Bitcoin miner MARA sold $1.5 billion of bitcoin as it shifts toward AI infrastructure
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MARA Holdings is pivoting from pure bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure, selling $1.5 billion in bitcoin to fund power and data center expansion.Summary
MARA Holdings is signaling a strategic shift as it pivots away from being a pure-play bitcoin miner toward becoming an infrastructure company focused on AI and high-performance computing. Despite increasing its mining hashrate, the company sold $1.5 billion in bitcoin during the first quarter to reduce debt and fund a $1.5 billion acquisition of the Long Ridge Energy & Power facility. The firm intends to repurpose its power capacity to support AI and IT infrastructure, aiming to leverage its energy assets for higher-demand markets while utilizing bitcoin primarily as a balance-sheet asset.
(Source：CoinDesk)