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

Sphere 3D to Buy 60K NuMiner Machines for $1.7B

NuMiner says its NM440 miners have a hashrate of 440 terahash per second (TH/s), 122% greater than rival Bitmain’s newest machines.

Data Center Server Room Bitcoin Mining

Finance

Texas Crypto Miners Shuttering Operations as Winter Storm Approaches

Riot Blockchain is among the companies on storm watch and looking to help protect the state’s power grid.

Bitcoin miners in Texas are bracing for a severe winter storm. (Christine Kohler/Getty Images)

Finance

Greenidge Q4 Revenue Rises Even as the Number of Coins Mined Falls

The number of mined bitcoins fell 16% from the previous quarter while hashrate rose 17%.

Greenidge Generation's bitcoin mining facility.

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge’s NY Power Plant Permit Delayed: Report

The decision by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will now come by the end of March.

Greenidge mining facility

Finance

Buterin to Use Returned $100M From SHIB Donation for COVID Projects Worldwide

CryptoRelief, the Indian COVID-19 fund that received the original donation, is returning the sum, which Buterin will use for “higher-risk higher-reward” projects.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Jefferies Sees Nearly 160% Upside for Marathon Digital's Shares

The firm started coverage with a buy rating and 12-month price target of $51.

marathon

Finance

Warren Targets 6 More Crypto Miners for Their Energy Use

The crypto miners welcomed the dialogue on the environmental issues of mining with the Massachusetts senator.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Finance

Warren visa mais 6 mineradores de Cripto para uso de energia

Os Cripto saudaram o diálogo sobre as questões ambientais da mineração com o senador de Massachusetts.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Finance

Warren cible 6 autres mineurs de Crypto pour leur consommation d'énergie

Les mineurs de Crypto ont salué le dialogue sur les enjeux environnementaux liés à l’exploitation minière avec le sénateur du Massachusetts.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Finance

Warren prende di mira altri 6 minatori Cripto per il loro utilizzo energetico

I Cripto miner hanno accolto con favore il dialogo sulle questioni ambientali del mining con il senatore del Massachusetts.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)