Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Crawford James	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Marathon Patent Group, Inc. [ MARA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC., 1180 N. TOWNE CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 5/4/2020
(Street) LAS VEGAS,, NV 89144 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	6/30/2020		C		42163 (3)	A	$0.91	42163	D
Common Stock	9/30/2020		C		42512 (4)	A	$1.96	84675	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$2.04	5/4/2020		D			25000	(1)	8/12/2024	Common	25000	$0	25000	D
RSUs	$0	5/4/2020		A		245349		(2)	5/4/2021	Common	245349	$0	245349	D
RSUs	$0	6/30/2020		D			61337	(2)	5/4/2021	Common	61337	$0.91	184011	D
RSUs	$0	9/30/2020		D			61337	(2)	5/4/2021	Common	61337	$1.96	122674	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Vesting fifty (50%) percent on the date of grant and twenty-five (25%) percent following on each six (6) months anniversary of the date of grant provided awardee is still eligible under the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan subject to acceleration following a change of control.
(2)	Vesting quarterly in equal amounts of 98,256 per quarter starting June 30, 2020.
(3)	61,337 shares which vested net of 19,174 shares forfeited for tax purposes.
(4)	61,337 shares which vested net of 18,825 shares forfeited for tax purposes.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Crawford James C/O MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC. 1180 N. TOWNE CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100 LAS VEGAS,, NV 89144			Chief Operating Officer

Signatures
/s/ James Crawford		10/19/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date