Aoyon Ashraf

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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Solana-Focused Startup Accelerator Colosseum Raises $60M to Invest in Early-Stage Projects
Colosseum will focus on investing in selected teams from winners in Solana hackathons and so far deployed $2.75 million to eleven companies.
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
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Hut 8 Receives $150M Investment as Thirst for Energy Brings AI Firms to Bitcoin Miners
The funding came from Coatue Management, which is also an investor in CoreWeave, a cloud-computing firm looking to take over miner Core Scientific.
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Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Ditches Bitfarms Takeover Bid, Seeks to Overhaul Board
Riot is Bitfarms' largest shareholder, owning 14.9% of the firm.
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Kraken Says Hackers Turned to 'Extortion' After Exploiting Bug for $3M
The bug found by a "security researcher" led to nearly $3 million stolen from Kraken's treasuries.
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Bitcoin Hashrate May Finally Slow as Miners Face Scorching Summer Heatwaves
Hashrate for the Bitcoin network typically flattens or declines during North American summer time, industry experts say.
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Telecom Giant and T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin
The company also revealed that it's running Bitcoin and Lightning network nodes.
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Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)
Bitcoin ETFs, Bankruptcy Paybacks Have Given Crypto Lending a Second Wind
Crypto lending firm Ledn survived the crypto winter by being "boring, slow and safe," according to a co-founder.
Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)
Wall Street has bitcoin mining mergers on its mind. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)
Bitcoin Mining Stocks Soar Amid Takeover Frenzy
The stocks are undervalued, so miners with attractive power contracts could become M&A targets, according to Wall Street analysts.
Wall Street has bitcoin mining mergers on its mind. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)
A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)
Riot Platforms Falls After the Bitcoin Miner Is Targeted by Short-Seller Kerrisdale
The firm has previously targeted MicroStrategy.
A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)
Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)
Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Surges After AI Deal, Report of Over $1B Buyout Offer From CoreWeave
Cloud computing provider CoreWeave made an offer to buy the bitcoin miner for $5.75 per share, according to Bloomberg.
Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)