Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital acquired $100 million value of the flagship digital asset, boosting its whole holdings to over 20,000 BTC, in accordance with a July 25 assertion.
Bitcoin Treasuries information ranks Marathon because the second-largest Bitcoin-holding agency, whereas MicroStrategy stays the highest public holder with over 220,000 BTC or 1.07% of the overall provide.
In the meantime, the miner stated it had readopted its “maintain” technique and intends to retain all of the BTC it mines and acquires through purchases.
Marathon Chairman and CEO Fried Thiel stated the technique displays the corporate’s confidence in Bitcoin’s long-term worth. He stated:
“We imagine bitcoin is the world’s greatest treasury reserve asset and assist the concept of sovereign wealth funds holding it. We encourage governments and companies to all maintain bitcoin as a reserve asset.”
In a publish on social media platform X, Thiel in contrast Marathon’s new HODL coverage to Michael Saylor‘s MicroStrategy.
Notably, Saylor praised the transfer, saying:
“Each firm ought to have a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve.”
In the meantime, Marathon CFO Salman Khan defined that the brand new coverage returns the agency to its earlier method.
Khan attributed the coverage shift to favorable market traits and rising institutional assist for the asset. The bettering macroeconomic surroundings additionally permits the agency to double down on its present method.
Khan added:
“Bitcoin’s latest worth decline, coupled with the power of our stability sheet, afforded us a chance so as to add to our holdings. We look ahead to persevering with to leverage our technological experience to assist Bitcoin and distributed digital asset ecosystems.”
Different miners promoting
Marathon’s Bitcoin shopping for actions distinction sharply with the latest pattern of different miners promoting.
On July 22, Mathew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital analysis, citing Glassnode information, identified that BTC miners had unloaded 170% of their 30-day mined provide. He wrote:
“BTC miners at the moment are promoting closely into the latest rally, unloading 170% of the 30-day mined provide. Such avid dumping has occurred at each bear market lows and bull market highs, leaving little sign.”
