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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Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $40K After Breaching $38K for First Time Since May 2022

Bitcoin has risen above $38,000 for the first time since May 2022 after battling this level for the past two weeks.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Platform Blur's Token Jumps 22% Amid Binance Listing and Blast Optimism

A Binance listing and optimism around Blur's sister protocol, Blast, has spurred the move.

BLUR/USD chart (TradingView)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Used Mackerel to Pay For a Haircut in Brooklyn Detention Center: WSJ

SBF was also seen giving crypto tips to prison guards, WSJ reported.

(Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Sender Struck With $3.1M Transaction Fee, Largest in History

Antpool mined the block and the sender's wallet was set up just minutes before the transfer.

(Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

KPMG Canada Teams Up With Chainalysis to Fight Crypto Frauds and Exploits

The duo will help companies adhere to crypto regulations and advance anti-money laundering compliance programs.

KPMG Building. Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

What's Next for Ex-Binance CEO CZ? Passive Investing, DeFi

CZ said that he wants to spend more time investing in startups in the DeFi space after taking a break from working for a while.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

After CZ Quits as Binance CEO, Richard Teng Looks Like the Heir Apparent

One-time Abu Dhabi regulator Teng was appointed to oversee Binance's regional markets outside the U.S. back in June of this year.

Richard Teng (Binance)

Policy

Binance to Pay $4.3B to Settle U.S. Criminal Case; Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Resigns as CEO and Pleads Guilty in Seattle

Richard Teng takes over as CEO of the world's largest crypto exchange.

CZ and Binance Logo (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Wintermute Asia Processes Its First Options Block Trade Through CME Group

The market maker partnered with CME Group to meet the growing institutional investors' interest in gaining exposure to digital assets.

(Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Policy

Binance in Talks to Pay More Than $4B to End U.S. Criminal Case; CZ Could Still Face Charges: Bloomberg

A resolution could come as soon as the end of this month, Bloomberg reports.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)