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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Bitcoin’s Slump Is Good for Crypto Miners in Long Term, Jefferies Analyst Says

A lower bitcoin price will deter new entrants and help incumbents gain market share.

Bitcoin's price slump creates a barrier to entry for new miners. (S. Hermann & F. Richter/Pixabay)

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Hive Blockchain Held Onto All the Bitcoin It Mined in 2021, While Selling Some Ether

The Canadian miner’s bitcoin production rose 12% in December from November, while its ether output fell by about 7%.

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GameStop Stock Surges Following NFT Marketplace Report

The struggling video game retailer is planning to build a new division focused on trading NFTs and establishing crypto partnerships, the WSJ reported.

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Crypto Miners Are Better Investments Than Bitcoin Even After Sell-Off: Analysts

Wall Street analysts see “compelling” opportunities in the stocks of miners as sell-off is not driven by fundamentals.

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Shiba Inu Launches Beta Version of DAO to Give Users More Authority Over Crypto Projects

The dogecoin rival is aiming to provide its users with more control over crypto projects and pairs on the ShibaSwap platform.

Shiba inu (Melody Less/Unsplash)

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Miner Bitfarms Raises $100M Bitcoin-Backed Loan From Galaxy Digital

The miner has already made an initial $60 million drawdown with a six-month term at an interest rate of 10.75%.

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Marathon Digital Named Top Mining Pick Heading Into 2022 by DA Davidson

The miner’s stock has compelling upside after a recent sell-off among the group, the investment bank said.

Marathon Digital to Buy $121M of Mining Machines

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Newly Minted Bitcoin Miner Gem Mining Reaches Hashrate of 1.25 EH/s

Gem’s mining power now accounts for about 1% of the Bitcoin network’s total.

Crypto mining machines. (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)

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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

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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)