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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Crypto Miner Hive Sees More Bitcoin, Less Ether Mined in Third Quarter

The slowdown in ether mining is expected to be offset partially by the rally in the cryptocurrency’s price during the quarter ending Dec. 31.

Crypto mining rig

Finance

Power Management Firm Lancium Signs $2.4B Data Center Development Deal

The construction of the data center, which will focus on bitcoin mining and other energy-intensive applications, will start in the first quarter of 2022.

Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

8 Trends That Will Shape Bitcoin Mining in 2022

CoinDesk’s first ever year-end survey of crypto miners reveals a competitive but mature business with potential for merger activity to accelerate.

What's in store for crypto mining in 2022? (Grafissimo/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Former Marine and South Carolina Politician Raises $200M to Start Bitcoin Mining Company

Former gubernatorial candidate John Warren started Gem Mining earlier this year with four other partners.

Gem Mining CEO John Warren (Gem Mining)

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Gwyneth Paltrow-Backed Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Plunges in Trading Debut

The environmentally sustainable miner recently raised funds from the actress and several other notable stars and entrepreneurs.

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Finance

Crypto Miners Extend Slump as Bitcoin Price Falls to Lowest Point Since October

Some miners have lost almost 50% of their market capitalization since bitcoin reached its all-time high in November.

Network cables connected to bitcoin mining rigs (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Has More Than 100% Upside, JPMorgan Analyst Says

The bank’s analyst initiated research on Iris Energy with a buy-equivalent rating and a 12-month price target of $30 per share.

Data Center Server Room Bitcoin Mining

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Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy’s Monthly Revenue Fell 10% in November on Higher Difficulty

There was also one less day in the month compared to October.

Cryptocurrency mining machines

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CleanSpark Aims to Grow Bitcoin Mining Output Over 20% Through Immersion Cooling

The technology is expected to make the bitcoin miner’s operations more sustainable and efficient.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Foundry Launches Resale Marketplace for Bitcoin Mining Machines

Its new business, FoundryX, has already secured more than 40,000 miners that are ready for resale through 2022.

Foundry, based in Rochester, N.Y., provides services to crypto miners such as equipment financing and pooling.