BitMine bought $73 million in ETH this week. The company says it now holds nearly 5% of all coins in circulation.
Tom Lee's NYSE-listed Ethereum treasury company keeps buying. The supply concentration claim, if confirmed, puts one balance sheet in control of a serious slice of the market.
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- →BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 42,197 ETH for roughly $73 million this week, per The Defiant reporting on a company holdings update posted Monday.
- →The company says its total holdings now sit at 5,742,237 ETH, about 4.8% of circulating supply, which would make it one of the largest single non-protocol ETH holders in the world.
- →All figures come from a single source reporting on BitMine's own disclosure. Watch for an SEC filing or independent confirmation within two weeks before treating the total as settled.
- circulating supply → The total number of a cryptocurrency's coins that exist and are actively trading in the market right now, not locked up or yet to be issued.
- treasury company → A public company whose main business strategy is to buy and hold a specific cryptocurrency on its balance sheet, following the model MicroStrategy used with Bitcoin.
BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 42,197 ETH for roughly $73 million this week. The implied acquisition price is about $1,729 per coin. Per The Defiant, the company disclosed the tranche in a holdings update posted Monday.
BitMine says its total stack now sits at 5,742,237 ETH, as of that same update. That represents about 4.8% of all ETH in circulation, the company reports. If accurate, BitMine would rank among the largest single non-protocol ETH holders in the world. That is the only number that matters in this story.
Tom Lee chairs the company. Lee founded Fundstrat Global Advisors, a Wall Street research firm. His name carries weight on Wall Street.
The model is MicroStrategy applied to ETH. A NYSE-listed company buys on its balance sheet, discloses weekly, and lets the supply concentration story build. BitMine is executing that playbook publicly and repeatedly.
4.8% of circulating ETH in one balance sheet is not a small position. That is a market-structure fact. If you're watching ETH supply dynamics, this is the story.
One caveat: all figures come from The Defiant reporting on BitMine's own holdings disclosure. No independent source has confirmed the 5,742,237 ETH total. Given the size of the claim, check the company's SEC filings or IR page before treating it as settled.
BitMine is running a 4.8% circulating supply narrative on one self-disclosure reported by a single outlet. That is a credibility gap. Until an SEC filing lands, the number is unconfirmed and the market knows it.
An SEC filing or independent on-chain verification of BitMine's 5,742,237 ETH holdings, within the next two weeks. If the number holds, the weekly buy pace becomes the signal to track.
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