{"id":43933,"date":"2026-05-18T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=43933"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:28:55","slug":"bitmines-ethereum-hoard-surges-past-5-28-million-eth-as-company-nears-5-supply-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=43933","title":{"rendered":"Bitmine\u2019s Ethereum Hoard Surges Past 5.28 Million ETH as Company Nears 5% Supply Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced that its Ethereum holdings have risen to 5.28 million ETH. This gives the company ownership of about 4.37% of Ethereum&#8217;s total circulating supply of 120.7 million ETH.<\/p>\n<p>The company said its combined crypto, cash, and &#8220;moonshot&#8221; holdings now total $12.6 billion as of May 17.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bitmine-closes-in-on-alchemy-of-5\">Bitmine Closes In on &#8216;Alchemy of 5%&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Over the past week alone, Bitmine added 71,672 ETH, while its total staked Ethereum holdings reached 4,712,917 ETH, which is worth approximately $10.3 billion based on an ETH price of $2,191. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-5-28-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-12-6-billion-302774396.html#\">said<\/a> nearly 89% of its ETH treasury is now staked, generating annualized staking revenues of around $289 million, with a reported 7-day staking yield of 2.80%.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest press release, Bitmine revealed that it is now 87% of the way toward its long-term target of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/tom-lee-doubles-down-on-crypto-spring-theory-but-bitmine-slows-eth-accumulation\/\">acquiring<\/a> 5% of Ethereum&#8217;s total supply, a goal Chairman Tom Lee believes could be reached sometime in 2026. In addition to its ETH treasury, the company also holds 202 Bitcoin, $685 million in cash, a $200 million stake in Beast Industries, and an $83 million position in Eightco Holdings, which it described as one of the few publicly traded companies offering indirect exposure to OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Bitmine recently launched MAVAN, short for Made in America VAlidator Network, its institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform designed to support its treasury operations and eventually expand to custodians, institutional investors, and ecosystem partners. A portion of the company&#8217;s ETH is already staked through the platform.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"eth-weakness\">ETH Weakness<\/h2>\n<p>Ethereum (ETH) briefly dropped to a low of $2,097 on Monday, its weakest level since April 7, as selling pressure continued across the crypto market. At press time, ETH was trading around $2,132, down nearly 3% over the past day. Reacting to the decline, Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fundstrat\/status\/2056208452897174003\">believes<\/a> rising oil prices have been one of the main reasons behind the second-largest crypto asset&#8217;s recent weakness. On X, Lee explained that ETH&#8217;s inverse correlation with oil is now at its highest level ever, and added that Ethereum prices have moved lower during the past six weeks as oil climbed higher.<\/p>\n<p>As such, a reversal in oil prices could help ETH recover in the short term. Still, he said the recent slump does not change ETH&#8217;s broader outlook, which he believes remains supported by tokenization growth and increasing demand from agentic AI systems. He also views the recent pullback as an &#8220;attractive opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitmines-ethereum-hoard-surges-past-5-28-million-eth-as-company-nears-5-supply-target\/\">Bitmine\u2019s Ethereum Hoard Surges Past 5.28 Million ETH as Company Nears 5% Supply Target<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitmines-ethereum-hoard-surges-past-5-28-million-eth-as-company-nears-5-supply-target\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced that its Ethereum holdings have risen to 5.28 million ETH. 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