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Aoyon Ashraf

Managing Editor, Breaking News

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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Finance

Activist Investor Starboard Has Built Stake in Bitcoin Miner Riot: WSJ

Starboard is reportedly pushing the miner to convert some of its mining sites into data centers.

Dec 12, 2024

Activist investor reported to have been pushing Riot to move into HPC. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum’s Ether Headed to $5K as Activity, Institutional Demand Grows

“According to ETH’s realized price—the average price at which holders purchased their ETH—the current upper limit for ETH’s price stands around $5.2k,” CryptoQuant said.

Dec 12, 2024

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Finance

Fred Thiel: The Michael Saylor of the Bitcoin Mining Industry

The CEO of MARA Holdings has gone all-in on bitcoin, adding billions of dollars worth of the world’s largest cryptocurrency to MARA’s balance sheet.

Dec 10, 2024

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Finance

Adam Sullivan: The Man Who Made Mining Sexy Again

Core Scientific’s CEO pioneered the highly lucrative move by bitcoin miners into AI computation work.

Dec 10, 2024

Adam Sullivan

Tech

Bitcoin 'Four Meggers': OrdinalsBot Inscribes Largest-Ever File on the OG Blockchain

Inscriptions project OrdinalsBot minted what it says is the largest ever file on Bitcoin: The last in a collection of 1,500 "Pizza Ninjas."

Dec 9, 2024

16:9 OrdinalsBot co-founders (OrdinalsBot)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit as High as $124k Before Year-End, Says ARK Invest Analyst

"We are about 55% to 65% of the way" to the end of the bull market, ARK Invest Research Associate David Puell told CoinDesk.

Nov 28, 2024

Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin to Overcome $100K Despite Pullback, Has Plenty of More Room Before Topping: CryptoQuant

The analytics firm said bitcoin could rally to at least $147,000 before topping if it repeats the pattern of previous cycles.

Nov 28, 2024

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner IREN Surges on Renewed AI Interest, Possible BTC Dividend Payment

The shares rose 30% after executives discussed fiscal first-quarter earnings on a conference call.

Nov 27, 2024

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Markets

Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Galaxy Research Says

The world's largest cryptocurrency is expected to make a renewed attempt to breakthrough the $100K level in the near term, the report said.

Nov 27, 2024

Bitcoin may soon reach $100K, says Galaxy Research. (Unsplah)

Markets

Bitcoin Buying Plans Are Supercharging Stocks. Is This a Michael Saylor Redux — or Another 'Long Island Iced Tea' Fad?

A flurry of copycats are trying capture MicroStrategy's magic. Will it work?

Nov 25, 2024

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor (Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Bitcoin Magazine)
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