Overview
- Bitmine disclosed a purchase of 52,203 ETH in a report published June 22, bringing its total holdings to about 5.67 million ETH.
- That stash equals roughly 4.7% of Ethereum’s circulating supply and puts the company about 94% of the way to its public goal of owning 5% of supply.
- The firm has staked about 4.72 million ETH through its MAVAN validator and projects annualized staking revenue near $223 million with upside to about $268 million if more ETH is staked.
- Bitmine raised roughly $273–$274 million by selling 3.5 million shares of 9.50% perpetual preferred stock (ticker BMNP) and says those proceeds plus staking income will help finance further ETH buys and pay dividends; the company reports about $601 million in cash and $10.7 billion in crypto, cash and investments on its balance sheet.
- Large, off‑exchange accumulation of ETH by a public company increases questions about unwind difficulty, dividend sustainability and the potential for amplified price moves or regulatory and investor scrutiny as Bitmine finishes its planned accumulation.