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 Mining Profits Remain at ‘Near Highs’ as Crypto Miners Rally

Crypto mining stocks are surging as bitcoin mining hashrate falls, helping to keep profit margins elevated.

Hut 8 plant

Finance

Compass Mining Signs New 140MW Capacity Deal With Red Jar Digital

Compass will power the new Canadian facility with 95% clean energy.

ASICs (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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Argo Blockchain Achieves Record Revenue in Third Quarter

The bitcoin miner mined 597 BTC during the quarter.

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

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Bitfarms Hits Record High Hashrate in October and Forecasts Additional Growth

The Canadian miner expects to expand its bitcoin mining power by 11% in November, after achieving 1.8 EH/s in October.

Canadian Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Will Soon Be Listed on the Nasdaq

Finance

Mawson Infrastructure Group Lists Mining-Focused ETF in Australia

The firm’s Cosmos Asset Management unit listed its crypto mining and digital infrastructure-focused ETF on Australia’s Chi-X stock exchange.

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

Finance

Genesis Digital Expands in US With 300MW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas

Genesis is building a new bitcoin mining facility to expand its North American operations using power partially from renewable energy sources.

Solar power

Finance

Atlas Technology in Deal With Core Scientific to Expand US Mining Operations

Core Scientific to host Atlas mining operations with 100 megawatts of power.

(CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin Miner Rhodium Enterprises Plans to Raise Up to $100M in IPO

The miner expects to use its liquid-cooling technology to mine bitcoin more efficiently.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

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Hive Blockchain Outperforms Crypto Miners as Ether Reaches All-Time High

Shares of the diversified crypto miner outperformed peers as ether hit a new record.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

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Sphere 3D Receives Buy Rating Ahead of Gryphon Digital Mining Merger

The Canadian investment bank, PI Financial, believes Gryphon Digital Mining will rank among the world’s top five global crypto miners.

Bitcoin mining equipment