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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Intel, Block Supporting Mining a Positive for Bitcoin’s Price: Analyst

The moves will likely lead to increased mining efficiency and greater bitcoin adoption, which in turn should help boost the price of the cryptocurrency.

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Crypto Miner Mawson Sees Hashrate Topping 1 EH/s by Month's End

The Australian miner is producing about 5.8 bitcoins per day.

Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate

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Crypto Miner Argo Diversifies Into Non-Mining Blockchain Business

The “Argo Labs” unit will be funded internally and focus on blockchain-related, non-mining projects.

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Bitcoin Miners’ Margins Are Still ‘Quite Healthy’ Even After Recent Sell-Off: D.A. Davidson

The Wall Street investment bank says mining company shares were sold because of falling bitcoin prices and investors' sudden change in risk appetite.

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Bitmain Adds Liquid Cooling Technology to Its Latest Bitcoin Mining Rigs

Antminer S19 Pro+ Hyd. will deliver 198 terahashes per second (TH/s) of computing power, a 41% increase from Bitmain’s previous model S19 XP.

(Besiki Kavtaradze/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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Pakistan’s Crime Agency to Ask Telecom Authority to Block Crypto Websites: Report

The State Bank of Pakistan has already submitted recommendations for regulating cryptocurrencies.

Karachi, Pakistan - Nov 14, 2021: People are seen at a weekly Sunday bazaar in Bufferzone, an area of central Karachi of Sindh province in Pakistan

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Miners Going Public Amid Bitcoin Slump Face Tough Months Ahead

Production numbers for the next few months will be crucial for miners going public soon.

Racks of bitcoin miners (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Payments Giant Block to Build Open-Source Bitcoin Mining System

The payment services company formerly known as Square is open to building new mining computers and is hiring for a new engineering team.

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Bitcoin Miners Are Starting to ‘Hodl’ Again, but for How Long?

Some bitcoin miners are likely to spend some of their mined coins to pay for expenses and growth as bitcoin price dips.

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Bitcoin Miner Rhodium’s Planned IPO Values It at Up to $1.7B

The miner priced its upcoming initial public offering at $12-$14 per share.

Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate