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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Riot Blockchain Raises 2022 Hashrate Guidance for Second Time in a Month

The bitcoin miner also said it minted 466 bitcoin in November, an increase of about 300% versus the same period last year, but only a slight jump from October.

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Hut 8 Sticks to Its ‘Hodl’ Strategy After Mining 265 Bitcoins in November

The Canadian miner now holds a total of 5,242 bitcoins in its reserve.

Mining rig. (Shutterstock)

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VanEck Files to Launch Digital Asset Mining ETF

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in digital mining firms.

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Buys Electrical Equipment Provider ESS Metron for $50M

The deal will ensure the steady supply of equipment for Riot’s new mining machines.

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

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Marathon Digital Expands Compute North Hosting Deal to Over 100K Bitcoin Miners

The agreement will help Marathon’s operations become 77% carbon neutral.

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Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Offers Additional $35M in Bonds

The proceeds will be used for capital expenditures and acquisitions, among other purposes.

Greenidge Mining center

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Crypto Miner Sell-Off ‘Too Much Too Fast,’ Says DA Davidson Analyst

The fundamentals of crypto miners “remain fantastic,” according to a new research note.

(Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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MicroStrategy Bought 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M

The business-intelligence software company said it owned 121,044 bitcoins as of Nov. 29, worth about $3.6 billion.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

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El Salvador compra otros 100 bitcoins tras una caída del mercado de criptomonedas

El presidente del país centroamericano, Nayib Bukele, dijo en un tuit que adquirió la mayor criptomoneda con “un descuento”.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

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El Salvador Buys 100 More Bitcoins as Crypto Market Falls

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a tweet he bought the coins at “a discount.”

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)