{"id":157182,"date":"2026-04-27T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=157182"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:30:00","slug":"mara-launches-bitcoin-focused-foundation-opens-100000-community-grant-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=157182","title":{"rendered":"MARA Launches Bitcoin-Focused Foundation, Opens $100,000 Community Grant Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

MARA Launches Bitcoin-Focused Foundation, Opens $100,000 Community Grant Vote<\/a><\/p>\n

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MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) announced the launch of the MARA Foundation, an initiative focused on strengthening the Bitcoin network and expanding access to bitcoin as a financial tool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company unveiled the foundation today at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The MARA Foundation<\/a> will support Bitcoin development across five areas: network security, including research into quantum resistance; open-source software development; access to self-custody tools and infrastructure; public policy and advocacy; and education for users, developers, and policymakers.<\/p>\n

To mark the launch, the foundation introduced a $100,000 contribution that will be awarded to one of three selected organizations through a community vote. Voting is open through April 29 at 3:00 PM PST on the foundation\u2019s website, with in-person voting available at MARA\u2019s conference booth.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new initiative is dedicated to supporting the long-term strength, resilience and accessibility of the Bitcoin network,\u201d MARA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fred Thie<\/a>l<\/a> said at The Bitcoin 2026 Conference.<\/p>\n

Organizations selected for MARA\u2019s grant<\/h2>\n

The selected organizations include SateNet, which builds community-operated wireless networks powered by Bitcoin; the 256 Foundation, which funds open-source Bitcoin mining hardware and software development; and Libreria de Satoshi, which focuses on expanding access to Bitcoin technical education across languages and regions.<\/p>\n

Thiel said the company\u2019s role in mining Bitcoin creates a responsibility to support the protocol\u2019s long-term development. He said the foundation will fund researchers, developers, and educators working on the next phase of Bitcoin\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe mine Bitcoin. We help secure the network every day. That gives us a responsibility to invest in the protocol\u2019s long-term health, not just its short-term economics,\u201d said Thiel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The winning organization will be announced after voting closes.<\/p>\n

Back in March, MARA Holdings sold<\/a> 15,133 Bitcoin for about $1.1 billion to fund the repurchase of its 0% convertible senior notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company reduced its outstanding convertible debt by roughly 30%, cutting it from about $3.3 billion to $2.3 billion and achieving savings from discounted buybacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MARA said the move strengthened its balance sheet, limited potential shareholder dilution, and supported its broader shift toward AI and high-performance computing while its Bitcoin holdings fell to 38,689 BTC.<\/p>\n

Shares of MARA are trading near $11.65 a share, according to recent market data. <\/p>\n

This post MARA Launches Bitcoin-Focused Foundation, Opens $100,000 Community Grant Vote<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine MARA Launches Bitcoin-Focused Foundation, Opens $100,000 Community Grant Vote MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) announced the launch of the MARA Foundation, an initiative focused on strengthening the Bitcoin network and expanding access to bitcoin as a financial tool.\u00a0 The company unveiled the foundation today at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":157183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/157183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}