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Marathon Digital Holdings has announced a $250 million offering of convertibles senior notes due in 2031 in a private offering toward “qualified institutional buyers.”
Marathon, the world’s largest Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>) mining firm, is also considering selling an additional $37.5 million in notes to initial purchasers based on market conditions.
Marathon aims to use the $250 million to acquire more Bitcoin, <a href="https://ir.mara.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/1366/marathon-digital-holdings-inc-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-250-million-of-convertible-senior-notes" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">according</a> to an Aug. 12 announcement:
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 “MARA intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to acquire additional bitcoin and for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, strategic acquisitions, expansion of existing assets, and repayment of debt and other outstanding obligations.
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The buying patterns of large Bitcoin holders, such as BTC miners, can have a significant impact on the Bitcoin price due to the large amount of capital involved. Investors often use the buying patterns of large institutions to gauge the demand for Bitcoin.
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<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="marathon-digital-goes-full-hodl-on-bitcoin-as-new-reserve-asset">Marathon Digital goes “full hodl” on Bitcoin as new reserve asset</h2>
<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/marathon-digital-bitcoin-holdings-july-2024">Marathon has increased its Bitcoin holdings</a> by $124 million during July, reaching a total of 20,818 BTC worth over $1.14 billion as of Aug. 6.
Marathon plans to go “full hodl,” which is crypto slang for “hold on for dear life,” Fred Thiel, CEO and chairman of Marathon Digital, <a href="https://x.com/fgthiel/status/1816445977059868780" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">announced</a> in a July 25 X post:
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 “Today Marathon is proud to announce that to strengthen our strategy of holding Bitcoin as our strategic treasury reserve asset, we have over the past month purchased $100 million in BTC, and will now go full HODL.”
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Marathon <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/marathon-digital-buys-100m-bitcoin-hodl-strategy">acquired $100 million worth of Bitcoin</a> in July, as it aims to make BTC a strategic treasury reserve asset, as reported by Cointelegraph.
Marathon’s Bitcoin strategy is a positive development, considering that the world’s largest Bitcoin miner isn’t capitulating despite a 50% cut in block rewards due to the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-halving">2024 Bitcoin halving</a>, which could still force other miners to sell BTC.
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<h3 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="bitcoin-remains-below-60-000-due-to-stagnating-etf-inflows">Bitcoin remains below $60,000 due to stagnating ETF inflows</h3>
Despite the bullish announcement and continuous buying from Marathon, the Bitcoin price remains subdued under the $60,000 psychological mark.
Bitcoin fell over 1.2% during the past 24 hours to trade at $59,908 as of 11:52 am UTC. On the weekly chart, Bitcoin staged an over 16% recovery, <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">according</a> to CoinMarketCap data.
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 BTC/USD, 1-day chart. Source: CoinMarketCap
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Inflows into the United States-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also stagnated in the last week. The ETFs recorded $89 million worth of cumulative net outflows on Aug. 9, <a href="https://farside.co.uk/btc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">according</a> to Farside Investors data.
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 Bitcoin ETF flows (US dollars, million). Source: Farside Investors
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