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 Technology in Deal With Core Scientific to Expand US Mining Operations

Core Scientific to host Atlas mining operations with 100 megawatts of power.

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Bitcoin Miner Rhodium Enterprises Plans to Raise Up to $100M in IPO

The miner expects to use its liquid-cooling technology to mine bitcoin more efficiently.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

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Hive Blockchain Outperforms Crypto Miners as Ether Reaches All-Time High

Shares of the diversified crypto miner outperformed peers as ether hit a new record.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

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Sphere 3D Receives Buy Rating Ahead of Gryphon Digital Mining Merger

The Canadian investment bank, PI Financial, believes Gryphon Digital Mining will rank among the world’s top five global crypto miners.

Bitcoin mining equipment

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Crypto Miners Are ‘Stockpiling’ Bitcoin Amid Recent Rally, Kraken Says

Some miners are seeking to bolster their balance sheets.

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

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Bitfarms to Expand Production Facilities to Add 2.1 EH/s of Mining Power

The miner will add 78 megawatts of capacity utilizing its current hydro power contract.

Canadian Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Will Soon Be Listed on the Nasdaq

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From Pancake Batter to Bitcoin Mining: Struggling Businesses Try 2017-Style Pivots

Crypto mining is becoming so profitable, companies without any exposure to the sector are jumping in, reviving a trend from the last bull market.

REMIX: Ditching its original product – premixed pancake and waffle batter in pressurized cans – Nate’s Food has leased Bitmain S-17 bitcoin miners. (Photo: USDA)

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River Financial to Let Clients Mine Bitcoin Without Having to Set Up, Run Machines

The company has started a pre-sale of mining machines and set up a wait list for the service.

Bitcoin Mining Council Says Sustainable Power Mix on the Rise

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Greenidge Outperforms Peers as B. Riley Analyst Sees Higher Earnings Potential

The analyst raised the crypto miner’s 12-month price target to $82 from $78 and 2022 earnings estimates.

Greenidge Mining center

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Institutional Investors Growing Curious on Crypto Mining but With ‘Plenty of Skepticism,’ Analyst Says

About 15% of Wall Street brokers covering the payments sector are taking bitcoin seriously now, according to a D.A. Davidson analyst.

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