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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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Finance

Telefónica Partners With Helium to Roll Out Mobile Hotspots in Mexico

Helium's native token is up by 5.71% over the past 24-hours.

Jan 24, 2024

Telecom giant Telefónica partners with Helium (HNT) to roll out mobile hotspots in Mexico. (Robbie Herrera/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange OKX's Token Suffers 50% Flash Crash Amid Liquidation Cascade

The exchange said that it will compensate impacted users within 72 hours.

Jan 23, 2024

OKB price flash crash (TradingView)

Finance

Is Grayscale Takeover Bait Amid Bitcoin ETF Battle?

Experts said newcomers in the bitcoin investing game could be enticed by Grayscale, the incumbent with a huge lead.

Jan 23, 2024

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum Interoperability Hub Polymer Raises $23M Series A Funding From Marquee Investors

The funding round was co-led by Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and Distributed Global and included contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Placeholder and Digital Currency Group

Jan 23, 2024

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Policy

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Questions Meta’s Ongoing Crypto Efforts

A letter sent to the tech giant said it still has five active patents related to cryptocurrencies, despite the firm saying that it has no digital assets-related works ongoing.

Jan 22, 2024

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S., U.K., Australia Sanction Hamas-Affiliated Crypto Transaction Facilitators

The U.S. designated two companies that helped move crypto for Hamas, according to a Treasury Department press release.

Jan 22, 2024

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

Policy

China's Illegal Crypto Activities Are Taking Place in Laundromats and Cafes: WSJ

Physical trading is most popular in China's inland, as places further from the coast are generally poorer so local governments are preoccupied with other matters, WSJ reported.

Jan 18, 2024

Laundromat (Skitterphoto/Pixabay)

Finance

Investment Firm With $1B Assets Looks to Invest in Bitcoin Mining With Fabiano Consulting

Deus X Capital partnered with Fabiano Consulting to provide funding and strategic advice to miners.

Jan 18, 2024

Deus X CEO Tim Grant (Left), Amanda Fabiano of Fabiano Consulting (Right). (Deus X/Fabiano Consulting)

Finance

Bernstein Says Buy the Dip in Bitcoin Mining Stocks Ahead of BTC Price 'Inflection'

The broker says it prefers outperform rated mining stocks Riot Platforms (RIOT) and CleanSpark (CLSK).

Jan 17, 2024

Bitcoin's price will go up if the SEC approves spot bitcoin ETFs, Matrixport said. (Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific to Emerge From Bankruptcy, Re-List Shares This Month

The company expects to see nearly $600 million in revenue this year.

Jan 16, 2024

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)
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