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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Policy

Voyager Ex-CEO Charged by U.S. Regulators With Fraud, Making False Claims

Former Voyager Digital CEO Steve Ehrlich is facing complaints from the Federal Trade Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which also used the case to reinforce its view of USDC as a commodity.

Voyager Digital's Ex-CEO Steve Ehrlich is under the gun from multiple regulators accusing him of fraud and making false claims to customers. (CoinDesk)

Policy

UK FCA Working on Blue Print for Fund Tokenization Due This Year

The U.K. financial regulator said earlier in the year it was speaking to firms and trade groups in relation to proposals on fund tokenization.

Photo of people entering the FCA building

Markets

Stars Arena Recovered 90% of the Funds Lost to Hack After Bounty Paid

The social app on Avalanche was drained for $3 Million last week.

(Azamat E/Unsplash)

Markets

Real Estate-Backed Stablecoin USDR De-Pegs After Treasury Was Drained of Liquid Assets

On-chain data suggests that USDR's treasury was drained of liquid assets, leading to a run on the stablecoin.

Moon’s CryptoMortgage products allows people to use their crypto as collateral for real estate. (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Industry Is at a ‘Crucible Moment,’ JPMorgan Says

The bank initiates research coverage of CleanSpark (top pick), Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms and Cipher Mining.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Policy

EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’

ESMA, responsible for rulemaking under the bloc’s landmark new crypto law MiCA, is worried about new forms of market manipulation when there’s no central counterparty

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

Finance

Galaxy's Head of Mining Amanda Fabiano Departed to Start Consulting Company

Fabiano’s new company will work with bitcoin mining companies including Compass Mining and Giga Energy.

Galaxy's former head of mining, Amanda Fabiano (Amanda Fabiano, modified by CoinDesk))

Policy

Bankrupt Crypto Hedge Fund 3AC's Su Zhu Apprehended in Singapore, Liquidator Says

Co-founder of the Three Arrows Capital hedge fund was seized at Changi airport, Teneo said

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

Finance

Valkyrie Gets Approval to Start Buying ETH Futures for Its Existing Bitcoin ETF

The fund's new strategy to combine ether and bitcoin will be effective formally on Oct. 3.

Valkyrie's bell-ringing in September included a guest from Tron. (Screenshot/Nasdaq.com)

Finance

Ripple Cancels Plan to Buy Fortress Trust

"While this outcome is different from what was originally planned, we’ll continue to support them and hope to work together in the future," said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.

Ripple ad in Washington's Union Station (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)