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.

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Finance

Crypto Startup Hourglass Starts Unique Marketplace to Trade Locked Up DeFi Assets

The company has raised $4.2 million in seed round led by Electric Capital.

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Finance

Market Makers Jane Street, Jump Retreating From U.S. Crypto Trading: Bloomberg

The move comes as U.S. regulatory scrutiny of the crypto industry has intensified, Bloomberg reported.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Finance

DCG's CFO Steps Down as Crypto Conglomerate Repays $350M Loan

The company's revenue increased from the fourth quarter as crypto prices soared.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Books a Much Smaller Bitcoin Impairment Charge

Amid BTC's big rally, the company's impairment loss narrowed to $18.9 million in the first quarter from $197.6 million in the fourth quarter.

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor is all smiles after the FASB rule change (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Industry Is 'Absolutely' at War Against Gensler and Warren, Blockchain Association CEO Smith Says

The war won't last forever, but probably will continue for the next 18-20 months, Kristin Smith said.

Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

'Operation Choke Point 2.0' Is SEC's 'Chemotherapy' for $14B Ponzi Problem, BCB's CEO Says

What happened to Custodia Bank is "tragic" under the current administration's efforts to de-bank the crypto industry, BCB's Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie said.

Left to right: Catlin Long, Custodia Bank; Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, BCB Group; Richard Booth, Fortress Trust Company; and Michael Casey, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Robinhood Gives Users a New Way to Fund Their Web3 Wallets

The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months.

Johann Kerbrat (on left), GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Google Cloud to Help Accelerate Polygon's Growth Via New Agreement

The tech giant will be "strategic cloud provider" for Polygon protocols.

Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Giddy Raises $6.9M in Funding to Further Self-Custody Adoption

Fortnite co-creator Geremy Mustard took part as a strategic investor in the round.

Giddy's founding team from left to right: David Bland, Adam Olsen, Eric Parker, David Hurst, Ethan Parker, Brendan Wanlass (Giddy)

Finance

Grayscale CEO Expects Decision on Attempt to Overturn SEC's ETF Rejection by End of 3Q

Michael Sonnenshein still sees crypto industry in its "early days."

Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein (left) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)