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Tom Lee's Bitmine now owns 4.8% of Ethereum supply after latest ETH purchase

News | 2026/08/18 09:00

Tom Lee's Bitmine now owns 4.8% of Ethereum supply after latest ETH purchase

Bitmine bought another 9,926 ETH, bringing its holdings to 5.815 million ETH

Tom Lee's Bitmine purchased another 9,926 ETH last week, bringing its holdings to 5.815 million ETH worth about $11 billion:

The company now owns about 4.8% of Ethereum’s total supply, nearing its stated goal of 5%:

Lee expects tokenization, AI-agent applications, and easing financial conditions to support demand for Ethereum and the broader crypto market:

Bitmine, which trades under the ticker BMNR, now holds 4.8% of ETH’s total supply with its tokens worth about $1,904:

Lee noted that the ETH/BTC ratio has broken above a years-long downward trend, which he sees as a sign that investors are starting to price in growing demand for Ethereum:

ETH is up about 1.6% over the past 24 hours while BMNR is trading more than 2% higher today:

The company also bought an additional 1.7 million shares of its own stock last week, now owning 20.8 million shares under a previously authorized $4 billion buyback program:

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