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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Tech

Almost All Crypto Employees Take Pay in Fiat, Pantera Study Finds

The median compensation globally among 570 engineers surveyed was $120,000, with those in North America getting $193,000, up 1.5% versus the prior year, based on the study.

(PM Images/Getty Images)

Policy

Why Binance and Banking Giant MUFG Want to Issue Stablecoins in Japan

Binance Japan and Mitsubishi UFJ bank want to help with the country's Web3 ambitions by issuing stablecoins.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Exchange HTX Lost $8M of Ether Due to a Hack, Justin Sun Says

HTX advisor Justin Sun said the amount stolen equates to two weeks worth of revenue, and the firm has fully covered the losses.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Turns Inflationary as Network Revenue Plunges to 9-Month Low

The decline in activity in the network is partly because of the adoption of layer 2 networks, and the trend will continue in the near term, according to IntoTheBlock.

Ethereum (Unsplash)

Policy

CFTC Denies Kalshi’s Plan to Let Users Bet on Control of U.S. Congress

U.S. federal regulators said the plans weren't in the "public interest," after a court squabble involving rival service PredictIt

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles to $26.9K on Hawkish Remarks by Federal Reserve's Powell

The Wednesday pause in rate hikes had been overwhelmingly expected by market participants, but Fed members now see much higher interest rates for next year than previously projected.

Fed Chair Jay Powell Signaled Easier Monetary Policy on Wednesday (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Markets

MakerDAO’s MKR Nears 16-Month High as Whales Accumulate, Crypto Hedge Fund Sets Bullish Price Target

Crypto hedge fund Ouroboros Capital says the token could test the $1,600 price level as protocol profits grow.

MKR price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Hits Record High for Daily Transactions, Eclipsing Rivals

FriendTech, which is only available on Base, is driving a significant portion of the activity, according to IntoTheBlock.

Base's daily transaction hit record high (IntoTheBlock)

Finance

Binance.US Head of Legal and Chief Risk Officer Leaving the Crypto Exchange: WSJ

The departure comes just after the crypto exchange lost CEO Brian Shroder.

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

Tech

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Sees Growing Presence of Asia Developers in Blockchain Tech

Asia's role in the global crypto scene is no longer just "hundred-millionaires buying your favorite dog coin," Ethereum's co-founder told a crypto-industry conference in Austin, Texas.

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin (right) speaks with David Hoffman of Bankless at the Permissionless conference in Austin, Texas, in September 2023. (Bradley Keoun)