Marathon Digital Holdings Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Related Party Transactions Other Items (Details)

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Related Party Transactions Other Items (Details)	Oct. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 10, 2014 USD ($) item shares	Aug. 29, 2014 USD ($) shares	Jul. 17, 2014 patent
Erich Spangenberg \| Patent purchase agreement \| Clouding IP, LLC
Related Party Transactions
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 2,400,000
Cash			$ 1,400,000
Erich Spangenberg \| Patent purchase agreement \| Clouding IP, LLC \| Restricted Stock
Related Party Transactions
Stock issued in acquisition (in shares) \| shares			25,000
Erich Spangenberg \| Patent purchase agreement \| Clouding IP, LLC \| Promissory Note
Related Party Transactions
Promissory note issued			$ 1,000,000
Erich Spangenberg \| Interest Sale Agreement \| MedTech
Related Party Transactions
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 100,000	$ 1,000,000
Monthly payment obligation		$ 1,000,000
Business Acquisition Cash Payments \| item		9
Shares granted \| shares		200,000
Debt extinguishment		$ 654,000
Recovery threshold (as a percent)		200.00%
Ownership interest held (as a percent)		45.00%
Selene Communication Technologies, LLC \| Merger Agreement
Related Party Transactions
Number of patents \| patent				3
OrthoPhoenix and TLIF \| Erich Spangenberg \| Interest Sale Agreement \| MedTech
Related Party Transactions
Percentage of shares (as a percent)		100.00%
MedTech GmbH \| Erich Spangenberg \| Interest Sale Agreement \| MedTech
Related Party Transactions
Percentage of shares (as a percent)		100.00%

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