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

Meme Coins Outperform BTC, ETH and SOL as Traders Rotate Holdings

The $53 billion meme coin sector rose by more than 12% on Tuesday with the likes of pepe (PEPE) and dogwifhat (WIF) surging by 22% and 25% respectively, data from CoinGecko shows.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

SEC Tells ETH ETF Issuers Fund Can Start Trading Next Tuesday: Sources

Issuers have been asked to submit their final S-1 documents by Wednesday.

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump's Odds of Victory Hit All-Time High on Polymarket After Shooting

The former president, who was injured at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, now has a 70% chance of retaking the White House, according to traders on the crypto-based prediction market. Trump-themed Polifi tokens and crypto broadly also rose.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Iggy Azalea's MOTHER Token Jumps Over 50% After Partnering With DWF Labs

MOTHER jumped as much 50% after the announcement to over 4 cents.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 10: Iggy Azalea performs at the Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 10, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel. The annual Pride Parade draws thousands of people from around the world and across Israel. According to a 2019 report it is the largest pride parade on the continent of Asia. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld /Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Ionic Digital Hires CFO to Shepherd IPO

The company, which bought all of bankrupt lender Celsius' mining assets, said new CFO John Penver has over 18 years of data center technology and infrastructure experience.

Ionic's CEO Matt Prusak (Ionic Digital)

Markets

Lionel Messi Promotes Obscure Meme Coin on Instagram, Leading to 350% Surge

The price of WATER jumped from $0.00032 to $0.00146 in the two hours following Messi's post, drawing criticism from the crypto community.

Lionel Messi's Jersey (dwlly/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Provider Exodus Aims to Solve Web3's User-Friendly Issue With 'Passkeys Wallet'

The new wallet is able to bypass the need for seed phrases, browser extensions or email verifications to use decentralized apps.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Finance

Ex-Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald to Take Reins of Crypto Investment Firm Cypherpunk

Cypherpunk recently bought SOL tokens and has investment in Animoca Brands.

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

Finance

Stablecoins, Miners Outperform as $18B Gets Wiped Out From Crypto in June: JPMorgan

Spot bitcoin ETFs saw their second worst month since launching in the U.S., with an estimated $662 million of net outflows, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Private Equity Giants Are Circling Bitcoin Miners on AI Allure

Private equity firms are seeing value in partnering with bitcoin miners to help with AI computing after Core Scientific signed a 200MW deal with CoreWeave in June, the company’s CEO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)