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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Texas Crypto Miners Shuttering Operations as Winter Storm Approaches

Riot Blockchain is among the companies on storm watch and looking to help protect the state’s power grid.

Bitcoin miners in Texas are bracing for a severe winter storm. (Christine Kohler/Getty Images)

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Greenidge Q4 Revenue Rises Even as the Number of Coins Mined Falls

The number of mined bitcoins fell 16% from the previous quarter while hashrate rose 17%.

Greenidge Generation's bitcoin mining facility.

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Bitcoin Miner Greenidge’s NY Power Plant Permit Delayed: Report

The decision by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will now come by the end of March.

Greenidge mining facility

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Buterin to Use Returned $100M From SHIB Donation for COVID Projects Worldwide

CryptoRelief, the Indian COVID-19 fund that received the original donation, is returning the sum, which Buterin will use for “higher-risk higher-reward” projects.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Jefferies Sees Nearly 160% Upside for Marathon Digital's Shares

The firm started coverage with a buy rating and 12-month price target of $51.

marathon

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Warren Targets 6 More Crypto Miners for Their Energy Use

The crypto miners welcomed the dialogue on the environmental issues of mining with the Massachusetts senator.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Miners Remain Unfazed by Crypto Sell-Off, Expect More M&A

While some miners may face difficulty raising equity or staying as profitable, many feel confident they can navigate the current downturn.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Hits 2 EH/s to Join Ranks of Top North American Miners

The miner is now producing 10 bitcoins per day.

Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Luxor Starts Ethereum Mining Pool as Proof-of-Stake Shift Looms

Luxor also started an advocacy group for Ethereum to remain on the proof-of-work consensus mechanism.

Hut 8 Luxor Ethereum mining (Bet Noire/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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Newly Public Core Scientific Leads Slump in Crypto Mining Stocks

The company's shares have fallen more than 20% since it went public via a SPAC merger on Thursday.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)