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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Markets

AI Firm CoreWeave Files for IPO, Citing $1.9B in Revenue

The company is expected to raise $4 billion at a $35 billion valuation.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Crypto ETPs See Record $2.9B Outflow With Bitcoin Leading Three-Week Streak: CoinShares

Investor withdrawals hit $3.8B over three weeks amid Bybit hack, Fed uncertainty, and profit-taking from 19-week inflow streak.

Fund flows for week-ending Sept. 20 (CoinShares/Bloomberg)

Markets

Core Scientific Appoints Former Investment Banker as New CFO

Finance veteran to succeed Denise Sterling as CFO, shares are up 2% in pre-market trading.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

XRP, SOL, ADA's Coinbase Premium Surges to One-Month High After Trump's Crypto Reserve News

Tokens traded at a notable premium on Coinbase relative to Binance after Trump announced plans for establishing strategic crypto reserve.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin's Surge After Trump's Crypto Reserve News Showing Signs of Sustainable Bullish Run

Spot CVD shows buyers as the aggressors, indicating spot demand as open interest stays flat.

BTC options flip bullish. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps Above $91K After Trump's U.S. Crypto Reserve News Brings Bulls Back

XRP, ETH, SOL and ADA price have also surged following Trump's announcement.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Policy

Donald Trump Names XRP, SOL, ADA, BTC and ETH as Part of U.S. Crypto Reserve

The U.S. president provided the first details about what a crypto reserve may look like.

President Donald Trump

Tech

Ethereum Foundation Picks New Co-Executive Directors, Following Leadership Reshuffle

Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak will be the new co-executive directors, as Aya Miyaguchi transitions into the organization's President. Also, ex-EF researcher Danny Ryan shares that he is joining Etherealize.

EF reshuffles leadership roles. (GettyImages)

Policy

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Calls Roger Ver's Potential Life Sentence 'Absurd'

Kraken founder Jesse Powell and pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht are also standing with Ver.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin