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Aoyon Ashraf

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Toronto, ON, Canada

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Past articles by Aoyon:

Silvergate Uncertainties May Put TradFi Heavy Hitters' Stakes in Jeopardy

Silvergate Capital shares have tumbled 29% in after hours trading on Wednesday as the crypto-friendly lender raised a “going concern” issue in a regulatory filing. → Read More

Jack Dorsey's TBD Is Looking to Trademark 'Web5' to Deter Its Misuse

The move is meant to prevent confusion about the meaning of Web5. → Read More

Crypto Stocks Tumble After Bitcoin Dips on Higher-Than-Estimated Inflation

Digital asset miners were among the worst performers on Tuesday. → Read More

Nvidia’s Crypto Mining Chip Revenue Now 'Nominal' Following Months of Decline

A drop in crypto mining chip sales dragged down the chipmaker’s OEM business unit year-over-year. → Read More

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Tops Quarterly Estimates

The company funded its growth and capital expenditure plans with the sale of mined bitcoin. → Read More

Hut 8 in Deal to Become 100% Self-Mining Company

The digital asset miner will buy out all hosted rigs at its Medicine Hat mining facility in Alberta. → Read More

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Reports Record Earnings, With Expansion on Track

The company said construction at its Mackenzie facility in British Columbia, Canada is ahead of schedule. → Read More

Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF Approved for Nasdaq Listing

The fund will begin trading tomorrow under the ticker “WGMI.” → Read More

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

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

Shiba Inu Launches Beta Version of DAO to Give Users More Authority Over Crypto Projects

The dogecoin rival is aiming to provide its users with more control over crypto projects and pairs on the ShibaSwap platform. → Read More

Miner Bitfarms Raises $100M Bitcoin-Backed Loan With Galaxy Digital

The miner has already made an initial $60 million drawdown with a six-month term at an interest rate of 10.75%. → Read More

Foundry Launches Resale Marketplace for Bitcoin Mining Machines

Its new business, FoundryX, has already secured more than 40,000 miners that are ready for resale from now through 2022. → Read More

Marathon Digital Expands Compute North Hosting Agreement to More Than 100K Bitcoin Miners

The deal will help Marathon’s operations become 77% carbon neutral. → Read More

Biden and the Fed: Why Powell or Brainard Won’t Change Much for Crypto

Both candidates are seen as taking a tough stance on crypto regulation, but they’re also both seen as dovish – possibly beneficial for bitcoin’s inflation narrative. → Read More

Marathon Digital Sell-Off a Buying Opportunity, DA Davidson Analyst Says

The decline of the bitcoin miner’s shares on the SEC subpoena and convertible debt offering is “overdone,” according to the firm. → Read More

Marathon Digital to Raise $500M in Convertible Notes

The bitcoin miner will use the proceeds to buy bitcoin and bitcoin miners. → Read More

Atlas Teams With Luxor to Migrate More Bitcoin Mining to North America

Luxor will provide mining pool services to Atlas for 100 megawatts of bitcoin mining in North America. → Read More

Compass Mining Signs New 140MW Capacity Deal With Red Jar Digital

Compass will power the new Canadian facility with 95% clean energy. → Read More

Argo Blockchain Achieves Record Revenue in Third Quarter

Argo Blockchain’s Q3 revenue and earnings hit record levels as it mined 597 bitcoin in the quarter. → Read More

Genesis Digital Expands in US With 300MW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas

Genesis is building a new bitcoin mining facility to expand its North American operations using power partially from renewable energy sources. → Read More