Nasdaq-listed Marathon Buys $150M Worth Of BTC As Treasury Reserve

Bullish news for the cryptocurrency industry as yet another publicly-traded company has joined the Bitcoin bandwagon with a hefty $150 million investment.  According to a Monday press release, Marathon Patent Group, a Nasdaq-listed company, has purchased 4,812.66 BTC as part of its treasury reserve.  The company said it purchased the cryptocurrency through the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) at an average price of $31,168 per bitcoin, amounting to a total of $150 million.   According to Marathon's chairman and CEO,…