Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Head of Americas. 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 ADA, SOL, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Märkte

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."

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

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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.

Solana price over the past week (CoinDesk)

Politik

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.

(White House, modified by CoinDesk)

Märkte

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.

(Shutterstock)

Politik

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.

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

Finanzen

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.

Wisconsin sign

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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.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

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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.

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

Finanzen

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.

Nairobi, Kenya, Africa (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

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Jack Dorsey Says Bitcoin Price Will Go Beyond $1 Million in 2030

Dorsey, who led the social media platform from 2015 to 2021, developed a strong interest in crypto during that time and is now fully focused on the sector.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)