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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Foundry Launches Resale Marketplace for Bitcoin Mining Machines

Its new business, FoundryX, has already secured more than 40,000 miners that are ready for resale through 2022.

Foundry, based in Rochester, N.Y., provides services to crypto miners such as equipment financing and pooling.

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VivoPower Subsidiary Caret to Launch Solar-Powered Crypto Mining Business

The new business is expected to eventually be spun off via an IPO.

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Crypto Mining Stocks Extend Declines as Bitcoin, Ether Prices Fall

However, DA Davison sees mining stocks as a better buying opportunity than bitcoin itself.

Racks of bitcoin miners (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Warren Targets Bitcoin Miner Greenidge’s Environmental Footprint

The Massachusetts senator sent a letter to the bitcoin miner asking for more details about the environmental impact of its mining operation.

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

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Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Raises $200M in Debt and Equity

The miner expects to complete its merger with Ikonics and go public during the week of Dec. 13.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

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Riot Blockchain Raises 2022 Hashrate Guidance for Second Time in a Month

The bitcoin miner also said it minted 466 bitcoin in November, an increase of about 300% versus the same period last year, but only a slight jump from October.

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Hut 8 Sticks to Its ‘Hodl’ Strategy After Mining 265 Bitcoins in November

The Canadian miner now holds a total of 5,242 bitcoins in its reserve.

Mining rig. (Shutterstock)

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VanEck Files to Launch Digital Asset Mining ETF

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in digital mining firms.

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Buys Electrical Equipment Provider ESS Metron for $50M

The deal will ensure the steady supply of equipment for Riot’s new mining machines.

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

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Marathon Digital Expands Compute North Hosting Deal to Over 100K Bitcoin Miners

The agreement will help Marathon’s operations become 77% carbon neutral.

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