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 Iris Energy Says IPO to Be Priced at $25-$27 per Share

The Australian company plans to raise up to $223 million.

Marathon Digital to Buy $121M of Mining Machines

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Robinhood Shares Fall After Data Security Breach Revealed

The Nov. 3 breach exposed the email addresses of 5 million customers.

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Crypto Mining Stocks Rally After Bitcoin Surges Near Record, Ether Hits All-Time High

Monday’s gain in bitcoin and ether prices spurred crypto mining stocks such as Marathon Digital and Riot Blockchain to rise sharply.

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Argo Blockchain Files to Raise Up to $57.5M in Senior Notes

The crypto miner said it will use the proceeds to build out its facility in Texas, make potential acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

Argo Blockchain Answers Crypto Mining's ESG Challenge

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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)