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• MARA surged 19% on a 1,200-acre Texas land deal targeting 2 GW of power capacity, outpacing peers RIOT and CLSK for the day.

• Morgan Stanley cut MARA’s price target to $5.50 at Underweight, while WULF already holds $13 billion in contracted AI revenue anchored by Google.

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Shares of Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are up 18% in midday trading Thursday, changing hands at $14.27. The move puts Marathon Digital stock at the top of the crypto miner leaderboard on July 9, 2026, ahead of peers Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT), CleanSpark (