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

Bitcoin Miner GRIID Shares Extend Drop After Nasdaq Listing

GRIID commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on Monday under the ticker symbol "GRDI" while continuing to trade on Cboe Canada under the same ticker.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Tech

Circle to Issue Its Stablecoin USDC on Celo Network to Boost RWA Capabilities

Celo, which is in the midst of transforming into an Ethereum layer 2 network, increasingly positions itself as a blockchain for real-world assets.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Invesco Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee In a Bid to Lure Investors

The asset manager previously had one of the highest fees of 0.39% for its bitcoin ETF.

The bitcoin ETF race is one. (Dallas Reedy/Unsplash)

Markets

Solana's WEN Token Plummets Despite Burning 27% of Supply

The burn turned out to be a "sell the news event" as traders had already accounted for the purge – and then some.

"Moonbois in the mud," wrote one pseudonymous trader (wenwencoin.com, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto-Linked Stocks Rise With Bitcoin as Analyst Says 'Not The Time to Turn Bearish'

Miners such as Core Scientific (CORZ), Hut 8 (HUT) and TeraWulf (WULF) were among the outperformers.

BBitcoin faces headwinds (Pixabay)

Finance

Coinbase Upgraded by Oppenheimer as Crypto Exchange Is 'Stronger Than Many People Realize'

Analyst Own Lau noted higher trading volume, the recent approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs, and a potential win in the company’s lawsuit against the SEC as the main drivers for the upgrade.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Markets

Vibe Check: Ether Finds Support: CoinDesk Indices' Todd Groth

Periodic observations and market musings from Todd Groth, Head of Research, CoinDesk Indices.

Ether (ETH) finds support at $2,200 level. (Natalilia Mysik/Getty Images)

Markets

Grayscale's GBTC Profit Taking Likely Over, Easing Bitcoin Selling Pressure: JPMorgan

Around $1.3 billion has shifted from GBTC to new spot bitcoin ETFs, equivalent to a monthly outflow of about $3 billion per month, the bank said in a report.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Swan Bitcoin Unveils Mining Unit as Parent Company Prepares to Go Public

The mining business aims to reach 8 EH/s mining power and already has 4.5 EH/s operational after starting the unit in the summer of 2023.

Swan Bitcoin unveils BTC mining unit as parent company prepares to go public. (Swan Bitcoin)

Markets

AI Agents Could Be Important 'Buyers' of Crypto, Says Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents would probably use crypto when conducting financial transactions, adding that bitcoin, ether or solana would be the three choices, Lonsdale said.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)