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

Animated Series Futurama Takes Characters to 'Doge City,' Mocks Crypto Miners

In its latest episode, which aired on Aug. 7 on streaming platform Hulu, the characters attempt to make money by selling thallium, a toxic metal used to mine crypto in the shows, to crypto miners in “Doge City.”

Futurama/Flickr

Tech

Blockchain Security Firm Forta Upgrades Its Scam Detector to Battle Growing Crypto Fraud

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost to scams and exploits in July alone.

Scam alert (Getty)

Finance

Elon Musk’s X Seeks Data Partner to Build Trading Service on App: Semafor

Given the billionaire's affinity for digital assets, the offering could include crypto trading.

(Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Michael Saylor Says Bitcoin ETFs Will Be the ‘Super Tanker’ for His MicroStrategy ‘Sports Car’

The software company now owns around $4.5 billion worth of bitcoin and is planning to buy more in the third quarter of this year.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

GameStop to Remove Crypto Wallets Citing 'Regulatory Uncertainty'

The company will remove its iOS and Chrome wallet extensions on Nov. 1.

(Walter Knerr/Pixabay)

Markets

KIN Token Surges Over 20% After Vote to Burn 70% of Supply Passes

The token climbed on news that about 7 trillion KIN tokens worth $156 million will be burned.

Ted Livingston speaks at Kin Ambassadors event in NYC April 2018. Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk.

Markets

Bitcoin May Reach $300K by 2028 Halving, Says $1.6B Asset Manager

The Morgan Creek Capital Management founder expects bitcoin to catch up to gold's valuation.

(WikiImages/Pixabay)

Finance

Private Banking Firm With $14B Assets Starts First Crypto Fund of Spain

The fund will be accessible to professional investors only and will be audited by PwC.

Una encuesta mostró que casi 7% de los españoles invirtió en cripto. (Kutay Tanir/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin Miners Buy Up Rigs as Prices Near All-Time Lows

Miners are prioritizing the inclusion of next-generation mining rigs in their operations to prepare for the next Bitcoin halving.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Startup Ramp Network Starts Brazilian Unit as First Step in LatAm Expansion

Ramp said that it will look to link up with local payment networks, such as the widely used Pix in Brazil.

Bandera de Brasil. (Unsplash)