Marathon Digital mines record 825 BTC in March

Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Marathon Digital mined 825 BTC in March — marking the agency’s all-time excessive, in accordance with the month-to-month operations report.

The 825 BTC produced in March marks a 21% enhance from the prior month. As of the tip of March, Marathon Digital holds a complete of 11,466 BTC in Unrestricted BTC holdings and $124.9 million in unrestricted money and money equivalents, because the month-to-month report said.

The primary quarter of 2023

The report additionally targeted on the quarterly comparisons since March marked the tip of the yr’s first quarter. Marathon Digital mentioned it produced 2,195 BTC all through the primary quarter — marking a 74% enhance from the 1,259 BTC produced in the course of the first quarter of 2022.

Equally, the typical BTC produced every day was additionally calculated a 24,4 BTC for the primary three months of the yr — 42% larger than the typical of 14 BTC mined in the course of the first quarter of 2022.

Marathon Digital additionally expanded its operational hash price capabilities by 64% in the course of the first quarter, reflecting a rise to 11.5 exahashes per second (EH/s) on March 31 from the 7 EH/s on Jan. 1.

On a year-over-year (YoY) comparability of the quarters, the corporate’s money and money equivalents barely elevated to $124.9 million from $118.5 million within the first quarter of 2022. Nevertheless, the unrestricted BTC holdings mark over 22% progress to 11,466 BTC from the 9,374 BTC held in the course of the first three months of 2022.

Different highlights

Marathon Digital’s CEO, Fred Thiel, commented on the quarterly outcomes, noting that the corporate will proceed to prioritize energizing beforehand bought mining rigs to succeed in its goal of 23 EH/s by mid-2023 — a goal set in April 2022.

The report famous that 66% of the corporate’s hash price is anticipated to be generated by S19 XPs after all of the mining rigs are activated. The S19 XPs are practically 20% extra vitality environment friendly than the earlier era of mining rigs.

Thiel additionally talked about that the corporate considerably improved its monetary place in the course of the first quarter. In line with Thiel, the corporate lowered its debt by $50 million. Marathon Digital additionally elevated its unrestricted BTC holdings by 3,132 BTC after terminating its credit score amenities with the bankrupt Silvergate Financial institution.

Thiel finalized his phrases by optimistically stating:

“Given the operational and monetary enhancements we made in the course of the first quarter, we stay optimistic that we are able to obtain our main progress targets and set up Marathon as one of many largest and most vitality environment friendly Bitcoin mining operations globally.”