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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Finance

VanEck to Invest in Early Stage Ventures Including Crypto With New $30M Fund

The fund, called VanEck Ventures, will invest in companies in the fintech, digital asset or artificial intelligence space that are in pre-seed and seed stages.

VanEck is expanding its venture capital presence with the launch of a new $30 million fund. (Unplash/Matias Malka)

Markets

Bitcoin Wavers at $62K Amid Major Swings in Stocks, Gold; Memecoins Falter as Profit-Taking Sets In

Traditional risk assets like stocks surged while gold and oil tumbled, but cryptos didn't get the memo.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners at a Crossroads: Gain Market Share or Go All-In on AI?

Investors rewarded mining companies that've diversified into AI and high-performance computing.

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia. (BitCluster)

Markets

Memecoin Moodeng on Ethereum Jumps 480% After Vitalik Buterin's Mention and Donation Sales

Memecoin teams regularly send Buterin a small portion of their supply as a marketing gimmick. He usually just sells it all for donations.

(Moodeng on ETH)

Policy

Coinbase to Delist Unauthorized Stablecoins in EU by December

Tether, which is the largest issuer of stablecoins, doesn't have the necessary e-money license yet in the European Union.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Policy

IMF Urges El Salvador Again to Strengthen Regulatory Framework and Oversight of Bitcoin

The IMF has been asking El Salvador for changes regarding its bitcoin law since its adoption in 2021.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

NFT Mania Is Back? Maybe Not, but a CryptoPunk Just Exchanged Hands for a Record $56.3M

Punk 1563 changed hands for 24,000 ETH, a huge markup versus recent pricing.

CryptoPunk 1563 just sold for a record $56.3 million. (CryptoPunks)

Markets

Binance's Crypto Market Share Sinks to 4-Year Low

While Binance remains a giant in crypto trading, its volumes dropped over 20% in September versus the previous month, while rival Crypto.com's surged over 40%.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Not a Safe Haven From Geopolitical Risks, but Still Buy the Dip: Standard Chartered

Risks stemming from the Middle East conflict are likely to push bitcoin below $60K before the weekend, the report said.

Standard Chartered. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Fan Tokens Have Much Larger Market Than NFTs, Says Chiliz CEO as Blockchain Prepares New Memecoin 'Pepper'

Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus called out the disproportionate hype around NFTs in comparison to fan tokens in an interview with CoinDesk.

16:9 Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus in Singapore during Token2049 (Courtesy: Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)