On September 21, MARA Holdings rose 5.51% in pre-market trading, trading at $13.97/share, with turnover of approximately $3.16 million. The rally was driven by a confluence of Bitcoin surging to a seven-plus-month high and Morgan Stanley raising its target price on the stock.

Bitcoin climbed above the $80,000 mark, hitting its highest level in over seven months, fueling broad-based gains across crypto-related equities. Strategy rose over 5.3%, Coinbase gained 3.8%, and Riot Platforms added 3.3% in pre-market trading. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley raised its price target on MARA Holdings to $11 from $6, while maintaining an underweight rating. This followed JPMorgan's earlier downgrade on September 15, which had cut its rating to underweight with an $11 target.

The rally marks a sharp recovery from mid-September turmoil, when the rejection of the CLARITY Act on September 16 sent Bitcoin tumbling to $74,910 and dragged crypto stocks sharply lower. Bitcoin has since rebounded over 8% from those lows. MARA Holdings, one of the largest publicly listed Bitcoin miners holding over 36,000 BTC, remains highly sensitive to Bitcoin price movements, amplifying both gains and losses in the underlying asset.

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