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Marathon Digital stock reaches 6-year high as company HODLs $460M Bitcoin

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United States-based crypto mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings holds greater than $460 million in Bitcoin (BTC), primarily from mining and purchases since final 12 months.

In accordance with a Tuesday report, the mining agency said it had been HODLing all Bitcoin generated from its mining operations — roughly 2,640 BTC — since its final sale in October 2020. As well as, Marathon Digital bought greater than 4,812 BTC in January when the worth of the crypto asset was beneath $35,000. On the time of publication, the BTC value is $62,056, giving the mining agency’s 7,453 BTC holdings a price of roughly $462 million.

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The corporate has continued to ramp up its mining operations regardless of global supply chain issues affecting the distribution of crypto mining rigs. Marathon Digital reported it had chartered planes for a number of the 42,381 ASIC miners at present in its possession, permitting the agency to supply greater than 417 BTC in October. Nearly all of the miners are at present getting used on the agency’s facility in Montana, whereas 12,331 rigs are pending deployment at a Compute North facility in Texas.

Shares of Marathon Digital Holdings, beneath the ticker MARA, additionally surged to greater than $63 on Nov. 3, marking highs not seen since Might 2015. The crypto mining inventory has since fallen to $61.36 on the time of publication.

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The mining agency introduced in Might it plans to achieve 70% carbon neutrality for its operations regardless of plans to scale up with the deployment of greater than 90,000 beforehand bought miners. In accordance with Marathon Digital, it expects the fleet of 133,000 miners to supply a hash fee of roughly 13.3 EH/s by 2023.