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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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)

Policy

UK FCA Working on Blue Print for Fund Tokenization Due This Year

The U.K. financial regulator said earlier in the year it was speaking to firms and trade groups in relation to proposals on fund tokenization.

Photo of people entering the FCA building

Markets

Stars Arena Recovered 90% of the Funds Lost to Hack After Bounty Paid

The social app on Avalanche was drained for $3 Million last week.

(Azamat E/Unsplash)

Markets

Real Estate-Backed Stablecoin USDR De-Pegs After Treasury Was Drained of Liquid Assets

On-chain data suggests that USDR's treasury was drained of liquid assets, leading to a run on the stablecoin.

Moon’s CryptoMortgage products allows people to use their crypto as collateral for real estate. (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Industry Is at a ‘Crucible Moment,’ JPMorgan Says

The bank initiates research coverage of CleanSpark (top pick), Marathon Digital, Riot Platforms and Cipher Mining.

Bitmain Antminer mining rigs (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Policy

EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’

ESMA, responsible for rulemaking under the bloc’s landmark new crypto law MiCA, is worried about new forms of market manipulation when there’s no central counterparty

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)