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 Miners Are ‘Stockpiling’ Bitcoin Amid Recent Rally, Kraken Says

Some miners are seeking to bolster their balance sheets.

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

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Bitfarms to Expand Production Facilities to Add 2.1 EH/s of Mining Power

The miner will add 78 megawatts of capacity utilizing its current hydro power contract.

Canadian Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Will Soon Be Listed on the Nasdaq

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From Pancake Batter to Bitcoin Mining: Struggling Businesses Try 2017-Style Pivots

Crypto mining is becoming so profitable, companies without any exposure to the sector are jumping in, reviving a trend from the last bull market.

REMIX: Ditching its original product – premixed pancake and waffle batter in pressurized cans – Nate’s Food has leased Bitmain S-17 bitcoin miners. (Photo: USDA)

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River Financial to Let Clients Mine Bitcoin Without Having to Set Up, Run Machines

The company has started a pre-sale of mining machines and set up a wait list for the service.

Bitcoin Mining Council Says Sustainable Power Mix on the Rise

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Greenidge Outperforms Peers as B. Riley Analyst Sees Higher Earnings Potential

The analyst raised the crypto miner’s 12-month price target to $82 from $78 and 2022 earnings estimates.

Greenidge Mining center

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Institutional Investors Growing Curious on Crypto Mining but With ‘Plenty of Skepticism,’ Analyst Says

About 15% of Wall Street brokers covering the payments sector are taking bitcoin seriously now, according to a D.A. Davidson analyst.

Hut 8 Luxor Ethereum mining (Bet Noire/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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AGM Receives Second Batch of Orders for ASIC Miners

The order from MinerVa builds on a previous deal for 30,000 units of ASIC crypto miners to Nowlit Solutions.

ASICs (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Miner Stronghold Digital Soars in Trading Debut

The environmentally friendly bitcoin miner that’s using coal waste for energy opened 42% higher than its $19 IPO price.

A photo supplied by Stronghold

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Hive Leads Crypto Mining Stocks Higher as Bitcoin Hits All-Time High

Shares of crypto miners continue to rally as bitcoin moves further into record territory.

A technician monitors cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.

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OLB Group Surges After Starting Bitcoin Mining Operation

The company expects to have a total of 1,000 miners in operation at its newly installed data center by the end of 2021.

A crypto mining rig