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MARA Holdings jumped up 6.6% today, mostly because Bitcoin mining companies are doing better. What I find really interesting is that these mining stocks tend to move in the same direction as crypto prices. It's kind of wild how closely they follow each other! I was also a bit surprised to see how quickly they bounced back this time. Going forward, I think it's important to keep a close eye on how much these companies are spending on energy. Energy costs can really eat into their profits, so this will greatly affect their performance. Energy costs fluctuations are a critical factor in profitability. Ultimately, I still think that how these mining companies are doing can tell us a lot about the overall health of the crypto market. Their ups and downs often give a sense of what's happening in the broader crypto world. For example, if the cost of the equipments, the new GPUs from Nvidia is an indicator. If these mining companies are flourishing, the price of the equipments used by these miners will be high, and the opposite happens when it is not flourishing. It's like they're barometers for the crypto climate. There are also some people that think the halving of the rewards for miners, which happens periodically, affects the price directly, but not too much, because miners will want to keep the business rolling anyway.