Ether is about to lose a steady buyer as Tom Lee says Bitmine will stop token purchases
Bitmine’s chairman Tom Lee said the company will stop buying ether once its holdings reach 5% of ETH supply. That sets an end point for an accumulation run that began in mid-2025 and made Bitmine the world’s largest Ethereum treasury.
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Ether holders and market participants who track large treasury demand will see a named buyer with an end point for new purchases. Bitmine’s stop date becomes visible once its holdings hit the 5% threshold, and that is the concrete change from an open-ended buying streak to a defined limit.
Before this, Bitmine was adding ether through an accumulation streak that started in mid-2025. What stays the same is that the company still holds ether now; what changes is that Tom Lee said buying will stop once the 5% level is reached.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 11 days ago | BitMine Shares Outperformed Ethereum in 2026, and Tom Lee Highlights One Move event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 11 days ago | BitMine Lifts ETH Treasury to 6.02 Million With Smallest Buy Since Mid-August event | 2 actors in common · 10 news media |
| 17 days ago | Inside the company staking more than 5 million ETH event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 17 days ago | Tom Lee Says the Biggest Crypto Bull Run Ever Is Starting. Here's Why event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 18 days ago | BitMine could hit its 5% Ether supply target within weeks — then what? event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
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