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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Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin Halving Is a ‘Show Me the Money’ Moment for Miners

With April’s “halving” set to cut mining rewards by half, Bitcoin miners are upgrading to more efficient mining machines, cutting costs, finding cheaper sources of power and exploring mergers and acquisition opportunities.

Stronghold's Russelton plant (Aaron Kotowski/Stronghold)

Finance

Luxor Looks to Help Bitcoin Miners Hedge Halving Risk With New Hashrate Futures

The firm partnered with CFTC-approved exchange Bitnomial to offer cash-settled hashrate futures.

Scott Graham, Unslpash/Modified by CoinDesk

Finance

Crypto Firm Bakkt Shakes Up Leadership, Names Board Member Andy Main New CEO

The current CEO Gavin Michael will step down “to pursue other opportunities.”

NYSE/Modified by CoinDesk

Markets

Billion-Dollar Volumes and Then a Steep Drop Prompts Allegations of Wash Trading on Aevo

In response, Aevo says customers suddenly traded more on its decentralized exchange to try to get some of its airdrop.

Aevo volume (DefiLlama)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Drop to $58K as Cool-Off Period Is Imminent, Swissblock Says

Bitcoin nearly doubled in price since late January, but a "counter move seems to be near," Swissblock analysts said.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)

Finance

Toncoin Rises 61% in Two Days as Telegram Eyes Potential IPO

While officially separate, Telegram endorsed Ton Network as its blockchain of choice in September.

Toncoin rises amid potential Telegram IPO (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase Plans $1B Bond Sale That Avoids Hurting Stock Investors, Copying Michael Saylor's Successful Bitcoin Playbook

The convertible notes Coinbase wants to sell include provisions aimed at aiding its stock investors.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Finance

Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon and Others Test Enterprise Blockchain for Tokenized Assets

The Canton pilot allowed 15 asset managers, 13 banks, four custodians and three exchanges to seamlessly transact and settle tokenized assets.

Goldman Sachs logo (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

MicroStrategy ‘Not Resting on Its Laurels’ as Bitcoin Hits All-Time High: Canaccord

The investment bank almost doubled its price target on the stock to $1,810 from $975, highest among Wall Street analysts.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Getty Images)

Finance

Rapper Drake Posts Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Video to His 146M Instagram Followers

Michael Saylor said that bitcoin will “eat gold” in an interview with CNBC on Monday.

Canadian rapper Drake on Tuesday shared a clip of Michael Saylor’s interview on CNBC on his Instagram account, reaching over 146 million followers. (Charito Yap/Flickr)