
American Bitcoin mining company, Marathon Patent Group, has announced that it will change its name to Marathon Digital Holdings, effective March 1, 2021.
The company said in a statement that the name change is part of a broader corporate rebrand that reflects the Company’s commitment to its core competency: mining cryptocurrencies and investing in digital assets.
Marathon Patent Group is a patent-holding company that is the parent of Uniloc, known as a patent troll company. Marathon purchased patents related to encryption in the 2010s and in 2021 it was known for its purchases of bitcoin and bitcoin mining equipment.