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

Wall Street CEO on Tether Controversy: 'They Have the Money'

Tether's $95 billion stablecoin has been dogged by questions around whether it actually holds the assets it says are backing USDT. Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick, whose firm manages money for Tether, says it does.

Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick (World Economic Forum)

Finance

Can Crypto Dethrone U.S. Dollar Dominance? Here Is Morgan Stanley's Take

U.S. monetary policy, combined with the use of economic sanctions, have forced some countries to look for alternatives to the dollar, while growth of stablecoins may have emphasized the need of the fiat currency, the bank said.

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Tech

Chainlink Teams Up With Circle to Allow Cross-Chain Stablecoin Transfers

The integration allows developers to build cross-chain use cases via Chainlink's CCIP that involve multichain transfers of Circle's USDC stablecoin.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Tech

Taproot Wizards, Bitcoin Ordinals Project That Raised $7.5M, to Sell 'Quantum Cats' Collection

The "NFTs on Bitcoin" project has capitalized on the popularity of the controversial Ordinals protocol, which has generated a flurry of interest in the original blockchain but added to congestion and higher fees.

Genesis Quantum Cats inscription from Taproot Wizards (Taproot Wizards, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Cathie Wood Sees Bitcoin Price Reaching $1.5M by 2030 After ETF Approval

ARK Invest's CEO previously predicted the price would reach $1 million by 2030.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Markets

Bitcoin Briefly Tops $49K Before Selling Off as ETF Trading Frenzy Commences

Cryptocurrency-focused stocks such as Coinbase and bitcoin miners are also down significantly since Thursday's market open.

Bitcoin price index (CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Could Attract a Record $3B Inflow in First Trading Day: CF Benchmarks

The fund saw about $400 million of inflows within 30 minutes of its trading debut, CF Benchmarks said.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Liquidity-Focused Berachain Opens Layer-1 Testnet to Public

Berachain's pseudonymous founders plan "to accomplish more with less initial resources."

The current crypto bear market continues. (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

Cboe Says Bitcoin ETFs to Start Trading Thursday, Though the SEC Hasn't Approved Them Yet

The exchange's website listed six bitcoin ETF applicants to start trading tomorrow.

Cboe (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

Tokenized Treasuries’ Surging Demand Prompts Yield-Bearing Offering by Enigma Securities

U.S. Treasuries are a gateway for tokenization efforts, and has grown to a $850 million market from $100 million over the past year, rwa.xyz data shows.

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