Marathon Digital Lost $1.7 Billion This Quarter Because of Bitcoin's Price Drop One of the biggest Bitcoin miners in the world just posted a loss that could fund a small country. #Marathon Digital reported a $1.7 billion loss in Q1 2025. The culprit? Bitcoin's price crash from $102,000 in January to $83,000 by March. Here's the twist - Marathon actually mined more #Bitcoin than ever before. They pulled in 2,906 BTC in Q1, up from 2,811 the quarter before. Their mining operation is humming along just fine. But when you're holding 44,893 BTC on your balance sheet and the price tanks 20%, your paper losses are absolutely brutal. This is the risk of the HODL strategy at scale. Marathon isn't selling. They're stacking sats and eating the volatility. Most companies would panic. Marathon is playing the long game.

MARA Q4 2025: Revenue down 6% to $202.3M due to Bitcoin price drop. Net loss $1.7B. Computing power up to 66.4 EH/s, but mined 2,011 BTC (down 15%). Holds 53,822 BTC. #MARA #Bitcoin #Crypto

Bitcoin miner Marathon said Q4 2025 revenue fell 6% to $202.3M as it mined less bitcoin and the average value of its mined bitcoin dropped; the company reported a $1.7B loss for the quarter.

Bitdeer reports 0 BTC in pure custody for the week ending Feb 27, 2026. Mined 166 BTC and sold it all, resulting in no net increase to holdings. No further details on sales strategy provided. #BTC #Bitcoin #Crypto

@blk014 @Giovann35084111 No idea. The AIs aren’t consuming Bitcoin in any significant amounts yet. The main interaction in a meta sense is the mining industry pivoting toward preferentially adding HPC/AI capacity. Why would they interact?

Let's go, Bit! All the retail investors have dropped out!!

【🎙 Latest News Summary】 Insider trading issues continue to plague prediction markets 💦 It was revealed that OpenAI employees used internal information to place bets on Polymarket and Kalshi, resulting in their termination. Rules are struggling to keep up... U.S. major miner MARA announced a partnership with Starwood to convert its mining facility into an AI-focused data center. The stock price surged temporarily by 16% 📈 Additionally, VC firm Paradigm appears to be shifting its strategy, expanding its investment scope to include AI and robotics. They are reportedly raising a new fund of up to $1.5 billion 👀 Trump Media’s BTC holdings have decreased, but this isn’t due to sales—it’s because they pledged 2,000 BTC as collateral. It’s an accounting matter 🤔

⚡ Why it works: • Existing power contracts • Infrastructure already built • AI pays premium rates • Diversifies revenue beyond BTC price What looked like crisis is becoming opportunity

The irony is that the Pentagon is threatening to label US-based AI firms as 'supply-chain risks,' while the Treasury is quietly building a 'Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.' We’ve moved past the 'Bitcoin is a threat' era and into the 'Who can control the infrastructure' era. You don't designate a $1.3T global settlement layer as a risk—you try to become the majority shareholder.