Backed Debt Deal to Expand Data Centers

Google already owns 14% of TeraWulf and is supporting other crypto firms like Cipher Mining in their AI expansions.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Finance

Gate Unveils Layer 2 Network and Tokenomics Overhaul for GT Token

The exchange introduces Gate Layer, a high-performance rollup built on OP Stack, while expanding GT’s role as a gas token and deflationary asset.

Gate (Bernd/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Millionaires Surge 40%, Led by Bitcoin's Rise, as Market Hits $3.3 Trillion

The number of individuals with $1M+ in crypto wealth has jumped to 241,700 over a year, a new report shows.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's Sudden 'gm' Lifts FTT Token as FTX Set to Repay $1.6B

Spike in FTT activity coincides with a post from Bankman-Fried’s X account despite prison restrictions, drawing ire from the crypto community.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Metamask Token Hype Builds, While Aster Open Positions Surge 46%: Crypto Markets Today

Much will depend on the ability of bitcoin bulls to overcome important resistance levels at $113,500 and $115,000, one analyst said.

MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet application on a smartphone arranged in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Lending on cryptocurrency platforms rose 7.6% from last week to $29.40 billion, according to data compiled by DeFi Pulse. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images