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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F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin's hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars

Chun Wang, the first Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial spaceflight to Mars, is crucial for the future transport of millions of tons of cargo and a million citizens to the Red Planet.

F2Pool's Chun Wang (Source: SpaceX Blog)

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Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving company amid revenue slowdown

Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving the firm after more than five years, as the trading platform navigates a sharp decline in crypto revenue and works to lessen its dependence on digital asset market cycles.

Robinhood shares could benefit from SEC dropping Coinbase case. (Shutterstock)

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Why Minnesota is empowering local banks to fight Wall Street for crypto revenue

A local banker told CoinDesk that in light of Wall Street’s aggressive push into the crypto industry, Minnesota's financial institutions could not afford to remain on the sidelines.

(Bernadette "Bernie" Perryman)

Markets

Mark Cuban says he sold most of his Bitcoin after failed hedge narrative 'disappointed' the billionaire

The billionaire investor said he sold most of his bitcoin after concluding the cryptocurrency failed to act as a hedge during recent geopolitical turmoil and dollar weakness.

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Ethereum’s identity crisis is deepening after high-profile 'brain drain' frustrates the community

What began earlier this week as shock over more exits of core figures has now evolved into something more existential, according to some community members.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin miners tied to AI rise as Nvidia posts big earnings beat and strong outlook

Nvidia's stronger-than-expected results and bullish AI outlook lifted crypto mining stocks tied to data center and high-performance computing demand, even as the chipmaker's shares fell due to growth concerns.

Nvidia (CoinDesk Archives)

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Elon Musk's SpaceX held 18,712 bitcoin at fair value of $1.29 billion at end of Q1, IPO filing shows

The rocket and satellite company is looking to go public at a valuation of more than $1.5 trillion.

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Crypto custody firm Copper is looking to sell the company for $500 million

Cantor Fitzgerald has been appointed to help with the sale, according to sources.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

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Live markets: SpaceX files for massive IPO as Nvidia earnings beat Street expectations

Bitcoin is lower by more than 4% over the past week, but has remained in a very tight range around $77,000 for the last three days.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

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Vitalik Buterin outlines Ethereum's privacy measures. Here is what it means for the network and ETH

Privacy is widely seen as a necessary feature for the widespread adoption of blockchain technology. Ethereum is taking steps in that direction.

Vitalik Buterin speaking at ETHDenver in February 2022