Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) announced that DMG Blockchain (OTCQB:DMGGF) will become the first North American Bitcoin miner, excluding Marathon, to join Marathon's mining pool, MaraPool. On Sep.13, DMG Blockchain will begin pointing 100% of its hash rate towards MaraPool, as the pool opens to additional Bitcoin mining companies. "After experiencing difficulties with mining pools outside the U.S., we decided to launch our own pool that would reflect the values and needs of enterprising North American Bitcoin miners," CEO Fred Thiel commented. On Sep.9, Marathon will be promoting MaraPool's features and benefits at Bitmain's Digital Mining Energy Conference.