[Fusion Company Marathon Fusion Claims to Have Transformed Mercury into Gold, Crypto Community: This Move is Bullish for BTC] According to Golden Finance, on October 22, fusion startup Marathon Fusion posted on X claiming that last month, Marathon Fusion demonstrated highly efficient alchemy, successfully transforming mercury into stable gold. The principle involves using the large amounts of neutron radiation generated by fusion to irradiate the mercury isotope Hg-198. Hg-198 releases two neutrons, briefly becoming the radioactive isotope Hg-197, which then decays into stable gold Au-197. Its efficiency is ten times the record set by CERN in 2025. Marathon Fusion has simplified this alchemy into a series of complex but feasible engineering techniques. The post sparked widespread sharing within the crypto community, with figures like Multicoin partner Tushar Jain, Nic Carter, and Cobie expressing their views. They believe that the ability to synthesize gold in laboratories challenges the narrative of gold's scarcity, representing a quantum crisis for the gold industry. Worse yet, gold cannot adapt through software updates. Electric Capital co-founder Avichal Garg stated that if Marathon Fusion's method proves true, BTC could rise to $5 million.