BitMine completes $350M stock buyback, which Tom Lee calls the largest in crypto
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BitMine completed a $350 million stock buyback on Aug. 17 under a $4 billion authorization that was expanded earlier this year. The repurchase covered 21 million shares, and Tom Lee described it as the largest in crypto.
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BitMine’s buyback is a direct event for shareholders and market watchers tracking the company’s equity actions. The completion date and share count are now part of the public record, and those details are what investors and the broader crypto equity sector can point to tomorrow morning. It also gives Tom Lee’s characterization a concrete reference point in the market conversation.
In practice, the company has now used part of a larger repurchase authorization rather than leaving that capital action open-ended. What changed is that the Aug. 17 repurchase is complete; what remains the same is the existence of the broader $4 billion authorization, which was expanded earlier this year and still frames the company’s buyback capacity.
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Ethereum rose 0.3% in the 4 hours after the first headline, after falling 0.1% in the 2 hours before.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 41 days ago | Tom Lee's Bitmine Buys Another $47M of ETH, Taking It to 4.9% of Ethereum Supply event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |