996 BTC transfer to Galaxy Digital address
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
MARA transferred approximately 996 BTC (about $81.13 million) to an address identified as belonging to Galaxy Digital, per Lookonchain on-chain data; the transfer does not confirm a sale.
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: “transferred approximately 996 BTC ($81.13 million) to an address identified as belonging to Galaxy Digital, according to data tracked by Lookonchain”
How we checked this
Checked on October 14, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The CoinDesk article says MARA moved about 996 BTC ($81.13 million) to an address identified as Galaxy Digital's, citing Lookonchain data. It also says the transfer alone does not confirm a sale.
Confirmed in the source:
- MARA transferred approximately 996 BTC
- The transfer was worth about $81.13 million
- The receiving address was identified as belonging to Galaxy Digital
- The data came from on-chain tracking by Lookonchain
- The transfer alone does not confirm that a sale took place
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: “MARA Holdings has transferred 996 Bitcoin worth approximately $81.13 million to a wallet identified as belonging to Galaxy Digital.”