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Marathon Digital buys $249M Bitcoin, reserves reach 25K BTC

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Jesse Coghlan7 hours agoMarathon Digital buys $249M Bitcoin, reserves reach 25K BTCMarathon’s latest 4,144 Bitcoin buy comes after boss Fred Thiel said the company was adopting a “hodl strategy” for the cryptocurrency in July.2230 Total views54 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onBitcoin miner Marathon Digital has purchased another $249 million worth of Bitcoin after raising $300 million from a senior note offering.


On Aug. 14, the miner said it used part of the note sale proceeds to buy around 4,144 Bitcoin (BTC) at an average price of roughly $59,500, which brought its “strategic Bitcoin reserve to over 25,000 BTC,” it added on X.


Marathon saw net proceeds of around $292.5 million for its convertible senior notes due in September 2031, which bear a 2.125% annual interest rate and are convertible into cash, Marathon stock or both.MARA secures $300M through an oversubscribed offering of convertible senior notes. With proceeds, we purchased 4,144 BTC (valued at approx. $249M), boosting our strategic bitcoin reserve to over 25,000 BTC. Learn more: pic.twitter.com/EKwKW6eSny— MARA (@MarathonDH) August 14, 2024


Marathon said the remaining cash from the note sales would be used to buy more Bitcoin and for “general corporate purposes,” possibly including strategic acquisitions.


A Marathon spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the company believes Bitcoin “is the premier strategic treasury asset” and is “adopting a multifaceted strategy for acquiring Bitcoin.”


Its latest Bitcoin hoard comes after it purchased 2,282 BTC in July for $124 million, which Marathon CEO and chairman Fred Thiel said was part of a “hodl strategy” — a misspelling of “hold” that made its way into the crypto scene’s lexicon.


Marathon shares closed down 2.26% on the day at $15.14. Its share price is down nearly 34% year-to-date, according to Google Finance.Marathon shares saw a slight 0.13% fall to $15.12 in after-hours trading. Source: Google Finance


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Earlier in August, Marathon’s second-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates. It posted revenues of $145.1 million, which were 9% lower than estimated, but it still enjoyed a 78% year-over-year bump from Q2 of 2023.


It comes as crypto mining profitability has hit a record low after the Bitcoin halving, which cut mining rewards in half.


Miner hash price, which measures mining profits, fell to a record low earlier in August. Blockbridge reported that large public miners, especially Marathon, which had the highest all-in mining cost in August, will struggle to make a profit.


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