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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Atlas Teams With Luxor to Migrate More Bitcoin Mining to North America

Luxor will provide mining pool services to Atlas for 100 megawatts of bitcoin mining in North America.

Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate

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Argo Blockchain Shares Fall After Workers Accidentally Share Non-Public Information

The bitcoin miner said employees disclosed potential hashrate upside and the cost to build a new facility in Texas, which was then shared in a tweet.

Argo Blockchain Answers Crypto Mining's ESG Challenge

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Jefferies’ Wood Urges Banks to Embrace Blockchain, Add More Bitcoin Exposure

The Jefferies strategist is “fundamentally bullish” on crypto and added another 5% exposure to his current bitcoin allocation recommendation.

Will Bitcoin Hold Above $40K?

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Riot Blockchain Raises Hashrate Guidance by 11.7% for 2022

The miner continues to hold onto its mined bitcoin and expects to increase its hashrate to 8.6 EH/s next year.

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Bitcoin Mining Profits Remain at ‘Near Highs’ as Crypto Miners Rally

Crypto mining stocks are surging as bitcoin mining hashrate falls, helping to keep profit margins elevated.

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Compass Mining Signs New 140MW Capacity Deal With Red Jar Digital

Compass will power the new Canadian facility with 95% clean energy.

ASICs (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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Argo Blockchain Achieves Record Revenue in Third Quarter

The bitcoin miner mined 597 BTC during the quarter.

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

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Bitfarms Hits Record High Hashrate in October and Forecasts Additional Growth

The Canadian miner expects to expand its bitcoin mining power by 11% in November, after achieving 1.8 EH/s in October.

Canadian Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Will Soon Be Listed on the Nasdaq

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Mawson Infrastructure Group Lists Mining-Focused ETF in Australia

The firm’s Cosmos Asset Management unit listed its crypto mining and digital infrastructure-focused ETF on Australia’s Chi-X stock exchange.

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

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Genesis Digital Expands in US With 300MW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas

Genesis is building a new bitcoin mining facility to expand its North American operations using power partially from renewable energy sources.

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