According to Wu, after S&P Global announced that it would include Marathon Digital in its small-cap index, the bitcoin miner's stock price rose 18% on Monday, adding approximately $800 million to its market value. On the same day, Marathon submitted an 8-k to the SEC, outlining the bonus structure for executives, with a cumulative value of $32.9 million. Executives who received bonuses included CEO Fred Thiel, CFO Salman Khan, and General Counsel Zabi Nowaid. Despite this, Marathon Digital's stock price has fallen 9.8% this year.