Aoyon Ashraf

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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Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Misses Q1 Revenue Expectation On Operational Challenges
The shares of the miner dipped about 1.5% in after hours trading on Thursday afternoon.
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)
ROBINHOOD app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)
Robinhood's Q1 Crypto Trading Volume Surged 224% as SEC Action Looms
Shares in the popular trading platform were higher by 7% after the company topped first quarter revenue and earnings estimates.
ROBINHOOD app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)
SEC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Robinhood Gains 2%, Erasing Early Losses Following SEC Wells Notice
The trading platform previously ended support for all tokens that were named in SEC lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.
SEC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Sale sign (Markus Spiske/Unsplash)
Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Looking at Options, Including Sale of Company
The miner is looking at options including sale of all or part of the company and other strategic transactions.
Sale sign (Markus Spiske/Unsplash)
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This Bitcoin Halving Is Different. But Is It 'Priced In'?
Institutions launching bitcoin ETFs this year have buoyed the bitcoin price to record levels. Does that mean the impact of the halving — the four-year slashing of the bitcoin...
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Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)
VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs
Jan Van Eck told CoinDesk TV's Jen Sanasie that not hearing back from the SEC is a sign that ETH exchange-traded funds likely wont make the May deadline.
Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)
Davide Ragusa/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk
Crypto Has 'Too Many Tokens' and Mergers Are Coming
M&As could give birth to tokens such as 'ShibaPepes' and 'FlokiDoges,' according to one expert.
Davide Ragusa/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk
Bahrain (Ajmal Shams/Unsplash)
Digital Asset Platform With Ex-Goldman Partner as Co-Founder Gets Bahrain Crypto License
ARP Digital says it's the "first and only central bank-licensed OTC service provider specialized in digital-asset structured products."
Bahrain (Ajmal Shams/Unsplash)
Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam (Brady Dale/CoinDesk)
Crypto Venture Capital Firm Paradigm Looking to Raise Up to $850M for New Fund: Bloomberg
The VC is looking to raise between $750-$850 million, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar.
Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam (Brady Dale/CoinDesk)
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Sam Bankman-Fried Sentencing: U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' Statement
"As a result of his unprecedented fraud, Bankman-Fried faces 25 years in prison, forfeiture of over a billion dollars and restitution to his victims."
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