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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Finance

CoreWeave Raises $50M in New Funds From Magnetar Capital

The cloud service provider and Ethereum miner will use the funding to expand its cloud offerings.

Ethereum Miners Revolt Over Fee Structure Overhaul

Finance

Hive Blockchain to Raise C$110M to Expand Bitcoin Production

The crypto miner will raise the money in a private placement of special warrants.

Hive Blockchain Article 66M

Finance

Riot Blockchain, Hive Outperform Crypto Miners as Bitcoin, Ether Rally

The two crypto miners are outperforming peers as bitcoin and ether trade near record levels.

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

Finance

Compass Mining Launches Resale Market for Bitcoin Mining Equipment

Compass Mining is starting an “eBay for ASICs” as the prices for miners rise.

Golden compass

Finance

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

Finance

Robinhood Shares Fall After Data Security Breach Revealed

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

(CoinDesk archives)

Finance

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.

Stock prices

Finance

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

Finance

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

Finance

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