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

Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt exchange FTX set to repay creditors $2.2 billion this month

The trust handling the bankruptcy proceedings detailed how much will be distributed to creditors and claimants at the end of March.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Kalshi co-founder fights back against Arizona’s ‘overstep’ in what a lawyer calls a federal-state turf war

Arizona has filed 20 criminal counts against Kalshi, a prediction market platform, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and offering election wagering in the state.

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Markets

The era of cheap money is over as the Iran war creates a permanent 'inflation floor'

The Iran war is creating a permanent inflation floor that could end the era of cheap money and expose the fragility of global energy markets.

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Markets

Traders can now bet on the S&P 500 around the clock without ever touching a traditional stock exchange

S&P Dow Jones Indices licenses its flagship index for crypto trading on Hyperliquid, as perpetual futures gain traction beyond traditional markets.

(Credit: Vlad Lazarenko-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Tech

Stripe-led payments blockchain Tempo goes live with protocol for AI agents

The Stripe-led blockchain targets fast, low-cost digital payments and a new Machine Payments Protocol that allows AI agents pay autonomously.

John Collison, co-founder and president of Stripe (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Finance

Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal 'a clear answer' to a massive shift in the global payment war

Analysts say the $1.8 billion acquisition shows stablecoins are moving from niche use to global settlement rails.

Mastercard debit card next to phone with price chart (CardMapr.nl/Unsplash)

Tech

Sam Altman's World teams up with Coinbase to prove there is a real person behind every AI transaction

World said some estimates suggest agentic commerce could reach $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030, with agents accounting for up to 25% of U.S. e-commerce.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

Finance

Man accuses wife of using CCTV cameras to steal $172 million bitcoin from his hardware wallet

The alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin has triggered a High Court dispute testing how English property law applies to digital assets.

(Credit: Mahosadha Ong-Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

OpenSea delays highly anticipated token launch, citing challenging crypto market conditions

The platform will end its rewards waves, offer optional fee refunds for certain traders and introduce 0% token trading fees for 60 days starting March 31 as it promotes its revamped marketplace.

OpenSea logo on phone (Unsplash)

Markets

T. Rowe Price is ready to put dogecoin, shiba inu among tokens in its new crypto ETF

The amended SEC filing details the assets, custody arrangements and potential staking plans for the actively managed crypto fund.

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