Aoyon Ashraf

Aoyon Ashraf is CoinDesk's Head of Americas. 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 ADA, SOL, ATOM and some other altcoins that are below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Battered Bitcoin Miners Increasingly Turn to Debt Financing

Raising debt rather than equity to fund growth is being seen as more attractive, analysts say, but not everyone has the option.

Bitcoin mining machines (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Miner Argo Raises Hashrate Guidance Thanks to Intel Mining Chips

About 33% of its new projected hashrate will be contributed from Intel-powered mining rigs.

Semiconductor manufacturer TSMC did not mention crypto mining in its latest earnings. (Unsplash)

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Riot Blockchain to Develop 1GW of Bitcoin Mining Capacity in Texas

The company said the expansion will occur in phases and bring Riot’s total capacity to 1.7 GW.

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

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Foundry to Buy Web 3 Company Upstate Interactive to Expand Blockchain Services

Foundry didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said it will close at the end of April.

(Just_Super/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Miner Blockmetrix Raises $20M in Debt From BankProv and CrossTower

The proceeds will go toward buying more mining machines and investing in joint infrastructure ventures.

A bitcoin mining facility. (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Fort Worth to Become First US City to Mine Bitcoin

The Texas city will begin a pilot project with three Antminer S9 mining rigs following a vote by the city council on Tuesday.

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker (left) and TBC President Lee Bratcher  (Fort Worth)

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Raises $35M in Equipment-Backed Debt From Trinity Capital

Equipment-based financing is becoming an increasingly popular option for mining firms to fund their growth.

A bitcoin mining facility in Georgia that uses 95% non-carbon energy (CleanSpark)

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Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Starts Fund for Bitcoin Mining

The fund has $7 million already booked and was created for a second investment in bitcoin miner Genesis Digital, a source said.

SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci (Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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BitNile to Lend Up to $100M to Small Businesses Backed by Bitcoin

Loans will range from $1 million to $25 million and be offered to publicly traded companies with less than $250 million in market capitalization.

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Flared-Gas Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Raises $350M Series C

The company is also bringing on additional credit facilities of up to $155 million.

Crusoe Energy President Cully Cavness (left) and CEO Chase Lochmiller (right) (Crusoe)