Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Head of Americas. 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 ADA, SOL, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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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)

Markets

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)

Markets

Fed Cuts Rates by 25 Basis Points, Bitcoin Price at Record as Powell Says Trump Win Has 'No Effect' on Policy

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech later today could shake up markets as he will face questions about the central bank's outlook on monetary policy and inflation after Donald Trump's decisive win in the U.S. presidential election.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified that a U.S. CBDC isn't in the near future, and he said the Fed wouldn't design one to spy on Americans (screen capture, Senate Banking Committee video)

Finance

Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Looks to AI Computing as Bitcoin Mining Revenue Falls

The firm signed a non-binding deal with a hyperscaler firm to potentially allocate all of its 800 megawatts power to hosting high-performance computers.

Mike Novogratz, Galaxy founder and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024 (CoinDesk/Shutterstock/Suzanne Cordiero)

Finance

Trump Family-Backed Crypto Project Makes $1M Gain in ETH Following Tame Token Sale

World Liberty Financial slashed its fundraising goal from $300 million to $30 million last week.

Donald Trump's remarks at BTC 2024 have inspired Forida's chief financial official to put pension money into bitcoin. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)