Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's managing editor for Breaking News. 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 University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineering. He holds ETH and BTC, as well as ALGO, ADA, SOL, OP and some other altcoins which are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Finance

Aviation DePIN Network Wingbits Raises $5.6M for Decentralized Flight Tracking

Wingbits' aim is to offer rewards-based flight tracking using cryptographically-secured ADS-B receivers.

Flight, Aeroplane (RENE RAUSCHENBERGER/Pixabay)

Markets

CoinDesk Indices Rolls Out New Index That Diversifies Exposure Beyond the Top 20 Digital Assets

CoinDesk's parent company Bullish has already listed a perpetual futures contract tied to the new index, in its platform.

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Finance

Ethereum Foundation Moves $165M in ETH to Participate in DeFi

The ether allocation comes amidst leadership changes aimed at improving technical expertise, communication, and support for app builders.

Vitalik Buterin

Policy

Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan: ‘It Would Be an Honor to Serve My Country Again’

Gambaryan has been recommended for several high profile crypto crime fighting roles by people associated with the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, which Donald Trump attended.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Markets

Google Searches for 'How to Buy Crypto' Skyrocket as Trump Flips the 'Overton Window'

Google data show peak retail interest in cryptocurrencies as the market gears up for Trump's inauguration speech.

Google show peak retail interest in cryptocurrencies. (Pixabay)

Markets

Balaji Blasts Memecoins, Calling Them 'Zero-Sum Lottery’ as TRUMP Token Sends Market In Frenzy

The former CTO of Coinbase and general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz said in a thread on X that memecoins aren’t wealth creation.

Balaji Srinivasan image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Solana’s TVL Crosses $10B for First Time Since FTX Collapse After TRUMP Memecoin Launch

The launch of Donald Trump’s official memecoin on Solana has not only boosted the cryptocurrency’s price and trading volume, but also perceived odds of a SOL ETF.

Quantum block explorer (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Ball to Celebrate Trump's Return Marks Hope for New Era of Policymaking

Crypto leaders attended a pre-inaugural bash in Washington, cheering Trump's return to the White House and hoping it will benefit digital assets.

Christian Narvaez

Policy

Crypto PAC Fairshake Steps Up For an Encore in Florida Special Elections

The campaign-financial operation that shook the 2024 elections has returned to dabble in Florida congressional seats vacated by Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz.

Fairshake PAC influenced 2024 congressional elections

Policy

SEC's Last Major Legal Official Exits, Leaving Clean Slate for Trump Era

With the general counsel stepping down, some of the main characters in the crypto industry's recent clashes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are out.

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