Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Global Head of News and is responsible for all of the editorial content and strategies. 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 the University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineering. He holds ETH, BTC, and SOL that are above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000. He also holds LINK, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Core Scientific se declara en quiebra y espera el apoyo de algunos tenedores de deuda

El minero que cotiza en bolsa espera recibir el apoyo por parte de algunos tenedores de sus bonos convertibles en un acuerdo de reestructuración.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

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Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy, Expects Support From Some Debt Holders

The publicly traded miner expects support from some of the holders of its convertible notes in a restructuring deal.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

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Microsoft Bans Crypto Mining on Its Online Services Without Permission

Google has a similar policy in place and Amazon's AWS prohibits crypto mining during its 12-month free trial.

(Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Cuts 2023 Hashrate Outlook by Nearly 30%

The miner cited delays in building out a mining facility by one of its partners, Lancium.

CleanSpark's immersion cooling facility in Norcross, Georgia (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific's Lender Wants to Give Miner $72M to Avoid Bankruptcy

Investment bank B Riley said most of the struggling miner's issues are "self-imposed and can be corrected."

Core Scientific CEO Mike Levitt (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Expects to Recover Less Than Half Its Deposit From Bankrupt Compute North

In its monthly update the company also disclosed additions to its bitcoin stack and the payoff of some debt.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Switches Mining Pool After Falling Short in November

The miner used Braiins mining pool, whose payout method caused the variance between Riot’s mining capacity and the amount produced, according to a person familiar.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Full Transcript: NY Times' Interview With Sam Bankman-Fried

Bankman-Fried said during the interview he did not "knowingly commingle" customer funds.

Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during the New York Times DealBook Summit (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Jack Dorsey's TBD Reverses Plan to Trademark 'Web5' After Backlash

The move was meant to prevent confusion about the meaning of Web5 and deter misuse of the term.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Genesis Global Capital Confirms Hiring Investment Bank Moelis, Talks With Potential Investors

The crypto lender also started talks with its largest creditors and borrowers, including Gemini and parent company DCG, to agree on a solution.

(Getty Images)