According to Bitget market data, spot gold’s intraday decline widened to 2%, quoted at 4057.67 USD/ounce. Marathon Fusion also announced laboratory-level progress in its mercury-to-gold conversion technology.
BlockBeats reported that U.S. nuclear fusion startup Marathon Fusion said its technical approach could cause mercury isotopes to decay into stable gold -197. The report also noted that the technology remains at the small-scale laboratory demonstration stage.