La empresa minera de Bitcoin MARA despide aproximadamente al 15% de su personal, con una transformación estratégica hacia una compañía de energía e infraestructura digital

Golden Finance reports, on April 3, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining companies, MARA (NASDAQ: MARA), laid off approximately 15% of its employees, involving full-time employees and some contract workers across multiple departments. CEO Fred Thiel said in an internal memo that this layoff is not purely a financial decision, but part of the company’s strategic shift from a pure-play bitcoin mining company to an energy and digital infrastructure company.

Previously, MARA completed its majority equity acquisition of the French state energy company EDF’s subsidiary Exaion in February this year, formally entering the AI and high-performance computing (HPC) field, and reached an agreement with data center developer Starwood to repurpose about 1 GW of mining infrastructure for AI workloads.

In addition, MARA recently sold more than 15,133 BTC (about $1.1 billion) to repay $1.0 billion in convertible notes. It recorded a net loss of $1.3 billion for the full year of 2025, and its adjusted EBITDA was -$330.8 million. Affected employees will receive one month of paid leave, 13 weeks of severance pay, and full compensation for unused vacation time.