MARA just posted over $500M in Q2 losses despite mining MORE $BTC

2,422 $BTC mined (+3% YoY)
Hashrate up 22% to 70.3 EH/s

Yet they're bleeding half a billion

Their pivot? Dumping capital into AI/HPC infrastructure instead of pure mining

This is the new reality for public miners - can't survive on block rewards alone anymore

Hashrate wars + halving economics = forced diversification or death

Watch how many other miners follow this playbook in 2026