Aoyon Ashraf

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.

Social

Recent

Hut 8 Luxor Ethereum mining (Bet Noire/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Luxor Starts Ethereum Mining Pool as Proof-of-Stake Shift Looms
Luxor also started an advocacy group for Ethereum to remain on the proof-of-work consensus mechanism.
Hut 8 Luxor Ethereum mining (Bet Noire/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Hits 2 EH/s to Join Ranks of Top North American Miners
The miner is now producing 10 bitcoins per day.
Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky.
Newly Public Core Scientific Leads Slump in Crypto Mining Stocks
The company's shares have fallen more than 20% since it went public via a SPAC merger on Thursday.
Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky.
Rep. Diana Degette (D-Co.) chaired Thursday's hearing on crypto's energy impact. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Witnesses Debate Crypto Mining's Efficiency in Congressional Hearing on Environment
Lawmaker questions ranged from basics on blockchain to queries about different energy sources.
Rep. Diana Degette (D-Co.) chaired Thursday's hearing on crypto's energy impact. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Solar farm in China (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
LIVE BLOG: Congressional Hearing Puts Crypto Energy Use in the Crosshairs
Follow along as CoinDesk reporters provide updates.
Solar farm in China (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(Shutterstock)
Intel, Block Supporting Mining a Positive for Bitcoin’s Price: Analyst
The moves will likely lead to increased mining efficiency and greater bitcoin adoption, which in turn should help boost the price of the cryptocurrency.
(Shutterstock)
Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate
Crypto Miner Mawson Sees Hashrate Topping 1 EH/s by Month's End
The Australian miner is producing about 5.8 bitcoins per day.
Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate
(Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images)
Crypto Miner Argo Diversifies Into Non-Mining Blockchain Business
The “Argo Labs” unit will be funded internally and focus on blockchain-related, non-mining projects.
(Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images)
Bitcoin mining (Getty Images)
Bitcoin Miners’ Margins Are Still ‘Quite Healthy’ Even After Recent Sell-Off: D.A. Davidson
The Wall Street investment bank says mining company shares were sold because of falling bitcoin prices and investors' sudden change in risk appetite.
Bitcoin mining (Getty Images)
(Besiki Kavtaradze/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Bitmain Adds Liquid Cooling Technology to Its Latest Bitcoin Mining Rigs
Antminer S19 Pro+ Hyd. will deliver 198 terahashes per second (TH/s) of computing power, a 41% increase from Bitmain’s previous model S19 XP.
(Besiki Kavtaradze/iStock/Getty Images Plus)