Bitmine (BMNR), the biggest Ethereum treasury firm, ramped up its purchases of ether (ETH) final week, making its largest weekly buy in 2026 as crypto costs tanked.
The agency purchased 126,971 ETH over the previous week, price roughly $214 million at present costs, Bitmine stated on Monday, in comparison with 26,497 tokens the earlier week and almost 120,000 ETH the week earlier than.
The acquisition lifted the agency’s whole holdings to five.54 million ETH, price some $9.3 billion at present costs, based on the report. The agency additionally held $247 million in money, some bitcoin and stakes in Beast Industries and Eightco Holdings.
The acquisition marks a reversal from the corporate’s earlier name to decelerate accumulation because it nears its objective to nook 5% of ether’s excellent provide. The corporate now holds 4.59% of the token’s provide and is about to succeed in the 5% objective later this 12 months.
“We elevated our purchasing as we consider this pullback in ETH costs doesn’t replicate the strengthening of Ethereum fundamentals,” Bitmine chairman Thomas Lee stated in a press release.
Bitmine has remained one of many few giant digital asset treasury companies nonetheless actively including to its crypto holdings, whereas most friends have halted purchases and pivoted to promote as crypto costs turned sharply decrease since October. That guess is sitting on an estimated $9.6 billion of paper losses as ETH fell to its weakest value in additional than a 12 months, down some 65% from its August file.
The agency additionally unveiled plans to situation a most well-liked fairness class that pays dividends to boost extra funds, taking a web page from bitcoin-centric Technique’s playbook.
That mannequin, nevertheless, has come beneath investor scrutiny. Traders at the moment are debating whether or not Technique will have the ability to comfortably pay its dividend obligations or shore up liquidity as bitcoin costs fell sharply final week. STRC, the agency’s newest most well-liked share class, fell to $90 Friday, some 10% beneath its par worth, underscoring these worries.