MARA launches $100,000 foundation to fund Bitcoin security
MARA Holdings unveiled the MARA Foundation at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, seeding it with $100,000 to support Bitcoin security, self-custody access, education and a public grant vote.
MARA Holdings launched the MARA Foundation on Monday at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas, announcing a $100,000 contribution to support Bitcoin security, wider access to self-custody and education. The foundation will let the public vote on initial grantees.
The foundation said its early work will focus on measures to protect Bitcoin from security threats, including research to prepare for risks tied to quantum computing. It plans to fund tools and services that expand self-custodial access, produce educational materials for developers and policymakers, and support work on a healthy transaction fee market.
The $100,000 fund will be awarded by public vote among three organizations: the 256 Foundation, an open-source Bitcoin mining platform; Libreria de Satoshi, a Latin American Bitcoin education platform; and SafeNet, a community-operated wireless network that uses Bitcoin technology to serve underprivileged communities.
MARA described the foundation’s mission as protecting ‘the core properties that make Bitcoin sound, durable money’ and added, ‘We believe Bitcoin embodies the most powerful tool for financial sovereignty, economic resilience, and human freedom in the world.’
The company said the foundation will prioritize work in parts of the Global South, especially areas of Africa and Latin America where people have turned to Bitcoin amid hyperinflation, confiscatory policies and limits on financial freedom.
MARA noted the announcement comes as some public Bitcoin miners pivot to AI and high-performance computing to seek higher revenue. The broader network hashrate has fallen about 28.8% since September, a change the company cited as context for supporting protocol and community-level adoption.
Beyond the initial grant, the foundation plans to publish educational resources, fund research on long-term security challenges and support initiatives that aim to strengthen the resilience of Bitcoin infrastructure, including studies of the transaction fee market.
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