
Mara Holdings Closes Acquisition of Texas Wind Farm to Boost Bitcoin Mining Efficiency
The new facility offers 240 megawatts of interconnection capacity and 114 megawatts of wind power, utilizing last-generation ASIC mining hardware.
The new facility offers 240 megawatts of interconnection capacity and 114 megawatts of wind power, utilizing last-generation ASIC mining hardware.
Fred Thiel, CEO and Chairman at MARA Holdings, announced that the company had mined 249 Bitcoin blocks in December 2024, thus ending the year with 44,893 BTCs.
MARA Holdings has significantly expanded its Bitcoin portfolio with a $1.1B acquisition, while simultaneously advancing its renewable energy initiatives through a new wind farm investment in Texas.
Institutional and corporate players are now paying more attention to Bitcoin.
The offering involves zero-coupon convertible senior notes set to mature in 2031.
Marathon Digital said that it would offer these convertible notes to qualified institutional buyers with an aggregate principal amount of 2.125% with maturity in 2031.
In Q2 2024, the company’s adjusted EBITDA swung into a loss of $85.1 million from a profit of $35.8 million in the previous year.
Marathon Digital’s stock experienced a minor drop following the fine but continues to perform strongly.
Culper Research recently published a report, accusing Iris Energy of insufficient capacity for AI and HPC at its Childress site.
U.S.-listed mining companies increased their share of newly minted Bitcoin from 19.1% to 20.8% in June, due to added mining capacity and a decline in network hashrate, according to Jeffries.
The decline in Bitcoin followed the movement of a substantial amount of BTC by Mt. Gox, the once-dominant crypto exchange.
Bernstein report states that the decline in difficulty is due to the combination of lower Bitcoin prices and a significant increase in mining equipment costs since the last Bitcoin halving in May 2020.
While Marathon Digital’s recent developments look promising enough, the company’s future remains undoubtedly tied to the fate of Bitcoin (BTC) and its price.
Marathon Digital said that the company won’t be raising funds to achieve its target of 50 EH/s and that it would be fully self-funded.
Slipstream provides a simple and transparent way for users to submit permissible non-standard transactions to Mara Pool.