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Bitmine Pushes Ethereum Holdings Toward 5% With Fresh 42k ETH Buy

The purchases shrink liquid ETH available to traders and generate about $235 million in annual staking revenue that Bitmine says will help fund its preferred-stock dividend.

Overview

  • Last week Bitmine Immersion added 42,197 ETH to its treasury, lifting its total to roughly 5.74 million ETH, or about 4.8% of circulating supply, and the company says it is about 95% of the way to its 5% goal.
  • Bitmine has staked about 4.87–4.88 million ETH through its MAVAN validator network, which the firm projects will produce roughly $235 million in annualized staking income from validator rewards.
  • Crypto Briefing reported an additional over-the-counter tranche of about 40,000 ETH sourced from FalconX and Kraken, showing how Bitmine executes large, private buys to limit market impact.
  • The company’s June moves—Russell 1000 inclusion and a preferred-stock offering—are positioned to broaden institutional ownership of BMNR while staking revenue is cited to cover preferred dividends.
  • The strategy tightens immediate sellable ETH supply and raises concentration and liquidity risks if Bitmine were forced to liquidate, creating potential market impact that traders and regulators will watch closely.