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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Marathon Digital Kicks Off Miners’ Earnings Season With Focus on Rig Deployment, Funding

The bitcoin miner will report its first-quarter results on Wednesday, followed by its first-ever earnings conference call.

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Michael Saylor, Jack Dorsey Among Bitcoin Heavyweights Defending Mining in Letter to EPA

Bitcoin mining sites are no different than data centers operated by mega-cap tech firms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, the authors wrote.

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

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Wikipedia to Stop Accepting Crypto Donations on Environmental, Other Grounds

The announcement follows a vote by the Wikimedia community in which 71.2% voted in favor of a proposal to stop accepting cryptocurrency.

Wikimedia acepta bitcoin, bitcoin cash, y ether vía BitPay. (Unsplash/Fabian Blank)

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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.

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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.

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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)