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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Finanzas

Foundation behind restaking protocol EigenLayer plans bigger rewards for active users

An Incentives Committee would direct programmatic token emissions, focusing allocations on participants that secure AVSs and contribute to the EigenCloud ecosystem.

EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan (University of Michigan, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Most Influential: Javier Pérez-Tasso

Pérez-Tasso brought Swift into the blockchain age.

Javier Pérez-Tasso

Finanzas

JPMorgan’s tokenized dollars are quietly rewiring how Wall Street moves money

The Wall Street titan’s recent embrace of a public blockchain is a harbinger of things to come.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

Regulación

CFTC's acting chief Pham poised to go to crypto firm MoonPay once Mike Selig lands

The leader of the derivatives regulator is planning to join the crypto industry as the CFTC and other federal regulators work on policies to benefit the sector.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Publicidad

Mercados

Hut 8 and Coinbase outperform as Crypto stocks jump on bitcoin's sudden rally

Mining stocks, trading platforms, and cryptocurrency infrastructure firms saw significant gains, including Hut 8, Riot Platforms, and Coinbase.

Price and depth chart on laptop (Austin Distel/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Wall Street giant DTCC Picks privacy focused blockchain Canton Network for tokenization

Canton creator Digital Asset will help tokenize DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities.

DTCC

Mercados

Why bitcoin ETFs look like they’re falling short, even as their role grows: Asia Morning Briefing

What looks like underperformance reflects a structural shift: ETF flows now smooth volatility rather than amplify crypto rallies.

Bitcoin Logo (Midjourney/modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Nasdaq, home of Coinbase, Strategy stocks, seeks 23-hour trading amid investor demand

Crypto's 24/7 trading has influenced investor expectations, with Nasdaq acknowledging that many of its clients are already active overnight.

Nasdaq logo on a screen

Publicidad

Regulación

Bank of America says U.S. banks are heading for multi-year onchain future

The Wall Street firm said faster U.S. stablecoin and charter rules are pulling crypto into the regulated banking system and pushing banks toward an on-chain future.

Stylized network of light focii covering Earth (geralt/Pixabay)

Finanzas

Anchorage Digital Buys Securitize’s RIA Platform to Expand Wealth Management Business

The bank has bought the Securitize For Advisors unit, bringing the RIA-focused crypto wealth management platform in-house.

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