Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Head of Americas. 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 ADA, SOL, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Aoyon Ashraf

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Juridique

Fed Joins OCC, FDIC in Withdrawing Crypto Warnings for U.S. Banks

Like the other U.S. bank agencies, the Fed has swept the decks of previous directives to bankers that they get sign-offs from the regulator for crypto activity.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Juridique

Senator and Ex-Bridgewater CEO McCormick Invests More in Bitcoin as Bill in Works

The former fund executive who became a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania this year, Dave McCormick, is BTC's biggest investor in Congress at the moment.

U.S. Senator Dave McCormick, a Pennsylvania Republican and former Bridgewater CEO

Marchés

SoftBank Is Buying Bitcoin Again, After $130M Loss in 2018. Is This Time Different?

SoftBank returns to crypto years after founder Masayoshi Son lost $130M on bitcoin.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son in Japan in 2025. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Marchés

Strategy Stock Could Climb as New Rival Twenty One Validates Its Bitcoin Strategy

TD Cowen says launch of Twenty One could shift institutional sentiment and validate MSTR’s long-term bitcoin strategy.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Finance

Crypto Trading Supercharged Digital Bank Revolut's Profit to Over 1B Pounds in 2024

The London-based fintech group's wealth revenue increased 298% from 127,139 pounds to just over £500 million in the full year 2024

Revolut

Finance

Solana Buying for Balance Sheet Gains Momentum as DeFi Development Raises Holdings to $48M

The firm, formerly known as Janover, continued its buying spree for its long-term crypto holdings acquiring locked SOL tokens below spot prices

The Solana conference's closing gala in Lisbon's main square. (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Marchés

With Gold Stalling, Is It Bitcoin’s Turn? Traders Eye $95K as Key Breakout Level

Wednesday's crypto rally stalled as Bessent reiterated the difficulties in making a deal with China.

CDCROP: Gold bars stacked close up (Unsplash)

Technologies

Pantera Leads $29M Funding for EigenLayer Rival Symbiotic to Expand Staking Play

The funding will expand the current team and contribute to the protocol’s Universal Staking framework.

(WLDavies, Getty Images)

Marchés

Tesla Reports $951M in Crypto Holdings as It Misses Earnings

Tesla does not seem to have sold any digital assets in the last quarter.

Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)