March 2026 BTC sale to fund convertible debt repurchase
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
In March, MARA sold 15,133 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion, primarily to fund the repurchase of convertible debt.
Source (primary)
MARA transfers $81.1 million in bitcoin to Galaxy Digital as strategy pivots to AI - CoinDesk (-, news_article)
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Quote: “In March, it sold 15,133 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion, primarily to fund the repurchase of convertible debt.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 13, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article states that in March MARA sold 15,133 BTC for about $1.1 billion, mainly to fund buying back convertible debt.
Confirmed in the source:
- MARA sold 15,133 BTC in March
- The March sale brought in approximately $1.1 billion
- The sale was primarily to fund the repurchase of convertible debt
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/09/mara-transfers-usd81-1-million-in-bitcoin-to-galaxy-digital-as-strategy-pivots-to-ai) in full (9,899 characters, retrieved October 9, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
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Quote: “In March, it sold 15,133 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion, primarily to fund the repurchase of convertible debt.”
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Quote: “In March it sold 15,133 BTC for about $1.1 billion, primarily to repurchase convertible debt.”