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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Custody Some of Its BTC With Fidelity Digital

The miner is adding Fidelity to diversify its bitcoin (BTC) custody.

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Vidéos

VanEck Readies Ethereum Futures ETF; Marathon Digital Mines Invalid Bitcoin Block

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the hottest crypto headlines today, including VanEck preparing to roll out its Ethereum futures exchange-traded fund (ETF). TerraUSD creator Do Kwon opposes the SEC's attempts to bring him back to the United States. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao denies he is the owner of CommEX, the company that has bought Binance Russia. Plus, Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital (MARA) mines an invalid Bitcoin block.

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Vidéos

What State is Dominating Bitcoin Mining in the U.S.?

Data sourced from the world's largest mining pool, Foundry, indicates that Texas is the number one U.S. state for mining bitcoin, hosting 28.5% of the country's hash rate. Foundry Business Development VP Jeff Burkey discusses the latest findings and the outlook for the bitcoin mining ecosystem. Plus, insights on Marathon Digital mining an invalid Bitcoin block. Foundry and CoinDesk are both owned by DCG.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Confirms Mining Invalid BTC Block Due to a Bug

The block was invalidated due to a "transaction ordering issue."

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Marathon Digital Misses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

The bitcoin miner reported its second-quarter earnings after the close on Tuesday.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

Finance

Marathon Digital Solidifies Position as World's Largest Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miner

Marathon continues to pull away from the former leader, Core Scientific.

Fred Thiel at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Vidéos

Vanguard Adds Exposure to Bitcoin Mining Companies

Asset manager Vanguard now owns $560 million worth of bitcoin mining stocks, which includes exposure to companies like Riot Blockchain and Marathon Digital. The news was first reported by Decrypt. "The Hash" panel discusses the TradFi giant's latest investment moves and the state of institutional interest in the crypto space.

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Technologies

Marathon Digital Mined 77% More Bitcoin in May With the Help of Its Software

The spike in bitcoin mining is likely due to its mining machines producing at higher capacity than April.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel interview at Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital-Linked Startup Auradine Raises $81M

Marathon's CEO, Fred Thiel, sits on the board of the web infrastructure startup.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel interview at Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Earnings Wrap: Marathon Shares Underperform After New SEC Subpoena

Thursday's reported first-quarter results from miners were a mixed bag.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.