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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Markets

Coinbase, MicroStrategy Lead Crypto Stocks Lower in Market Rout

Double-digit percentage losses were the norm across the cryptocurrency sector as the Nasdaq tumbled another 4% and bitcoin plunged to just above $30,000.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Finance

Cipher Mining, WindHQ Joint Venture Secures $46.9M Loan From BlockFi

The Alborz JV will use the proceeds to purchase S19j Pro crypto mining rigs for its 40 megawatt data center in Texas.

BlockFi (Shutterstock)

Finance

Nvidia Failed to Disclose Crypto Mining Revenue Impact in 2018, SEC Says

Without admitting or denying the charges, the chipmaker agreed to pay a $5.5 million dollar fine to settle the affair.

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Policy

Crypto Mining Rig Maker Canaan Added to SEC List of Scrutinized Chinese Companies

Canaan has until May 25 to dispute its inclusion, which could eventually force its delisting from the Nasdaq.

Beijing's Forbidden City. (Ling Tang/Unsplash)

Finance

Marathon Digital May Start to Sell Some of Its Bitcoin

The miner said any sale wouldn't be imminent, but that it might need about a half-billion dollars in investments to reach its growth objectives this year.

HODL statue image by CryptoGraffiti via CoinDesk archives

Finance

Marathon Digital Beats Q1 Sales, EBITDA Estimates

The miner also reported an impairment charge of $19.6 million related to its self-mined bitcoin.

Marathon Digital to Buy $121M of Mining Machines

Finance

Marathon Digital ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Meeting Early-2023 Hashrate Guidance as Delays Continue

The firm mined 299 bitcoins in April, a near 31% dip from the previous month, citing weather and maintenance issues.

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Finance

Riot Blockchain Sells Nearly Half of April’s Bitcoin Production

The company raised $10 million with the sale of 250 bitcoins.

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

Finance

Marathon Digital Kicks Off Miners’ Earnings Season With Focus on Rig Deployment, Funding

The bitcoin miner will report its first-quarter results on Wednesday, followed by its first-ever earnings conference call.

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Finance

Michael Saylor, Jack Dorsey Among Bitcoin Heavyweights Defending Mining in Letter to EPA

Bitcoin mining sites are no different than data centers operated by mega-cap tech firms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, the authors wrote.

A bitcoin mining facility. (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)