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.

Aoyon Ashraf

Latest from Aoyon Ashraf


Finance

TrueUSD Stablecoin Has $26k of Funds at ‘U.S. Depository Halting Withdrawals,’ Reserve Report Says

The stablecoin issuer said last week that it had “no exposure” to the failed crypto custodian Prime Trust.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Investment Sentiment Turned Bullish After Largest Weekly Fund Inflow in a Year

The total digital asset inflows was $199 million, reversing nearly half of the previous nine consecutive weeks of outflows.

Weekly fund flow (CoinShares)

Policy

Brazilian Central Bank Adds Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin in CBDC Pilot Including Mastercard

The approved consortium includes Mastercard, broker Genial, registrar Cerc and financial software fintech Sinqia as partners.

(Ingo Rösler/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits One-Year High, Soars Past $31.3K

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been surging this week after three financial services giants filed applications for spot bitcoin ETFs.

Bitcoin daily chart (CoinDesk)

Policy

Three Quarters of Jurisdictions Not Complying With Global Crypto Laundering Norms, FATF Says

The global anti-money laundering watchdog FATF said North Korea is using digital assets to fund weapons of mass destruction

The FATF ordered crypto service providers to meet its AML guidance back in 2019. (Hervé Cortinat/OECD)

Tech

Brian Armstrong Envisions Coinbase Eventually Becoming a 'Super App'

Coinbase will look more like Tencent's WeChat than the simpler crypto exchange interface of today, CEO Armstrong said.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Markets

Pepecoin Becomes Biggest Meme Coin Gainer With 70% Weekly Jump

The tokens racked up $800 million in trading volumes over the past 24 hours, data shows.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Startup Kaito Gets $87.5M Valuation in New Funding to Build AI Search Engine for Crypto

The search engine combines real-time data with large language models like ChatGPT.

(Hitesh Choudhary/Unsplash)

Finance

Wintermute Backs DEX Vertex Protocol in Strategic Investment

The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed and Wintermute will provide liquidity services to the decentralized exchange.

Vertex Protocol co-founder Darius Tabatabai (Vertex)

Finance

Bankrupt Hedge Fund 3AC's Return as a VC Stirring Up Crypto Community

3AC co-founder Kyle Davies told CoinDesk that the new entity aims to provide support for projects that are building for a decentralized future, but skeptics have recalled the original firm’s tainted past.

(Unsplash)