Bitmine surpasses 6 million ETH holdings, worth $16 billion
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BitMine reported that it added 17,362 ETH in the week ending Sept. 27 and that its treasury moved above 6 million ETH. The company’s latest disclosed total was 6,001,302 ETH, with most of it staked, and one report compared the size of the position with Ethereum’s overall supply. One item also noted that the weekly purchase was smaller than the prior week’s addition.
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What it means
BitMine’s latest holdings update matters to holders of BMNR and people tracking Ethereum treasury demand, because the company said it now controls more than 6 million ETH. The current figure and the share that is staked are visible now in the disclosed balance, so tomorrow morning the market can see both the scale of the position and how much of it is already locked up in staking.
In practice, BitMine still can add to its treasury, but its latest weekly purchase was smaller than the previous week’s addition, and the company also remains below its stated 5% supply target at 4.9%. What changed is the reported size of the weekly buy and the level of the treasury; what did not change is that the position is still short of the target that was described.
Market reaction i
The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 45 days ago | Bitmine bought $75 million ether as Tom Lee says institutions are still underweight crypto event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |