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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Finance

Analyst Still Positive on Stronghold Digital Despite Miss, Citing Miner’s Low Costs

The bitcoin miner’s stock tumbled more than 30% after it missed earnings estimates and said it won’t reach its 2022 hashrate goal.

Stronghold's power plant in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Finance

Le vendite annuali di Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific salgono a 545 milioni di dollari, battendo le stime

Il miner ha inoltre ribadito le sue aspettative sull'hashrate per il 2022 e prevede ulteriori fusioni e acquisizioni nel settore del mining Cripto nei prossimi 12 mesi.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific’s Full-Year Sales Rise to $545M, Beating Estimates

The miner also reiterated its 2022 hashrate expectations and expects more M&A within the crypto mining industry over the next 12 months.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

As vendas anuais da Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific aumentam para US$ 545 milhões, superando as estimativas

A mineradora também reiterou suas expectativas de hashrate para 2022 e espera mais fusões e aquisições na indústria de mineração de Cripto nos próximos 12 meses.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Les ventes annuelles de Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific atteignent 545 millions de dollars, dépassant les estimations

Le mineur a également réitéré ses attentes en matière de hashrate pour 2022 et s’attend à davantage de fusions et acquisitions dans le secteur minier de la Crypto au cours des 12 prochains mois.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Las ventas anuales de Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific aumentan a $ 545 millones, superando las estimaciones

El minero también reiteró sus expectativas de hashrate para 2022 y espera más fusiones y adquisiciones dentro de la industria de la Cripto durante los próximos 12 meses.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

DA Davidson Cuts Miner Stronghold’s Target by 40% Ahead of Earnings

The stock is still “super cheap” compared to other mining peers, analyst says.

Stronghold Digital Mining CEO Greg Beard (right) and Co-Chairman Bill Spence (left). 
(Stronghold Digital Mining)

Tech

Blockware Solutions Builds 20MW Bitcoin Mining Data Center in Kentucky

The facility has potential to be expanded to 75MW.

Blockware Solution's Kentucky data center. (Blockware Solutions)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Gets $71M Equipment Financing From NYDIG

The financing is backed by 19,800 Bitmain S19j Pro miners that have hashrate of about 1.98 exahash per second.

Bitcoin mining ASICs submerged in immersion cooling liquid at a facility in South Spain. (Eliza Gkritsi)

Layer 2

Is Miner Concentration Once Again Jeopardizing Bitcoin? Not Exactly

The high percentage of hashrate now located in North America may look like China 2.0, but the reality is more complicated.

The bitcoin mining industry is concentrating in the U.S. (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)