Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's managing editor for Breaking News. 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 University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineering. He holds ETH and BTC, as well as ALGO, ADA, SOL, OP and some other altcoins which are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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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)

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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

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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)

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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.

The United States Is Now the World Leader in Bitcoin Mining

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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)

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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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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.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk "First Mover" screenshot)

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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)

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Hive Blockchain Posts Record Revenue in Q2 on Higher Crypto Prices

The crypto miner’s fiscal Q2 earnings per share rose 433% from the same quarter last year.

Network cables connected to bitcoin mining rigs (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Stronghold Digital Outperforms Peers After DA Davidson Buy Rating

The investment bank initiated its coverage of the bitcoin mining company with a 12-month price target of $42.

Stronghold Digital Mining Raises $105M to Turn Waste Coal Into Bitcoin