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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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Terminates Credit Facility With Crypto Bank Silvergate

The miner reduced its debt by $50 million and freed up about $75 million worth of bitcoin that was held as collateral.

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

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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Sold Almost All Bitcoin Mined in February

It's the second consecutive monthly sale for the company, which before 2023 hadn't sold any of its holdings.

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

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Investment Firm Ninepoint Proposes Switching Bitcoin ETF Strategy After Falling 45% in a Year

The fund will now seek to invest mainly in equity and equity-related securities of companies with exposure to Web3, blockchain and the digital asset-enabled internet.

(Getty Images)

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Crypto Bank Silvergate Uncertainties May Put TradFi Heavy Hitters' Stakes in Jeopardy

Silvergate Capital shares have tumbled 29% in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the crypto-friendly lender raised a “going concern” issue in a regulatory filing.

(Getty Images)

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Chainlink Launches Platform to Help Web2 Connect With Smart Contracts

The beta version of Chainlink Functions is now live on the Ethereum Sepolia and Polygon Mumbai test networks.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink)

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Blockchain Protocol Algorand Hires Its First CFO

The new finance chief has several years of crypto and TradFi experience.

Algorand CFO Matthew Commons (Algorand Inc.)

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Silvergate Loses a Bull as KBW Analyst Downgrades on Limited Visibility

The analyst slashed the investment bank's price target by about 36% to $16.

Morgan Stanley rebajó la calificación de las acciones del banco de criptomonedas Silvergate Capital para infraponderar desde igual valoración. (Unsplash)

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BlackRock Starts Metaverse-Themed ETF Despite Waning Investor Interest

Meta, Apple and Nvidia are top holdings for the exchange-traded fund.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Plans to Continue Pursuing Acquisitions Amid Bear Market

The miner is looking to use mined bitcoin and equity to pay for its growth plans.

CleanSpark's immersion-cooled bitcoin miners at a site in Norcross, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Marathon Digital Sells Mined Bitcoin for First Time to Monetize Recent Rally

The bitcoin miner sold 1,500 bitcoin in January.

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