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Aoyon Ashraf

Managing Editor, Breaking News

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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Markets

Bitcoin Falls 8%, Drops Below $62K Before Rebound

Other major cryptocurrencies saw similar declines.

Apr 13, 2024

(CoinDesk Indices)

Policy

Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Crypto Exchanges

Shakeeb Ahmed stole over $12 million from Nirvana Finance and a DEX thought to be Crema Finance.

Apr 12, 2024

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Policy

Craig Wright Drops Appeal Against Hodlonaut in Norway

Wright’s decision to drop his appeal comes a month after a U.K. court ruled that he was not Satoshi Nakamoto.

Apr 11, 2024

Still from Craig Wright's testimony on day three of the Hodlonaut vs. Craig Wright trial on Sept. 14, 2022. (Bitcoin Magazine/YouTube)

Finance

Chaos at MarginFi Shakes up Solana DeFi's Borrow-and-Lend Landscape

Solend and Kamino were the biggest winners in the Solana DeFi landscape.

Apr 11, 2024

marginFi banner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Chainlink Aims to Make Transfers Across Blockchains Safer with New Bridge App 'Transporter'

"Having a secure way to move both value and data across chains is something the blockchain industry has needed for years," Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said.

Apr 11, 2024

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)

Finance

DePIN Platform Uplink Raises $10M Led by Framework Ventures

Uplink provides decentralized network connectivity with the aim of creating better distributed and user-operated infrastructure.

Apr 11, 2024

(John Schnobrich/Unsplash)

Finance

Ripple-Owned Metaco Sees Most of Execs and Marketing Teams Depart: Source

Since being acquired by Ripple last year, Metaco has now lost its CTO, Angel Nunez, its head of sales, Craig Perrin, and product marketing lead Mei Li Powell, as well as marketing officers Gene Peterson and Rahul Mudgal.

Apr 10, 2024

Metaco's management team (Metaco)

Finance

VanEck CEO Says Transaction Fee Is Bigger Story Than Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs

Jan Van Eck told CoinDesk TV's Jen Sanasie that not hearing back from the SEC is a sign that ETH exchange-traded funds likely wont make the May deadline.

Apr 9, 2024

Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)

Policy

Republican Sen. Tillis Calls for ‘Light’ Crypto Regulatory Framework Ahead of Presidential Election

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle urged the need for new crypto laws on Tuesday, as Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo asked for “additional tools” to effectively crack down on illicit crypto financing.

Apr 9, 2024

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Blockchain Developer Monad Labs Raises $225M Led by Paradigm

The company is looking to offer an Ethereum-compatible environment that's faster than the original.

Apr 9, 2024

Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)
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