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The video features an interview with Adam Swick, Chief Growth Officer at Marathon Digital Holdings, the world's largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner. Swick discusses how Marathon is addressing global energy challenges by utilizing stranded energy sources such as flare gas and landfill gas for Bitcoin mining. The company operates large-scale mining sites across the U.S. and internationally, with joint ventures in countries like the UAE and Paraguay. Marathon is evolving from a Bitcoin miner to a data center company focused on utility-scale mining and decentralized, near-zero cost mining initiatives. The company is also developing advanced cooling technologies beneficial to other data centers. Swick emphasizes Marathon's strategic approach to balancing electricity supply and demand, supporting energy infrastructure, and adapting to the rapidly changing Bitcoin mining landscape with cutting-edge hardware and innovative solutions.

In Finland, Marathon Digital Holdings' launched a 2-megawatt pilot project to warm a community of 11,000 residents with recycled heat from digital asset computing.

Integrating digital asset compute with district heating can significantly reduce carbon emissions, lower costs, and minimize waste heat, leading to enhanced sustainability and economic savings for both industries and end-users.

In this episode of The Bitcoin Layer, Nik Bhatia interviews Fred Thiel, Chairman and CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings. They discuss Marathon's recent deal with the Kenyan government to utilize the country's abundant geothermal, hydro, and solar energy resources for Bitcoin mining. This agreement is a win-win, benefiting both Marathon and Kenya by monetizing excess energy and balancing the grid. They highlight Kenya's familiarity with digital currencies like M-Pesa and the potential benefits of integrating Bitcoin to reduce commerce costs and friction. The conversation also explores the synergies between AI compute and Bitcoin mining for efficient energy use and the future prospects of decentralized energy generation and its impact on the power grid.

MARA Chairman and CEO Fred Thiel participated in a fireside chat with premier global independent investment banking advisory firm, Evercore ISI.

From securing the digital frontier of #Bitcoin to optimizing AI edge computing and beyond, our two-phase immersion cooling technology is the bridge to efficient and powerful solutions. Marathon CEO Fred Thiel shares the potential of 2PIC by MARA.