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Aoyon Ashraf

Managing Editor, Breaking News

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

Ether Volatility Expected as Traders Flood Exchanges With $231M of ETH Amid ETF Hopes

The surge in deposits comes after a 22% rally in ether spurred by hopes of a spot ETF approval.

May 22, 2024

Ethereum net flows (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Gala Games Hacker Returns $23M in ETH; Founder Proposes 'Buy and Burn'

Gala investor DWF Labs also said that it had purchased 28 million GALA tokens "to alleviate market selling pressures."

May 21, 2024

Jason Brink, President of Blockchain, Gala Games, at Consensus (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana's SOL Could Hit $200 By Month End, Hedge Fund Founder Says

The fifth-largest cryptocurrency is benefitting from multiple catalysts, including bustling meme coin and DeFi activity, upcoming network upgrade and increasing interest in restaking arriving to the ecosystem.

May 17, 2024

Solana price over the past week (CoinDesk)

Policy

Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it

President Biden's emergency order to halt the Chinese-tied mining on the doorstep of a nuclear-missile base hit days after mining giant CleanSpark struck a deal to buy the property.

May 16, 2024

(White House, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Cost Drops to $45K as Inefficient Miners Exit: JPMorgan

The bank sees limited upside for the bitcoin price in the near term due to a number of headwinds.

May 16, 2024

(Shutterstock)

Policy

Sweeping ‘Bitcoin Rights’ Bill Becomes Law in Oklahoma

The new laws protect Oklahomans’ right to self-custody their crypto and prevent the state and local governments from banning crypto mining.

May 15, 2024

Oklahoma's new laws protect Oklahomans’ right to self-custody their crypto and prevent the state and local governments from banning crypto mining (Unsplash)

Finance

State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF

The state’s investment board bought 94,562 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust in the first quarter of the year.

May 14, 2024

The state of Wisconsin has bought roughly $321.5 million worth of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF. (Nick Youngson)

Markets

Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs See $39M Outflows on Monday: Farside Investors

Previous outflows hovered around the $6 million mark, signaling a significant uptick in negative flows on Monday.

May 13, 2024

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Markets

GameStop's Halting Rally Has Crypto Howling

The U.S. stock market has circuit breakers that halt shares sometimes as a safeguard. That's funny to crypto folks.

May 13, 2024

GameStop's stock soared – intermittently – on Monday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon In Talks With Kenya to Help With Its Green Energy Ambitions

Kenya's President William Ruto also wants to build a regulatory framework for crypto, with Marathon's help.

May 13, 2024

Nairobi, Kenya, Africa (Amani Nation/Unsplash)
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