Bitcoin pledged as collateral for Long Ridge acquisition financing
Company: Marathon Digital - Project: Long Ridge
The claim, verbatim
Marathon Digital pledged 18,750 Bitcoin as collateral for two financing facilities tied to its pending Long Ridge acquisition
Source (primary)
MARA Stock: Shares Fall As Bitcoin Drops Below $77,000, Short Squeeze Setup In Focus - Bitget (-, news_article)
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Quote: “on August 4 the company pledged another 18,750 Bitcoin, nearly 53% of that coin count, as collateral for two financing facilities tied partly to its pending Long Ridge acquisition”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms MARA pledged 18,750 Bitcoin as collateral for two financing facilities tied to the Long Ridge acquisition.
Confirmed in the source:
- MARA (Marathon Digital) pledged 18,750 Bitcoin as collateral
- The pledge was for two financing facilities
- The facilities are tied to the pending Long Ridge acquisition
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.bitget.com/amp/news/detail/12560605821854) in full (5,324 characters, retrieved September 11, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms MARA Stock: Shares Fall As Bitcoin Drops Below $77,000, Short Squeeze Setup In Focus - Bitget
Quote: “on August 4 the company pledged another 18,750 Bitcoin, nearly 53% of that coin count, as collateral for two financing facilities tied partly to its pending Long Ridge acquisition”