{"id":68222,"date":"2024-01-04T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=68222"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:02:21","slug":"marathon-considers-btc-selloff-to-cover-operating-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/marathon-considers-btc-selloff-to-cover-operating-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon Considers BTC Selloff to Cover Operating Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In order to offset operational costs and enhance liquidity prior to the subsequent Bitcoin halving,<\/a> Marathon is contemplating a BTC selloff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> is anticipating another Bitcoin (BTC) selloff, selling 704 BTC to cover operating expenses in December, representing 38% of its total production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capitalizing on substantial cash reserves and 15,174 BTC in total, the organization remains committed to bolstering liquidity in preparation for the forthcoming Bitcoin network halving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marathon\u2019s December BTC Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The organization recently declared that it attained unprecedented Bitcoin mining output in December, totaling 1,853 BTC. This figure represents a significant 56% growth compared\u00a0to November 2023<\/strong>\u00a0and an outstanding 290% increase annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2023, 704 BTC tokens were sold from this amount to satisfy operating expenses. Given the Bitcoin closing price of $42,546 in December 2023, the minimum acceptable transaction price should stay below $30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marathon is anticipated to finalize the acquisition of two sites from Generate Capital in January 2024 for an estimated sum of $178.6 million as it prepares for another Bitcoin selloff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fred Thiel, Chairman and CEO of Marathon, delineated the organization's overarching objective for 2024, which entails attaining 50 exahashes within the subsequent 18 to 24 months and achieving a 30% increase in the rate of energized hash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ongoing global expansion initiative includes reported advancements in Abu Dhabi and establishing a joint venture in Paraguay. Furthermore, Marathon's MaraPool experienced a substantial increase in the collection of transaction fees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MaraPool <\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>amassed 380 BTC in transaction fees in December 2023, accounting for 22% of the total BTC produced. This indicates an increase from the previous year when transaction fee collection accounted for 12% of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin Price Increase And Decline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since January 1, 2024, the price of Bitcoin has increased by 9%, peaking at $45,899.71 before falling below $43,000. However, the value of the cryptocurrency recovered during trading today. On Thursday, January 4, 2024, the BTC price was $43,378.42<\/strong>, representing an increase of 2.40%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, its market capitalization stands at $850.96 billion, signifying a growth of 2.44%. The 24-hour transaction volume of the cryptocurrency, on the other hand, decreased by 25.67% to\u00a0$31.86 billion<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the recent resurgence, the gains over the past month are near 5%. However, the value of the cryptocurrency increased by about 2% over the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before this, crypto journalists reported that the renowned crypto analyst Ali Martinez had cautioned against a future surge and reversal pattern. He predicted in a post on X that the price of Bitcoin would shortly reach $50,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, he also pointed out that a retracement could ensue after the bullish rally. Martinez hypothesized that Bitcoin's price could undergo a 40% correction after its ascent to\u00a0$50,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In order to offset operational costs and enhance liquidity prior to the subsequent Bitcoin halving, Marathon is contemplating a BTC selloff. Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. is anticipating another Bitcoin (BTC) selloff, selling 704 BTC to cover operating expenses in December, representing 38% of its total production. Capitalizing on substantial cash reserves and 15,174 BTC in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":68224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[5371,6119,17758],"class_list":["post-68222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin-2","tag-bitcoin-price-2","tag-marathon-holdings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gh-4.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}