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.

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Crypto Miners Are Better Investments Than Bitcoin Even After Sell-Off: Analysts
Wall Street analysts see “compelling” opportunities in the stocks of miners as sell-off is not driven by fundamentals.
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Shiba Inu Launches Beta Version of DAO to Give Users More Authority Over Crypto Projects
The dogecoin rival is aiming to provide its users with more control over crypto projects and pairs on the ShibaSwap platform.
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Miner Bitfarms Raises $100M Bitcoin-Backed Loan From Galaxy Digital
The miner has already made an initial $60 million drawdown with a six-month term at an interest rate of 10.75%.
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Marathon Digital to Buy $121M of Mining Machines
Marathon Digital Named Top Mining Pick Heading Into 2022 by DA Davidson
The miner’s stock has compelling upside after a recent sell-off among the group, the investment bank said.
Marathon Digital to Buy $121M of Mining Machines
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Newly Minted Bitcoin Miner Gem Mining Reaches Hashrate of 1.25 EH/s
Gem’s mining power now accounts for about 1% of the Bitcoin network’s total.
Crypto mining machines. (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)
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Crypto Miner Hive Sees More Bitcoin, Less Ether Mined in Third Quarter
The slowdown in ether mining is expected to be offset partially by the rally in the cryptocurrency’s price during the quarter ending Dec. 31.
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Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Power Management Firm Lancium Signs $2.4B Data Center Development Deal
The construction of the data center, which will focus on bitcoin mining and other energy-intensive applications, will start in the first quarter of 2022.
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What's in store for crypto mining in 2022? (Grafissimo/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)
8 Trends That Will Shape Bitcoin Mining in 2022
CoinDesk’s first ever year-end survey of crypto miners reveals a competitive but mature business with potential for merger activity to accelerate.
What's in store for crypto mining in 2022? (Grafissimo/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)
Gem Mining CEO John Warren (Gem Mining)
Former Marine and South Carolina Politician Raises $200M to Start Bitcoin Mining Company
Former gubernatorial candidate John Warren started Gem Mining earlier this year with four other partners.
Gem Mining CEO John Warren (Gem Mining)
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Gwyneth Paltrow-Backed Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Plunges in Trading Debut
The environmentally sustainable miner recently raised funds from the actress and several other notable stars and entrepreneurs.
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