{"id":123707,"date":"2025-12-30T10:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=123707"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:12:37","slug":"tom-lees-bitmine-aggressively-adds-44k-ethereum-now-controls-3-4-of-total-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=123707","title":{"rendered":"Tom Lee\u2019s BitMine Aggressively Adds 44k Ethereum, Now Controls 3.4% of Total Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name one single good thing that Ethereum does. *crickets*.\u00a0<\/strong>Well, regardless that hasn\u2019t stopped the Ethereum Grayscale price from some positive news heading into 2026.<\/p>\n

Bitmine Immersion Technologies<\/a> is swallowing the <\/p>\n

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\t\u00a0 supply whole. Ahead of its January 2026 annual meeting, the firm revealed $13.2 Bn in assets, anchored by a 4.11 Mn ETH position that now represents more than 3% of global ether supply.<\/p>\n

\u201cYear-end tax-loss related selling is pushing down crypto and crypto equity prices, and this effect tends to be greatest from 12\/26 to 12\/30,\u201d said Tom Lee.<\/p>\n

At this pace, Bitmine is reshaping itsownership map for ETH<\/a> and has even bigger plans for 2026. Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n

Ethereum Grayscale Price Crashing? Tom Lee Says Don\u2019t Worry, Be Happy<\/h2>\n

(Source: TradingView)<\/p>\n

Bitmine has already staked 408,627 ETH, worth roughly $1.2 Bn, as it prepares to launch its Made in America Validator Network<\/a>, or MAVAN, in early 2026. Using the CESR benchmark staking rate of 2.81%, Lee estimates annual staking income north of $370 Mn once fully deployed.<\/p>\n

That is more than $1 Mn per day in protocol-native yield, before any price appreciation.<\/p>\n

DISCOVER: 20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is where Lee\u2019s strategy diverges from earlier crypto treasury companies. <\/p>\n

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\t treasuries rely on supply and scarcity narratives, while Ethereum treasuries generate income through staking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BITMINE STAKING <\/p>\n

MAVAN = Made in America Validator Network
Launching Q1 2026<\/p>\n

BitMine took their time for a reason they spent months finding 3 elite partners that met their institutional-grade criteria:<\/p>\n

1\u20e3 Safe + secure operations
2\u20e3 Strong performance & yield generation\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/j7RusTb0rA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BMNR Bullz (@BMNRBullz) November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n

CoinGecko data<\/a> places ETH near $2,950 as of late December, down sharply from November highs but still supported by strong on-chain activity.<\/p>\n

Glassnode metrics show staking participation near all-time highs, reinforcing ETH\u2019s transition from speculative asset to productive capital. Meanwhile, FRED data<\/a> confirms that real yields remain volatile heading into 2026, keeping demand strong for alternative yield sources outside traditional credit.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s direction for his ETH treasury will culminate during Bitmine\u2019s Annual Stockholder Meeting at the Wynn Las Vegas on January 15, 2026.<\/p>\n

DISCOVER:\u00a0<\/span>Next 1000X Crypto: 10+ Crypto Tokens That Can Hit 1000x in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Institutions Are Paying Attention to ETH Heading Into 2026, Should You?<\/h2>\n

Bitmine\u2019s investor roster reads like a who\u2019s who of crypto capital, including ARK Invest, Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, and Digital Currency Group. It\u2019s all the cool kids in crypto\u2026 except for 99Bitcoins, of course.<\/p>\n

All of this support matters as regulatory clarity improves under the GENIUS Act<\/a> and the SEC\u2019s Project Crypto, which Lee compared to the 1971 end of Bretton Woods in terms of long-term market impact.<\/p>\n

If Ethereum becomes the yield-bearing base layer for global finance, owning 5% of its supply might be a genius move for Lee. But if ETH keeps trading the way it is now, he\u2019ll look like the next Enron CEO.<\/p>\n

EXPLORE: Seeking a Career Change? Become a Bitcoin Bounty Hunter in Fordow, Iran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n

Bitmine has already staked 408,627 ETH, worth roughly $1.2 Bn, as it prepares to launch its Made in America Validator Network <\/p>\n

CoinGecko data places ether near $2,950 as of late December, down sharply from November highs. <\/p><\/div>\n

The post Tom Lee\u2019s BitMine Aggressively Adds 44k Ethereum, Now Controls 3.4% of Total Supply<\/a> appeared first on 99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name one single good thing that Ethereum does. *crickets*.\u00a0Well, regardless that hasn\u2019t stopped the Ethereum Grayscale price from some positive news heading into 2026. Bitmine Immersion Technologies is swallowing the Ethereum ETH $2,981.01 2.90% Ethereum ETH Price $2,981.01 2.90% \/24h Volume in 24h $18.37B <!– ? –> Price 7d Learn more \u00a0 supply whole. Ahead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}