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

Stablecoin Giant Circle Files for IPO After $1.7B Stablecoin Reserve Windfall

If approved, the stock of the company will be trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CRCL."

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle. (Getty Images)

Markets

OpenAI’s $40B Raise Calms Market Jitters, Sends CoreWeave and AI Tokens Higher

AI tokens, including NEAR, ICP, TAO and RENDER rose on Tuesday after OpenAI announced the closing of its record-breaking private funding round the day prior.

Cloud Based Artificial Intelligence Computing Company CoreWeave Has IPO On Nasdaq Exchange. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin May be on 25% of S&P 500 Firms' Balance Sheets by 2030: Architect Partners


Strategy pioneered BTC as a treasury asset and so far 90 companies have adopted the cryptocurrency as a treasury reserve asset.

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Markets

Chart of The Week: Will April Bring Good Luck or Fool's Hope for Bitcoin?

Based on bitcoin's price performance since 2010, April could be the start of an uptrend, but risks remain.

Bullish signs of bear-trap? (spxChrome, Getty Images)

Markets

Terraform Labs to Open Claims Portal for Investors on March 31


Creditors must file claims by April 30, 2025, to seek potential recovery.

Two people work on a paper document surrounded by laptops.

Markets

Bitcoin Miner MARA Starts Massive $2B Stock Sale Plan to Buy More BTC

The company, which has the second-largest bitcoin stash among publicly-traded companies, could use the funds to finance further BTC acquisitions.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk "First Mover" screenshot)

Markets

FTX to Begin $11.4B Creditor Payouts in May After Years-Long Bankruptcy Battle


Payments to FTX’s largest creditors will start May 30, nearly three years after the exchange collapsed.

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Markets

Why Is the Crypto Market Down Today? Bitcoin Drops to $82K as Traders Flee Risk Assets Amid Macro Worries

Crypto markets see over $300M in liquidations as investors flee risk ahead of April policy changes and over concerning macroeconomic data.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Plunges Below $84K after $115B Sell-Off Wipes Out Weekly Gains

Ethereum's ETH hit its weakest price against bitcoin in almost five years as macroeconomic concerns added pressure to risk assets.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

A Public Company Boasting Trump's Sons on Advisory Board Is Buying BlackRock Bitcoin ETFs

Dominari Holdings, a wealth management firm, announced during an earnings report on Friday that it would use a portion of its excess cash to buy shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust.

Dominari Holdings (DOMH), located in the Trump Tower in New York City, made headlines last month after the Trump brothers joined its 58-year-old board of advisors and became investors. (Getty Images)