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# EDF agrees to sell 64 percent of Exaion to US firm MARA Holdings
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-11-edf-exaion-mara-holdings/
- Published: 2025-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:25.000Z
- Description: French utility EDF agreed to sell a 64 percent stake in its cloud, blockchain and HPC unit Exaion to US Bitcoin-mining firm MARA Holdings for about USD168 million. MARA holds an option to raise its stake to 75 percent by 2027; EDF keeps a minority holding and stays a client.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [MARA Holdings and EDF Pulse Ventures press release, 11 August 2025](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/11/3131341/0/en/MARA-and-EDF-Pulse-Ventures-Sign-Investment-Agreement-in-Subsidiary-Exaion-to-Expand-MARA-s-Global-AI-HPC-Capabilities.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that French foreign-investment clearance, still pending, has been granted.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)