According to ChainCatcher news and reported by TheMinerMag, the CEO of Marathon stated that about half of this year's mining machine orders come from the US Bitcoin chip designer and manufacturer Auradin. MARA is one of Auradin's earliest supporters. Auradin began shipping the Teraflux series Bitcoin ASICs in mid-2024, positioning it as an American-made alternative to Chinese ASIC giants Bitmain and MicroBT. Since US President Trump announced new tariffs in April, Auradin has received "a large number of requests from US mining companies seeking to diversify their hardware equipment."