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title: "Key facts: NASDAQ:MARA Sells 726 BTC; Pursues AI Sites with Starwood"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295294030.md"
description: "MARA sold 726 BTC, reducing holdings to 35,577 BTC valued at ~$2.3 billion, making it the fourth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder. Simultaneously, MARA is pivoting toward AI infrastructure, leveraging a newly acquired 2 GW Texas site and partnership talks with Starwood for engineering support and over 7 GW of delivered infrastructure to develop power-ready sites for next-gen compute."
datetime: "2026-08-08T07:13:59.000Z"
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# Key facts: NASDAQ:MARA Sells 726 BTC; Pursues AI Sites with Starwood

-   MARA sold 726 BTC, trimming holdings to 35,577 BTC, valued at about $2.3 billion; the sale moved MARA to fourth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder. U.Today
-   MARA says it’s shifting toward AI, touting infrastructure for power-ready sites and a newly bought 2 GW Texas site to support next‑gen compute; notes Bitcoin mining and AI use the same power. Benzinga
-   MARA is advancing lease talks for multiple sites with Starwood, using Starwood’s engineering and construction support and over 7 GW of delivered infrastructure to back MARA’s site development. The Block

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