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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Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Raises $200M in Debt and Equity

The miner expects to complete its merger with Ikonics and go public during the week of Dec. 13.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

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Riot Blockchain Raises 2022 Hashrate Guidance for Second Time in a Month

The bitcoin miner also said it minted 466 bitcoin in November, an increase of about 300% versus the same period last year, but only a slight jump from October.

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Hut 8 Sticks to Its ‘Hodl’ Strategy After Mining 265 Bitcoins in November

The Canadian miner now holds a total of 5,242 bitcoins in its reserve.

Mining rig. (Shutterstock)

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VanEck Files to Launch Digital Asset Mining ETF

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in digital mining firms.

VanEck

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Buys Electrical Equipment Provider ESS Metron for $50M

The deal will ensure the steady supply of equipment for Riot’s new mining machines.

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

Finance

Marathon Digital Expands Compute North Hosting Deal to Over 100K Bitcoin Miners

The agreement will help Marathon’s operations become 77% carbon neutral.

data center

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Offers Additional $35M in Bonds

The proceeds will be used for capital expenditures and acquisitions, among other purposes.

Greenidge Mining center

Finance

Crypto Miner Sell-Off ‘Too Much Too Fast,’ Says DA Davidson Analyst

The fundamentals of crypto miners “remain fantastic,” according to a new research note.

(Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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MicroStrategy Bought 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M

The business-intelligence software company said it owned 121,044 bitcoins as of Nov. 29, worth about $3.6 billion.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

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El Salvador Buys 100 More Bitcoins as Crypto Market Falls

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a tweet he bought the coins at “a discount.”

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)