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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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Buys New Machines to Take Advantage of Spot Market Prices

The purchase of 2,597 new Antminer S19 mining computers will increase CleanSpark’s hashrate by almost 20%.

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

Policy

Biden and the Fed: Why Powell or Brainard Won’t Change Much for Crypto

Both candidates are seen as taking a tough stance on crypto regulation, but they’re also both seen as dovish – possibly beneficial for bitcoin’s inflation narrative.

Federal Reserve Chair Lael Brainard (C-Span, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner PrimeBlock Plans to Go Public by Merging With 10X Capital: Report

The potential deal would value the combined entity at about $1.5 billion, Bloomberg reported.

(Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Digital Currency Group Raises $600M in New Credit Facility

The financing follows a recent $700 million secondary equity transaction that valued the company at $10 billion.

DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert  (CoinDesk)

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Finance

BIT Mining’s Q4 Revenue to Fall Due to Its Mining Pool Exiting China

The crypto mining firm is working to mitigate the revenue lost during its migration out of China.

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

Finance

Bit Digital Migrates All Its Bitcoin Mining Out of China Amid Ban

The New York-based miner expects to increase its mining power to 2.6 EH/s by mid-2022.

Hall of crypto mining servers

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Upsizes Its IPO, Valuing Company at $1.5B

The Australian bitcoin miner expects to start trading on the Nasdaq Nov. 19 under the ticker symbol IREN.

Bitcoin mining machines (Getty Images)

Finance

Gryphon Digital Mining Delays Plan to Become Publicly Traded

The miner’s plan to execute a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed data management firm Sphere 3D is now expected to take place in the first quarter of 2022.

The Eighteenth-Century Borely Château & Griffin Beside Ornamental Pool Marseille France. The chateau now houses the Museum of Decorative Arts & Fashion.

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Finance

Marathon Digital Sell-Off a Buying Opportunity, DA Davidson Analyst Says

The decline of the bitcoin miner’s shares because of the SEC’s subpoena and convertible debt offering is “overdone,” according to the firm.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk "First Mover" screenshot)

Finance

Riot Blockchain Drops After Missing Q3 Revenue, Earnings Estimates

The bitcoin miner reported a net loss in the quarter of 16 cents per share, while analysts were expecting a gain of 35 cents per share.

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