BitMine ETH purchase: Tom Lee’s firm buys 10,452 ETH, holdings hit 6.05 million (4.95% of supply)

26 Oct 2026

TL;DR

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), chaired by Tom Lee, bought 10,452 ETH in the week to October 25, lifting its treasury to 6,051,933 ETH, or 4.95% of Ethereum's supply. The company also bought back 2.04 million of its own shares and says about 5.23 million ETH is now staked.

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the Ethereum treasury company chaired by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, added another 10,452 ETH to its balance sheet last week. According to the company’s press release on PR Newswire, Bitmine held 6,051,933 ETH as of October 25, 2026 at 2:00pm ET, equal to 4.95% of the roughly 122.2 million ETH in circulation. At the $2,356 per ETH price the company used, the weekly purchase is worth about $24 million.

BitMine ETH holdings and total assets

Bitmine said its combined crypto, cash, marketable securities and “moonshot” holdings total about $15 billion. Besides ETH, that includes 215 BTC, a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, a $76 million stake in Eightco Holdings and $514 million in cash and marketable securities.

“Over the past week, we acquired 10,452 ETH,” Lee said in the release, adding that Bitmine has bought ETH every week since its ETH treasury strategy started on June 30, 2025.

Staking and share buybacks

The company reported 5,227,037 ETH staked, about 86% of its holdings, which it values at roughly $12.3 billion. Based on that position, Bitmine estimates annualized staking revenue of about $318 million, rising to a projected $368 million if all of its ETH were staked through its MAVAN platform and partners.

Bitmine is also buying its own stock. As Investing.com summarised, it repurchased 2.04 million shares last week at an average of $22.48. In 2026 it has bought back 22.9 million shares in total for about $399.6 million.

What it means for traders

This article is for information only and is not financial advice.

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