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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Bitcoin Mining Profits Remain at ‘Near Highs’ as Crypto Miners Rally
Crypto mining stocks are surging as bitcoin mining hashrate falls, helping to keep profit margins elevated.
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Compass Mining Signs New 140MW Capacity Deal With Red Jar Digital
Compass will power the new Canadian facility with 95% clean energy.
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Argo Blockchain Achieves Record Revenue in Third Quarter
The bitcoin miner mined 597 BTC during the quarter.
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Canadian Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Will Soon Be Listed on the Nasdaq
Bitfarms Hits Record High Hashrate in October and Forecasts Additional Growth
The Canadian miner expects to expand its bitcoin mining power by 11% in November, after achieving 1.8 EH/s in October.
Canadian Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Will Soon Be Listed on the Nasdaq
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Mawson Infrastructure Group Lists Mining-Focused ETF in Australia
The firm’s Cosmos Asset Management unit listed its crypto mining and digital infrastructure-focused ETF on Australia’s Chi-X stock exchange.
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Genesis Digital Expands in US With 300MW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas
Genesis is building a new bitcoin mining facility to expand its North American operations using power partially from renewable energy sources.
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Atlas Technology in Deal With Core Scientific to Expand US Mining Operations
Core Scientific to host Atlas mining operations with 100 megawatts of power.
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Bitcoin Miner Rhodium Enterprises Plans to Raise Up to $100M in IPO
The miner expects to use its liquid-cooling technology to mine bitcoin more efficiently.
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Hive Blockchain Outperforms Crypto Miners as Ether Reaches All-Time High
Shares of the diversified crypto miner outperformed peers as ether hit a new record.
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Sphere 3D Receives Buy Rating Ahead of Gryphon Digital Mining Merger
The Canadian investment bank, PI Financial, believes Gryphon Digital Mining will rank among the world’s top five global crypto miners.
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