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SharpLink Posts $394.3 Million Q2 Loss While Staking Revenue Rises

Non-cash fair-value write-downs drove the loss and leave the company’s large ETH holdings intact.

Overview

  • SharpLink reported a $394.3 million net loss for Q2 2026 driven mainly by a $321 million unrealized ETH loss and $76.1 million in write-downs to liquid staking tokens.
  • Ethereum staking produced $11.2 million of the company’s $11.5 million revenue for the quarter, making staking the company’s dominant and recurring income source.
  • The firm held roughly 886,000–889,000 ETH and ETH equivalents after using part of a $75 million June share sale to buy about 10,000 ETH and continuing share repurchases.
  • SharpLink said the charges were non-cash items that did not reduce token balances and reported modest operational cash use with about $56.2 million in cash on hand at quarter end.
  • The results underline how U.S. GAAP fair-value rules can turn volatile ETH prices into large paper losses and leave SharpLink exposed to ETH price moves and potential changes to Ethereum staking policy.