From Hashrate Giant To AI Contender: MARA’s 2026 Playbook

We break down how MARA uses scale, site control, and a deep Bitcoin treasury to pivot from pure mining toward high margin compute. The story centers on power: owning it, pricing it, and routing it to wherever returns are highest, from blocks to inference.

• Bitcoin price holding near 87k and supply dynamics
• 2025 miner returns and why MARA underperformed
• 60+ EH capacity, 18 sites, 19 J/TH efficiency
• Granbury flagship, modular designs, onsite repair
• HODL growth and treasury value vs market cap
• Capital levers: BTC-backed loans and zero-coupon converts
• HPC AI strategy with inference focus and grid limits
• Ownership vs hosting, path to 100% site control
• XAEON stake to enter European Tier III/IV markets
• West Texas energy-to-compute plan with MPLX
• Texas wind farm economics and zero-marginal energy
• Four reasons to watch MARA in 2026

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