{"id":4564,"date":"2024-12-21T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2024-12-21T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:02:19","slug":"bitcoin-miner-mara-holdings-embraces-microstrategy-playbook-acquires-1-53-billion-worth-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4564","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Miner MARA Holdings Embraces MicroStrategy Playbook, Acquires $1.53 Billion Worth BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) mining company <strong>MARA Holdings Inc.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/MARA#NASDAQ\">MARA<\/a>) announced the acquisition of 15,574 BTC for $1.53 billion, funded by $1.925 billion raised through zero-coupon convertible notes issued in November and December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened:<\/strong> In a post on social media platform <strong>X<\/strong>, MARA revealed its total Bitcoin holdings now stand at 44,394 BTC, valued at approximately $4.3 billion based on Bitcoin\u2019s current price of $97,377.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida-based firm acquired the cryptocurrency at an average price of $98,529 per Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/12\/42545656\/bitcoin-is-no-manhattan-real-estate-peter-schiff-challenges-microstrategys-micheal-saylor-btc-doesnt-generate-any-income\">Bitcoin Is No Manhattan Real Estate, Peter Schiff Challenges MicroStrategy\u2019s Michael Saylor: \u2018BTC Doesn\u2019t Generate Any Income\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, MARA repurchased $263 million of its existing convertible notes due in 2026 and plans to use the remaining funds to buy more Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>The company also highlighted its Bitcoin yield &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42634152\/bitcoin-miner-mara-holdings-embraces-microstrategy-playbook-acquires-1-53-billion-worth-btc\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" miner mara holdings embraces microstrategy playbook acquires billion worth btc>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining company MARA Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA) announced the acquisition of 15,574 BTC for $1.53 billion, funded by $1.925 billion raised through zero-coupon convertible notes issued in November and December. What Happened: In a post on social media platform X, MARA revealed its total Bitcoin holdings now stand at 44,394 BTC, valued at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}