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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SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
OpenSea Gets 'Wells Notice' From SEC, Which Calls NFTs Sold on Platform 'Securities'
"We're shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists," says CEO of OpenSea.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, left, and Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Mining Is So Rough a Miner Adopted Michael Saylor's Successful BTC Strategy
Marathon Digital sold bonds to fund bitcoin purchases, following the route Saylor's MicroStrategy has taken to big stock market gains, as mining profits dwindle.
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, left, and Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Exit sign (Paul Brennan/Pixabay)
Bitcoin Miner With Celsius Assets Delays IPO After Losing CEO and Auditor
Ionic Digital's former accountant, RSM, is no longer auditing publicly traded digital asset mining companies.
Exit sign (Paul Brennan/Pixabay)
JP Morgan building (Shutterstock)
JPMorgan Remains Cautious on Bitcoin as Positive Catalysts Mostly Priced-In
Retail investors seems to have played large role in recent crypto selloff that saw sharpest correction since FTX, the bank said.
JP Morgan building (Shutterstock)
Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)
Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Shares Spike After Signing $2B of Additional Computing Contract
The extension of the previous deal with CoreWeave brings total revenue potential for the miner to more than $6.7 billion.
Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Miner Marathon's Shares Tumble After Revenue Unexpectedly Misses Wall Street's Estimates
The miner said its adjusted EBITDA swung to loss, compared to previous year's profit.
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)
Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Trump Backs U.S. Bitcoin Reserve and Says Democrat Win Will Be Disaster for Crypto: 'Every One of You Will Be Gone'
Thousands of bitcoiners camped out for hours to see crypto's self-declared candidate on Saturday at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.
Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Buys $100M BTC, Will Once Again Adopt 'Full HODL' Strategy
The miner holds over 20,000 bitcoin and plans to buy more in the open market.
Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)
Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten pulls plan for an IPO. (Swan Bitcoin)
Swan Bitcoin Drops IPO Plan, Cuts Staff and Will Shut Managed Mining Unit
The bitcoin financial firm previously planned to go public by end of this year.
Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten pulls plan for an IPO. (Swan Bitcoin)
Ionic's CEO Matt Prusak (Ionic Digital)
Bitcoin Miner Ionic Digital Hires CFO to Shepherd IPO
The company, which bought all of bankrupt lender Celsius' mining assets, said new CFO John Penver has over 18 years of data center technology and infrastructure experience.
Ionic's CEO Matt Prusak (Ionic Digital)