华尔街最大的比特币矿工刚刚购买了价值2.49亿美元的比特币

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Marathon Digital Holdings是华尔街最大的公开上市比特币(BTC)矿商(纳斯达克股票代码:MARA),已成功完成3亿美元的可转换高级票据发行,并将大部分收益用于购买比特币。

马拉松收购2.49亿美元比特币

该公司向合格的机构买家私募发行了2.125%的可转换优先票据,到期日为2031年。扣除最初购买者的折扣和佣金后,销售净收益约为2.925亿美元。

MARA宣布,在2024年8月12日至8月14日期间,它以2.49亿美元的价格收购了大约4144个比特币。这笔交易的平均价格为每比特币59500美元,包括费用和开支。

Marathon Digital计划将纸币发行的剩余收益用于额外的比特币。虽然有些人可能仍然想知道什么是比特币,谁创造了比特币,或者比特币是如何工作的,但有一件事是肯定的:比特币改变了世界。没有人能对这种革命性的、去中心化的数字资产及其区块链技术无动于衷。事实上,自从佛罗里达州居民Laszlo Hanyecz在当地Papa John’s用1万个比特币换取2个披萨,完成了BTC与一家真实公司的首次正式商业交易以来,我们已经走了很长的路。现在有人可能会说,虽然有些人可能仍然想知道什么是比特币,谁创造了比特币,或者比特币是如何工作的,但有一件事是肯定的:比特币改变了世界。没有人能对这种革命性的、去中心化的数字资产及其区块链技术无动于衷。事实上,自从佛罗里达州居民Laszlo Hanyecz在当地Papa John’s用1万个比特币换取2个披萨,完成了BTC与一家真实公司的首次正式商业交易以来,我们已经走了很长的路。现在有人可能会说,阅读本条款收购和一般公司目的,包括潜在的战略收购和债务偿还。

MARA董事长兼首席执行官Fred Thiel评论道:“在我们多元化的数字资产计算组合中,我们目前拥有并运营着约54%的1.1吉瓦电力。随着时间的推移,我们将继续使拥有和运营的站点在我们的机队中占更大的比例,并有望在每petahash的基础上节省成本。从长远来看,我们的目标是成为业内成本较低的运营商之一。”

该公司目前是华尔街最大的加密货币矿商,市值近60亿美元。排名第二的Clean Spark(纳斯达克股票代码:CLSK)的规模几乎是它的一半。如果不是最近的下跌,市值会更高,因为法院对该公司处以1.38亿美元的罚款。

联邦法院发布的判决认定,马拉松违反了与马拉松直接竞争对手Hut 8的战略总监Michael Ho签订的保密和不规避协议。

马拉松谈到了这个问题,表示虽然他们尊重这一决定,但他们相信“陪审团得出了错误的结论”

Marathon Digital在发送给Finance Magnates的一份声明中评论道:“该公司没有不当行为。”。“我们还认为,赔偿金没有法律依据。我们打算对这一裁决提出质疑,并尽快开始上诉程序。”

矿工们拒绝将赔率减半

尽管最近发生了减半事件,但采矿业总体上仍然强劲。本周,尽管比特币价格下跌,但另外两家华尔街矿商HIVE Digital和TeraWulf报告了强劲的季度业绩。

HIVE Digital Technologies公布了3220万美元的季度收入,其中2960万美元来自数字货币挖矿,另外260万美元来自高性能计算(HPC)运营。另一方面,TeraWulf在2024年第二季度的收入为3560万美元,与去年同期相比增长了130.2%。该公司的毛利润(不包括折旧)攀升至2170万美元,调整后的息税折旧摊销前利润为1950万美元。

MARA的可转换票据

可转换票据将于2031年9月1日到期,持有人可以选择将其转换为现金、Marathon Digital的普通股或公司自行决定的组合。初始转换率设定为每1000美元本金金额52.9451股,相当于每股约18.89美元的转换价格。

该公司对这些票据具有内在的灵活性,保留在2028年9月6日或之后将其兑换成现金的权利,但须符合某些条件。另一方面,票据持有人可能会要求Marathon Digital在2029年3月1日或特定的根本性变化事件时回购其票据。

Marathon Digital的这一最新举措突显了上市公司投资加密货币的日益增长的趋势加密货币通过使用密码学,被称为加密货币的虚拟货币几乎是基于区块链技术的防伪数字货币。区块链技术由分散的网络组成,不受中央机构的监督。因此,加密货币具有去中心化的性质,理论上使其不受政府干预。加密货币一词源于用于保护网络的加密技术的起源。通过使用密码学,被称为加密货币的虚拟货币几乎是基于区块链技术的防伪数字货币。区块链技术由分散的网络组成,不受中央机构的监督。因此,加密货币具有去中心化的性质,理论上使其不受政府干预。加密货币一词源于用于保护网络安全的加密技术的起源。请阅读本术语,作为其财务管理策略的一部分。这也突显了尽管比特币价格波动,但人们对比特币的持续兴趣。

截至2024年8月15日交易结束时,Marathon Digital的股票(MARA)交易价格为15.14美元,当日下跌2.26%。

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