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

Circle Curbs Stablecoin Minting for Retail Users, Moving Closer to Tether's Practice

The action represents a move towards main competitor Tether's practice to limit access for retail users.

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle (CoinDesk)

Tech

Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They're Not Trading Yet

The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they're locked for trading at least until next April.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

Markets

Bitcoin's 14% Weekly Gain Signals 'End of an Era' as Big Tech Dumps, Analyst Says

Bitcoin's advance this week coupled with gains across all digital asset sectors, highlighting the breadth of the crypto rally.

BTC price on Oct. 27 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Miners Lobby U.S. Lawmakers to Counter Environmental 'Misunderstanding'

Dozens of mining firms came to Washington to steer the policy narrative away from negative environmental claims and make a case for mining as an economic and security boon.

Perianne Boring, CEO of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, led a group of crypto miners to meetings with members of the U.S. House of Representatives this week. (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Billionaire Ken Griffin's Citadel Securities Denies 'Ridiculous' Claim That It Tanked Do Kwon's Terraform

Citadel said the claims by Terraform was filed to "deflect attention" from its alleged charges.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

Citadel Securities du milliardaire Ken Griffin nie l'affirmation « ridicule » selon laquelle elle aurait détruit Terraform de Do Kwon

Citadel a déclaré que les réclamations de Terraform avaient été déposées pour « détourner l'attention » de ses prétendues accusations.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

Citadel Securities del multimillonario Ken Griffin niega la afirmación "ridícula" de que derribó Terraform de Do Kwon

Citadel dijo que las reclamaciones de Terraform se presentaron para "desviar la atención" de sus supuestos cargos.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

Ang Citadel Securities ng bilyonaryo na si Ken Griffin ay itinanggi ang 'Katawa-tawa' na Pag-aangkin na Nilalampasan nito ang Terraform ni Do Kwon

Sinabi ni Citadel na ang mga claim ng Terraform ay inihain upang "ilihis ang atensyon" mula sa mga di-umano'y singil nito.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

Citadel Securities do bilionário Ken Griffin nega alegação 'ridícula' de que destruiu o Terraform de Do Kwon

A Citadel disse que as alegações da Terraform foram feitas para “desviar a atenção” de suas supostas acusações.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

Citadel Securities del miliardario Ken Griffin nega l'affermazione "ridicola" secondo cui avrebbe distrutto la Terraform di Do Kwon

Citadel ha affermato che le accuse di Terraform sono state presentate per "distogliere l'attenzione" dalle sue presunte accuse.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)