Marathon Buys 700 BTC, Plans More Purchases
Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), commonly known as MARA, has added 703 BTC to its holdings this November. This brings its total Bitcoin stash to 34,794 BTC, worth $3.3 billion today. With this, Marathon is now the second-largest company holding Bitcoin, just behind MicroStrategy. The company, which is focused on Bitcoin, raised $1 billion by selling special financial notes that don't charge interest. From this, the company used $200 million to buy back older notes. The rest, $160 million, is set aside to buy more Bitcoin in the future. MARA's CEO Fred Thiel believes Bitcoin is a wise investment…