Cryptocurrency Mining Firm Marathon’s Market Cap Passes $1B

Cryptocurrency Mining Firm Marathon’s Market Cap Passes $1B

At the crypto market's 2017 peak, Marathon barely had $50 million in market capitalization.


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Marathon’s Bitcoin Mining Pool Will ‘No Longer Filter Transactions’ — Marapoo...

On Monday, the publicly-listed enterprise mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings announced the company has adopted the latest codebase offered by Bitcoin Core developers that features Taproot. Marathon is now signaling for Taproot according to the announcement. The North American bitcoin miner further noted that the firm’s mining operation Marapool will “cease filtering transactions.” Marathon Adopts Bitcoin Core Version 0.21.1 With Taproot Privacy Features The firm Marathon Digital Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA), has been making a number of business moves in the bitcoin mining....

75% of Marathon's mining fleet still offline two weeks after huge storm

Marathon’s CEO Fred Thiel said that it will take time to get the facility back to full strength, but that the company could decide to speed up its move out of Hardin. Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital Holdings has revealed that 75% of its mining capability has been out of commission since a severe storm hit Montana on June 11. Marathon finally issued a statement on its website on June 28 explaining that the storm struck across the town of Hardin, Montana on June 11, damaging the power generating facility that supplies Marathon’s local mining operations. According to the company,....

Marathon and Riot battle for the title of America’s biggest Bitcoin miner

A recent purchase of 10,000 Antminer S-19s has placed Marathon Patent Group on-track to become North America’s largest Bitcoin mining firm by Q3 2021. Nevada-based cryptocurrency mining firm Marathon Patent Group has announced the purchase of 10,000 Antminer S-19 Pro ASICs as part of its plan to become the largest mining firm in North America.The publicly traded firm announced the purchase on Oct. 26, revealing plans to command an operational hash rate of 2.56 exahashes per second (EH/s) in July 2021 — equal to 1.9% of the current hashing power of the entire Bitcoin network.Marathon Patent....

Marathon Q2 Bitcoin production down 44% as fleet remains crippled

Marathon had a particularly rough production month in June after 75% of its fleet went down. It's still uncertain when its mining facilities will be able to come back online. Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Marathon Digital Holdings experienced a steep 43.8% decline in Bitcoin production over the second quarter of 2022, with June registering as the company’s least productive month in over a year following the fall of its Montana facility. In its latest mining operation update released on July 7, Marathon reported that it produced 707.1 Bitcoin in Q2 2022, down 43.8% from 1258.6 Bitcoin mined....

The blacklist: Marathon only mining ‘fully compliant’ Bitcoin transactions

Marathon plans to divert all hash power to its new, regulatory compliant Bitcoin mining pool from May 1. Major U.S.-based mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings has announced the launch of what it describes as the first North American Bitcoin mining pool that is “fully compliant with U.S. regulations.”According to a March 30 announcement, the pool adheres to U.S. anti-money laundering guidelines and rules set out by the Office of Foreign Asset Control, or OFAC. Marathon will ensure the transactions processed by its pool meet regulatory standards by using technology exclusively licensed by....