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

Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Custody Some of Its BTC With Fidelity Digital

The miner is adding Fidelity to diversify its bitcoin (BTC) custody.

(Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Hopes Push Grayscale's GBTC Discount to Narrowest Since 2021

The fund’s shares have traded for years at a discount to the value of the BTC it owns.

GBTC discount narrows. (TradingView)

Markets

Reddit-Based Tokens Plunge on Report of Wind Down of Community Points

MOON, BRICK and DONUT tokens prices are each lower by 60%-90%.

Reddit has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.” (Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Finance

Sui Foundation Calls Report of Supply Manipulation 'Materially False'

The token fell as much as 9% on Tuesday after a report questioned if SUI supply is being manipulated through staking.

Sui unlock schedule (tokens.unlock)

Policy

BC Technology Denies Report of $128M Crypto Exchange Sale

Firm calls report by Bloomberg “factually inaccurate and highly misleading.”

(Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Policy

EU Formally Agrees on New Crypto Tax Data Sharing Rules

The rules, set to be published in the EU's official journal, force crypto firms to report on customers' holdings to be shared between tax authorities.

European regulators will focus more on banks' exposure to crypto-linked entities. (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

Policy

Digital Dollar May Pose 'Significant Risk,' Fed Governor Bowman Says

Governor Michelle Bowman suggests other payments services, including FedNow, may do a CBDC's job better, and she's also suspicious of the dangers of stablecoins.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Internet Computer's Dfinity Is Building Carbon Credit-Inspired Tech for Waste Management

The not-for-profit foundation is working with management consultancy Roland Berger who introduced the Voluntary Recycling Credits (VRC) standard in June, which is inspired by the carbon credit market.

Recycling (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)

Markets

Ethereum's New Low-Fee Regime May Put Its 'Ultra Sound Money' Thesis to Test

The Ethereum network's revenue from fees dropped to its lowest level since April 2020 as speculative activity disappeared and users migrated to layer 2s, IntoTheBlock said.

Ethereum network fees (IntoTheBlock)

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)