{"id":352934,"date":"2024-07-26T23:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=352934"},"modified":"2024-07-26T23:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:38:10","slug":"bitcoin-mining-giant-marathon-digital-buys-100000000-worth-of-btc-announces-new-full-hodl-strategy-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/bitcoin-mining-giant-marathon-digital-buys-100000000-worth-of-btc-announces-new-full-hodl-strategy-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Mining Giant Marathon Digital Buys $100,000,000 Worth of BTC, Announces New \u2018Full HODL\u2019 Strategy &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Digital asset technology company Marathon Digital (MARA) is stocking up its Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) holdings.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.mara.com\/investors\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/1363\/mara-purchases-100-million-of-bitcoin\">statement<\/a>, the Florida-headquartered firm says it just bought $100 million worth of the flagship cryptocurrency and currently holds over 20,000 BTC on its balance sheet, which is currently worth over $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency miner says that aside from buying more Bitcoin in the open market, it also plans to keep all of the BTC that it mines as it adopts a full hold on for dear life (HODL) approach towards its Bitcoin treasury policy.<\/p>\n<p>MARA\u2019s chairman and CEO Fred Thiel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fgthiel\/status\/1816446269608391034\">says<\/a> the full HODL strategy reflects the company\u2019s confidence in the long-term value of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe believe Bitcoin is the world\u2019s best treasury reserve asset and support the idea of sovereign wealth funds holding it. We encourage governments and corporations to all hold Bitcoin as a reserve asset.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The company used to hold all of its Bitcoin but this changed last year. MARA\u2019s chief financial officer Salman Khan explains why the company re-adopting the strategy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGiven Bitcoin\u2019s current tailwinds, including increased institutional support and an improving macro environment, we are once again implementing this strategy and focusing on growing the amount we hold on our balance sheet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He says the recent decline in Bitcoin\u2019s price enables the company to buy more BTC. The benchmark crypto asset is currently trading for $66,378.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital asset technology company Marathon Digital (MARA) is stocking up its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings. In a statement, the Florida-headquartered firm says it just bought $100 million worth of the flagship cryptocurrency and currently holds over 20,000 BTC on its balance sheet, which is currently worth over $1.3 billion. The cryptocurrency miner says that aside from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-352934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352934"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352951,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352934\/revisions\/352951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}