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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Here's How Equity Investors Can Play Ethereum’s Merge

It's slim pickings for equity investors looking to trade one of the biggest events in the crypto industry, but there are a few options, including Coinbase and some smaller Canadian companies.

Equity investors have limited choices if they want to trade Ethereum's Merge. (Getty Images)

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Blockchain Startup Diamond Standard Raises $30M to Fund Expansion

The Series A round is led by venture capital firm Left Lane and investment management firm Horizon Kinetics.

Diamond Standard's coins and bars (Diamond Standard)

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Acciones cripto y bitcoin se desploman tras la publicación del índice de inflación de EE. UU.

Las compañías mineras de activos digitales estuvieron entre los peores rendimientos del martes.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

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Crypto Stocks Tumble After Bitcoin Falls on Higher-Than-Estimated Inflation

Digital asset miners were among the worst performers on Tuesday.

Bear (mana5280/Unsplash)

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JPMorgan Hires Former Microsoft Executive to Its Digital Assets-Related Payments Group

Microsoft’s former corporate treasurer and chief investment officer Tahreem Kampton joined JPMorgan Payments, which focuses on digital payments and blockchain technology.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark to Buy Mawson’s Georgia Mining Facility, Rigs for Up to $42.5M

The deal has potential to increase CleanSpark’s hashrate to 5.2 EH/s by the year-end, exceeding the company’s previous guidance.

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

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Crypto Miner PrimeBlock’s CEO Has Left Firm After Canceled SPAC Deal: Sources

SPAC deals have been getting axed in recent months due to adverse market conditions.

Cryptocurrency mining rigs sit on racks. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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Blockchain Startup Aims to Open the $1T Diamond Market to More Investors

Diamond Standard believes tokenizing diamonds will make investing in the precious stones easier and more efficient.

Standardized sets of diamonds (Diamond Standard)

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Crypto Exchange Coinbase to Offer Liquid Staking Token Before Ethereum Merge

The Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) will have several uses, including selling and transferring staked ETH as well as using it as collateral in DeFi protocols.

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Bitcoin Miner Argo Cuts Year-End Hashrate View Citing Delayed Intel Mining Rigs

The company’s second-half revenue and adjusted EBITDA fell mainly due to the decline in bitcoin prices.

Argo Blockchain's Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas. (Argo Blockchain)