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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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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Tech

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.

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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)

Markets

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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Finance

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

Tech

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

Finance

Zerohash pursues new funding at more than $1.5 billion valuation after Mastercard drops investment plans

Crypto infrastructure providers are drawing renewed investor interest as Wall Street deepens its push into digital assets.

Mastercard (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto users are choosing juicy yields over protection, putting billions at risk of hacks

DeFi insurance protocols debuted with huge ambitions during the 2020 crypto boom. But as hacks evolved and users chased yields over protection, most of the sector collapsed under the same risks it was built to cover.

Yield sign (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bhutan ‘doesn’t recall’ selling any bitcoin, disputing widely tracked $1 billion BTC drawdown

Arkham Intelligence data shows that over $1 billion in bitcoin has left wallets attributed to Bhutan in the past year, flowing to exchanges and trading firms. The country says it has not sold any.

Buddha point, Thimphu, Bhutan (Passang Tobgay/Unsplash)