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

Chainlink Launches Platform to Help Web2 Connect With Smart Contracts

The beta version of Chainlink Functions is now live on the Ethereum Sepolia and Polygon Mumbai test networks.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink)

Finance

Blockchain Protocol Algorand Hires Its First CFO

The new finance chief has several years of crypto and TradFi experience.

Algorand CFO Matthew Commons (Algorand Inc.)

Finance

Silvergate Loses a Bull as KBW Analyst Downgrades on Limited Visibility

The analyst slashed the investment bank's price target by about 36% to $16.

Morgan Stanley rebajó la calificación de las acciones del banco de criptomonedas Silvergate Capital para infraponderar desde igual valoración. (Unsplash)

Finance

BlackRock Starts Metaverse-Themed ETF Despite Waning Investor Interest

Meta, Apple and Nvidia are top holdings for the exchange-traded fund.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Plans to Continue Pursuing Acquisitions Amid Bear Market

The miner is looking to use mined bitcoin and equity to pay for its growth plans.

CleanSpark's immersion-cooled bitcoin miners at a site in Norcross, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Marathon Digital Sells Mined Bitcoin for First Time to Monetize Recent Rally

The bitcoin miner sold 1,500 bitcoin in January.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Shares Soar as Crypto-Related Stocks Continue Post-Fed Rally

Barclays analyst said Coinbase volumes rose 56% in January from the previous month.

Crypto-related stocks soared after the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike decision. (TradingView)

Web3

Toyota to Experiment With Blockchain Use Cases by Sponsoring Astar Network's Hackathon

The auto giant may use technology developed from the hackathon to increase its business efficiency.

Toyota Motor Corporation has been exploring blockchain applications since April 2019, it revealed Monday. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Gryphon to Go Public Via All-Stock Merger With Cannabis Firm Akerna

Gryphon previously terminated plans to go public via a reverse merger with Sphere 3D.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Raises $125M for Bitcoin Mining

The company will use the funds to expand its bitcoin mining facilities amid strong demand for hosting.

Blockstream founder Adam Back, right, with entrepreneur Kurt Kumar at Construct 2017. (CoinDesk archives)