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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Finanzas

Coinbase Shares Slump After Big Q3 Earnings Miss on 'Softer' Market Condition

The exchange also said it will buyback up to $1 billion of its shares, depending on the market conditions.

Coinbase Asset Management is getting into tokenized money-market funds. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Tecnología

Starknet Claims to Shatter Transaction Speed Record Among Ethereum Layer-2 Networks

According to the team, Starknet reached "a max TPS of 127.5 over the past 24 hours," eclipsing the speed record from Coinbase's Base.

Chart purporting to show Starknet breaking TPS record (Starknet/Voyager.online)

Regulación

Crypto Lobby Group CCI Expands Its Reach by Absorbing Proof of Stake Alliance

The Crypto Council for Innovation has integrated with the Proof of Stake Alliance and secured partnerships with other policy groups in Japan and the U.K.

Sheila Warren's Crypto Council for Innovation is absorbing the Proof of Stake Alliance, which will retain its executive director, Alison Mangiero. (photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Celestia's TIA Braces for Price Volatility Amid $900M Token Unlock

Token unlocking events usually weigh on prices, but multi-month reaccumulation, crowded shorts and bullish crypto prices could lead to a surprise rally, analyst said.

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

Finanzas

Coinbase Revenue May Be Hurt by Lower Trading Volumes, Regulatory Uncertainty, Analysts Say

The crypto exchange may also see lower staking revenue when it reports its Q3 earnings as ether underperformed in the quarter.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Finanzas

An Arctic Circle Bitcoin Mine Will Heat a Building in a Fishing Village

Retail-focused Sazmining is starting a modest-sized bitcoin mining operation, using hydropower, in a small Norwegian fishing town.

A Norwegian town (Michael Fousert/Unsplash)

Mercados

Tokenized Treasuries Like Blackrock's BUIDL Will Challenge Stablecoins But Won't Fully Replace Them: JPMorgan

Tokens such as BUIDL are at a regulatory disadvantage to stablecoins due to their classification as securities, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

Regulación

Binance's Tigran Gambaryan Has Left Nigeria Following 8-Month Detention

After money laundering charges were dropped against the Binance executive, he was allowed to leave Kuje prison last night.

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

Tecnología

Chainlink Expands to Bitcoin, Helping Original Blockchain With Its Layer-2 Shift

Chainlink's service is an integral part of most major blockchains but has not featured on Bitcoin until now.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Finanzas

Singapore's DBS Bank Starts New Suite of Tokenized Banking Services for Institutional Clients

The Singaporean banking giant wants to help clients optimize liquidity management and streamline operational workflows.

(Larry Teo/Unsplash)