Fred Thiel

Fireside Chat Between Bit Digital and Marathon Digital Holdings

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
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NEW YORK, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) ("Bit Digital" or the "Company"), a bitcoin mining company headquartered in New York with one of the largest currently-owned fleets among US listed bitcoin miners, was selected to participate in a panel discussion with Marathon Digital Holdings ("Marathon") at Sequire's Blockchain Conference on July 15th.

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  • NEW YORK, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) ("Bit Digital" or the "Company"), a bitcoin mining company headquartered in New York with one of the largest currently-owned fleets among US listed bitcoin miners, was selected to participate in a panel discussion with Marathon Digital Holdings ("Marathon") at Sequire's Blockchain Conference on July 15th.
  • Bit Digital CEO Bryan Bullett and Marathon CEO Fred Thiel presented; the full transcript is available here and the video recording is available above.
  • "Fred and I had an engaging discussion, that also highlighted some of Bit Digital's strengths, particularly our leadership in sustainability.
  • This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of Bit Digital, Inc., and its subsidiary companies.

Marathon Appoints Fred Thiel to Chief Executive Officer

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Monday, April 26, 2021
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b'LAS VEGAS, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA ) ("Marathon" or "Company"), one of the largest enterprise Bitcoin self-mining companies in North America, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Fred Thiel as its new chief executive officer, effective today.

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  • b'LAS VEGAS, April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA ) ("Marathon" or "Company"), one of the largest enterprise Bitcoin self-mining companies in North America, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Fred Thiel as its new chief executive officer, effective today.
  • Thiel will succeed Merrick Okamoto, who has served as the Company\xe2\x80\x99s chief executive officer since 2018, and who will serve as executive chairman of the board of directors following the transition.\n\xe2\x80\x9cIt\xe2\x80\x99s been a great privilege to lead Marathon as its Chairman and CEO since the Fall of 2017, and to have overseen the company\xe2\x80\x99s transformation into one of the leading Bitcoin mining operations in North America,\xe2\x80\x9d said Merrick Okamoto, Executive Chairman of Marathon Digital Holdings.
  • Therefore, going forward, I will be focusing my attention on my responsibilities as executive chairman of the board, while Fred Thiel will take the helm as CEO.\n\xe2\x80\x9cFred joined our company as a director in 2018.
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