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

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Offers Additional $35M in Bonds

The proceeds will be used for capital expenditures and acquisitions, among other purposes.

Greenidge Mining center

Finance

Crypto Miner Sell-Off ‘Too Much Too Fast,’ Says DA Davidson Analyst

The fundamentals of crypto miners “remain fantastic,” according to a new research note.

(Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

MicroStrategy Bought 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M

The business-intelligence software company said it owned 121,044 bitcoins as of Nov. 29, worth about $3.6 billion.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

El Salvador compra otros 100 bitcoins tras una caída del mercado de criptomonedas

El presidente del país centroamericano, Nayib Bukele, dijo en un tuit que adquirió la mayor criptomoneda con “un descuento”.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

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Finance

El Salvador Buys 100 More Bitcoins as Crypto Market Falls

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a tweet he bought the coins at “a discount.”

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Finance

Hackers Are Attacking Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Google Says

Compromised accounts were also used to find new targets and host malware and phishing scams.

(John Lund/Stone/Getty Images)

Policy

Canada Needs a Loonie-Linked Digital Currency, Policy Experts Say

Policy think tank C.D. Howe Institute sees Canadian-dollar-linked stablecoins, issued by the Bank of Canada, becoming attractive to Canadians by making them convertible into cash.

(Kevin Miller/Stockbyte/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Mining Power Management Firm Lancium Raises $150M

Clean energy provider Hanwha Solutions led the financing and was among several strategic investors participating in the round.

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

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Finance

Ex-perfuradores de campos petrolíferos veem forças unidas no setor de energia e na mineração de Bitcoin

Se os fundadores da mineradora de Bitcoin JAI Energy estiverem certos, as duas indústrias são uma combinação ideal.

JAI Energy management (from left) Adam Sarvey with founders Ryan Leachman and Justin Ballard (JAI Energy)

Finance

Колишні бурильники нафтових родовищ бачать, що енергетичний сектор і видобуток Bitcoin об’єднують зусилля

Якщо засновники Bitcoin майнера JAI Energy мають рацію, ці дві галузі ідеально підходять.

JAI Energy management (from left) Adam Sarvey with founders Ryan Leachman and Justin Ballard (JAI Energy)