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

Lehman Brothers Bargain Hunter Bob Diamond Now Paying Up for Crypto

Diamond’s SPAC Concord is now valuing stablecoin issuer Circle at $9 billion, twice the initial valuation.

Concord Chairman Bob Diamond (Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Layer 2

Questions Swirl Around NuMiner’s ‘Best in Class’ Bitcoin Mining Rig

Among other discrepancies, the chipmakers supposedly involved with NuMiner said they were unfamiliar with the project.

"Gold Rush Daze," 1939 (Warner Bros. Cartoons, public domain)

Finance

Crypto Miner BIT Mining Ditches Data Center Build in Kazakhstan Due to Unstable Power Supply

The company’s bitcoin mining rigs hosted by third-party data centers in the country remain operational.

Bitcoin mining equipment

Finance

Nvidia’s Crypto Mining Chip Sales Continue to Fall Sharply

The chipmaker’s fiscal fourth-quarter revenue from its Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMP) tumbled 77% from the previous quarter.

Nvidia chip (Shutterstock)

Policy

Canada Sanctions 34 Crypto Wallets Tied to Trucker 'Freedom Convoy'

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and Cardano addresses are all on the list.

Canadian truckers blocked borders and bridges in protest of Canada's vaccine mandate for entrants from the U.S. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Finance

ConocoPhillips Selling Excess Gas to a Bitcoin Miner in North Dakota

The oil major is aiming to reach zero routine flaring by 2025.

gas flaring bakken

Tech

Intel Launches Crypto Mining Initiative; Argo, Block to Get First Chips This Year

The chipmaking giant is ramping up its crypto mining offerings with a lineup of energy-efficient accelerators.

An old Intel motherboard (Unsplash)

Finance

Merkle Standard in Venture With Bitmain to Develop Data Centers

The bitcoin miner said the centers will be able to house over 150,000 mining machines.

Bitmain mining machines (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Surges on Plan to Sell Legacy Energy Business

BTIG analyst Gregory Lewis sees higher growth with the company's new strategy.

CleanSpark CEO Zach Bradford (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

CleanSpark Mulling Strategic Options for Its Legacy Energy Business

The company wants to focus solely on bitcoin mining.

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