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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Policy

Fed Chair Powell Says Central Bank Needs ‘Robust’ Role Overseeing U.S. Stablecoins

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified in the House Financial Services Committee, saying Fed staff has been in talks with lawmakers on crypto legislation that is expected to be marked up in July.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Finance

Struct Finance Rolls Out Customizable Interest Rate Product for DeFi Users

The product will allow for traders to invest with both low and high risk appetites.

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Finance

Binance Labs, CoinFund Lead $10M Round for Smart Contract Infrastructure Firm Neutron

The startup provides smart contract infrastructure for the Cosmos ecosystem.

(Billy Huynh/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Maverick Raises $9M Led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

The round also included contributions from Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures and Apollo Crypto.

Funding, Fundraising

Tech

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Found an Infinite Loop Bug in Sui Network

The bug was found before Sui mainnet was live and the foundation granted a $500,000 award for the discovery.

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Finance

Investment Firm Republic Buys Stake in Crypto Broker-Dealer INX at $50M Valuation

Republic will acquire around a 9.5% stake in INX following the initial investment, with a commitment to acquire of 100% of equity at a valuation of $120 million as early as Q3 this year

(Shutterstock)

Finance

BlackRock's iShares Files Paperwork for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The SEC has rejected numerous attempts by other fund companies to launch a spot bitcoin ETF.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Policy

Ripple, SEC Seem to Agree About Not Taking Hinman Speech Seriously

SEC emails illuminated ex-official Hinman’s 2018 view on ETH, which Ripple’s top lawyer said was used to ‘destroy and disrupt’ U.S. crypto, but this probably won’t steer agency policy.

Frax Ether promises above-average ether staking yields. (ClaudiaWollesen/Pixabay)

Policy

EU to Consult on Crypto Complaints, Conflict of Interest Rules in July

The bloc’s securities-market authority ESMA is to fill in the details of the flagship crypto law MiCA

The EU agency warned about crypto (Ralph/Pixabay)

Finance

BlackRock Close to Filing for Bitcoin ETF Application: Source

BlackRock will be using Coinbase (COIN) Custody for the ETF and the crypto exchange’s spot market data for pricing, the source said.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)