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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Finance

Riot Blockchain to Develop 1GW of Bitcoin Mining Capacity in Texas

The company said the expansion will occur in phases and bring Riot’s total capacity to 1.7 GW.

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

Finance

Foundry to Buy Web 3 Company Upstate Interactive to Expand Blockchain Services

Foundry didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said it will close at the end of April.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Blockmetrix Raises $20M in Debt From BankProv and CrossTower

The proceeds will go toward buying more mining machines and investing in joint infrastructure ventures.

A bitcoin mining facility. (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Fort Worth to Become First US City to Mine Bitcoin

The Texas city will begin a pilot project with three Antminer S9 mining rigs following a vote by the city council on Tuesday.

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker (left) and TBC President Lee Bratcher  (Fort Worth)

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Raises $35M in Equipment-Backed Debt From Trinity Capital

Equipment-based financing is becoming an increasingly popular option for mining firms to fund their growth.

A bitcoin mining facility in Georgia that uses 95% non-carbon energy (CleanSpark)

Finance

Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Starts Fund for Bitcoin Mining

The fund has $7 million already booked and was created for a second investment in bitcoin miner Genesis Digital, a source said.

SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci (Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

BitNile to Lend Up to $100M to Small Businesses Backed by Bitcoin

Loans will range from $1 million to $25 million and be offered to publicly traded companies with less than $250 million in market capitalization.

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Finance

Flared-Gas Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Raises $350M Series C

The company is also bringing on additional credit facilities of up to $155 million.

Crusoe Energy President Cully Cavness (left) and CEO Chase Lochmiller (right) (Crusoe)

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Files to Raise Up to $500M in Equity

The proceeds will be used for capital expenditures, buying new mining equipment and other potential acquisitions.

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Policy

US Sanctions Russian Crypto Mining Host BitRiver

BitRiver and 10 subsidiaries were added to the OFAC list Wednesday in connection with their ties to the Russian economy.

A Bitriver mining farm (Anna Baydakova for CoinDesk)