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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Markets

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Galaxy Research Says

The world's largest cryptocurrency is expected to make a renewed attempt to breakthrough the $100K level in the near term, the report said.

Bitcoin may soon reach $100K, says Galaxy Research. (Unsplah)

Markets

Bitcoin Buying Plans Are Supercharging Stocks. Is This a Michael Saylor Redux — or Another 'Long Island Iced Tea' Fad?

A flurry of copycats are trying capture MicroStrategy's magic. Will it work?

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor (Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Bitcoin Magazine)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Archax to Offer Tokenized Money Market Funds from State Street, Fidelity International and LGIM

The tokenized assets will initially be made available on Hedera Hashgraph, XRPL and Arbitrum.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Markets

Ethena Sees $1B Inflows as Crypto Rally Brings Back Double-Digit Yields

The protocol's rejuvenation is driven by elevated perpetual funding rates, with more catalysts ahead for growth.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Makes New All-Time High of $94,000 as ETF Options Go Live

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds options are making solid volume on their first day.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 19 (CoinDesk)

Markets

This OG Bitcoin Investor Just Turned $120 Into $178M

The user held BTC from when it was worth $0.06 all the way up to $90,000.

Token unlocks are usually bearish events, increasing a token's supply.(FLY:D/Unsplash)

Finance

Ex-Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald's Investment Firm Buys Four Validators, Including Solana Network's, for Nearly $18M

The firm will buy validators for SOL, SUI, MONAD and ARCH networks.

Former Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald to take the reins of Cypherpunk (Cypherpunk)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Expands $410M Money Market Fund to Ethereum Blockchain

Ethereum is by far the most popular blockchain for issuers of tokenized traditional assets with a current market cap of $1.6 billion.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $88K, Catapulting MicroStrategy to 24-Year Record Amid Supercharged Crypto Rally

Michael Saylor's company surpassed its lofty dotcom bubble highs, now holding over $24 billion worth of BTC in its treasury.

Bull Market (Kameleon007/Getty Images)

Finance

Jack Dorsey's Square to Invest More in Bitcoin Mining and Shut Decentralized 'Web5' Venture

The firm is redoubling efforts to supply miners as that industry struggles with profits — and Donald Trump promises help.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)