Sale of 996 BTC on October 9
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
On October 9, 2026, MARA sold 996 BTC, worth about $81 million, reportedly to fund debt repayment. This left holdings of 35,303 BTC.
Source (primary)
Whales Bought 15,000 Bitcoin in Three Days While MARA Sold $81 Million. Who Has It Right? - 24/7 Wall St. (-, news_article)
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Quote: “on October 9, MARA Holdings ... sold 996 BTC, valued at about $81 million”
How we checked this
Checked on October 17, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article says MARA sold 996 BTC worth about $81 million on October 9 to fund debt repayment. It gives MARA's current holdings, as of October 10, as 35,303 BTC.
Confirmed in the source:
- MARA sold 996 BTC on October 9, 2026 (the article is dated October 10, 2026)
- The 996 BTC sold was valued at about $81 million
- The article reports the sale was to fund debt repayment
- MARA's holdings stood at 35,303 BTC after the sale
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://247wallst.com/investing/cryptocurrency/2026/10/10/whales-bought-15000-bitcoin-in-three-days-while-mara-sold-81-million-who-has-it-right/) in full (13,999 characters, retrieved October 11, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Whales Bought 15,000 Bitcoin in Three Days While MARA Sold $81 Million. Who Has It Right? - 24/7 Wall St.
Quote: “on October 9, MARA Holdings ... sold 996 BTC, valued at about $81 million”
confirms Whales Bought 15,000 Bitcoin in Three Days While MARA Sold $81 Million. Who Has It Right? - AOL.com
Quote: “on October 9, MARA Holdings ( NASDAQ:MARA ), one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies, sold 996 BTC, valued at about $81 million”
confirms Whales Bought 15,000 Bitcoin in Three Days While MARA Sold $81 Million. Who Has It Right? - AOL.ca
Quote: “MARA sold 996 BTC for $81 million to fund debt repayment”