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

Microsoft Listing Fake Ledger App Leads to $590K of Bitcoin Stolen by Hackers

The hacker also stole $180,000 worth of assets on Ethereum and BSC.

(Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Policy

Ex-FTX Unit LedgerX in Gray Area Beyond CFTC Proposal on Customer Funds: Commissioner

The U.S. derivatives regulator proposed a new rule for how regulated firms should invest clients' funds, but a CFTC commissioner pointed out it doesn't address LedgerX.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Celestia's TIA Airdrop Hype Wanes as Blockchain Struggles to Gain Users

More than 410,000 eligible airdrop participants did not claim their TIA tokens worth almost $1 million.

According to the Celestia Foundation, this photo was taken shortly after Celestia CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam (then a Ph.D. student) published the "LazyLedger" research paper in 2019. Al-Bassam is on the right, with Celestia executives Ismail Khoffi (left) and John Adler (center). (Celestia Foundation)

Finance

Singapore Police Issue Warning Over WhatsApp Phishing Scam

The scam lures victims in by prompting them to scan a QR code on a phishing website to secure credentials.

Police issue warning over WhatsApp scam (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)

Tech

Cubist, Led by Computer Science Professors, Releases Wallet-as-a-Service 'CubeSigner'

According to CEO Riad Wahby, who's an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon, the new wallet will be "a hundred times faster" than competing products.

Cubist CEO Riad Wahby (Cubist)

Finance

Coinbase Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates While Trading Volume Falls

The crypto exchange's third quarter transaction revenue declined 12% from previous quarter.

Coinbase sticker on a Macintosh laptop

Policy

Will Hashdex's 'Undeniable' Distinctions Help Win Bitcoin ETF Race? Some Analysts Think So

Hashdex's decision to use CME, a regulated exchange, per the SEC's requirement of a surveillance-sharing agreement (SSA), might set it apart from the group.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Privacy Technology Firm Nym Plans Early 2024 Rollout of 'Decentralized VPN'

The privacy-focused infrastructure project says that the new NymVPN will disperse traffic across a network of nodes rather than running data through single servers as centralized VPNs do.

Nym co-founder and CEO Harry Halpin (Nym)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Tests BTC Mining With Methane Gas From Waste Landfill

The 280 Kilowatt (kW) pilot project in Utah is already operational.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

Finance

Team Behind Celsius Bidder NovaWulf Starts New Firm Called Valinor

Former NovaWulf employees Connor Dougherty and Lily Yarborough are spearheading Valinor, with the continued support and collaboration of two former NovaWulf partners.

(Mustang Joe/Flickr)