Public Companies Dump Over 108,000 Bitcoin Worth $8.08 Billion in 2026
Fourteen listed firms, led by miners MARA and Riot, have sold 108,247 BTC for roughly $8.08 billion this year, using proceeds to fund AI and data‑center expansion.
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Fourteen listed firms, led by miners MARA and Riot, have sold 108,247 BTC for roughly $8.08 billion this year, using proceeds to fund AI and data‑center expansion.
Kenji SatoMARA Holdings sold 13,597 Bitcoin after Q3, raising $1.1 billion, repaid $750 million of term loans and outlined further sales to support AI infrastructure and a share buyback.
Naomi JohnsonAI‑related data‑center expansion is inflating US power‑capacity auction values by $5.7 billion and pushing Australian consumer‑electronics prices up 6.1% in a quarter, according to recent analyses.
Network hashrate recovers to near-record levels, triggering a 5.54% difficulty increase that squeezes miner revenues to their lowest point since August.
SK Hynix posted record Q3 results and stated that memory demand will outstrip supply through 2030, with over half of its 2027-2028 capacity already sold out.