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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Policy

SEC Approves Crypto Wallet Maker Exodus to List on NYSE American After Denying It in May

Exodus will list under its current ticker on NYSE American at the open of trading on Dec. 18

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Finance

Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Appoints Former Point72 Exec as CFO

The firm’s current chief financial officer, Alex Ioffe, will transition into a senior advisor role.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Activist Investor Starboard Has Built Stake in Bitcoin Miner Riot: WSJ

Starboard is reportedly pushing the miner to convert some of its mining sites into data centers.

Activist investor reported to have been pushing Riot to move into HPC. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum’s Ether Headed to $5K as Activity, Institutional Demand Grows

“According to ETH’s realized price—the average price at which holders purchased their ETH—the current upper limit for ETH’s price stands around $5.2k,” CryptoQuant said.

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Finance

Fred Thiel: The Michael Saylor of the Bitcoin Mining Industry

The CEO of MARA Holdings has gone all-in on bitcoin, adding billions of dollars worth of the world’s largest cryptocurrency to MARA’s balance sheet.

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Finance

Adam Sullivan: The Man Who Made Mining Sexy Again

Core Scientific’s CEO pioneered the highly lucrative move by bitcoin miners into AI computation work.

Adam Sullivan

Tech

Bitcoin 'Four Meggers': OrdinalsBot Inscribes Largest-Ever File on the OG Blockchain

Inscriptions project OrdinalsBot minted what it says is the largest ever file on Bitcoin: The last in a collection of 1,500 "Pizza Ninjas."

16:9 OrdinalsBot co-founders (OrdinalsBot)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit as High as $124k Before Year-End, Says ARK Invest Analyst

"We are about 55% to 65% of the way" to the end of the bull market, ARK Invest Research Associate David Puell told CoinDesk.

Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin to Overcome $100K Despite Pullback, Has Plenty of More Room Before Topping: CryptoQuant

The analytics firm said bitcoin could rally to at least $147,000 before topping if it repeats the pattern of previous cycles.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner IREN Surges on Renewed AI Interest, Possible BTC Dividend Payment

The shares rose 30% after executives discussed fiscal first-quarter earnings on a conference call.

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