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

Coinbase Shares Soar as Crypto-Related Stocks Continue Post-Fed Rally

Barclays analyst said Coinbase volumes rose 56% in January from the previous month.

Crypto-related stocks soared after the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike decision. (TradingView)

Web3

Toyota to Experiment With Blockchain Use Cases by Sponsoring Astar Network's Hackathon

The auto giant may use technology developed from the hackathon to increase its business efficiency.

Toyota Motor Corporation has been exploring blockchain applications since April 2019, it revealed Monday. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Gryphon to Go Public Via All-Stock Merger With Cannabis Firm Akerna

Gryphon previously terminated plans to go public via a reverse merger with Sphere 3D.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Raises $125M for Bitcoin Mining

The company will use the funds to expand its bitcoin mining facilities amid strong demand for hosting.

Blockstream founder Adam Back, right, with entrepreneur Kurt Kumar at Construct 2017. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

CEO of Canadian Utility That Proposed Banning New Power to Crypto Miners Exits

Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu will officially step down in April after three years leading the company.

(Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Sushi Lays Out 2023 Plans With Focus on DEX and User Experience

Sushi will release a DEX aggregation router in the first quarter of 2023, the protocol's CEO said.

The entity that oversees the SushiSwap crypto exchange is reorganizing. (Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Terms Become Dirty Words as Bear Market Lingers

Companies are taking steps to mask their industry ties during a time of scandals and losses.

(Getty Images)

Finance

MicroStrategy, Marathon Digital Shares Fall Amid Crypto Bank Silvergate's Woes

Both companies were sizable borrowers from the lender, though Marathon late last year moved to pay down some of its debt.

Casa central de Silvergate Bank. (CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Gives Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific New $17M Loan

BlackRock, which already was Core's largest shareholder, previously held $37.9 million of the miner's secured convertible notes.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms' CEO Resigns and Is Replaced by COO

Emiliano Grodzki, the outgoing CEO, co-founded the Canadian company in 2017.

El presidente de Bifarms, Geoff Morphy, fue promovido a CEO. (CoinDesk)