Ethereum
Bitmine and Crypto Equities Slide as Ethereum Buying Programme Nears End
Bitmine shares fell 7% after Chairman Tom Lee announced the company is halting its regular Ethereum purchases.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies saw its shares decline 7% to $24.49 after Chairman Tom Lee announced the impending end of the company's weekly Ethereum accumulation programme. Speaking at a conference in Singapore, Lee stated that Bitmine will halt purchases once its balance sheet reaches 5% of Ethereum's circulating supply, a target the firm is currently approaching.
Bitmine accumulated 6,016,414 Ether—representing 4.9% of the circulating supply—over roughly a year, reaching its objective well ahead of an initial five-year timeline. Lee noted that the company may sell staking rewards to avoid exceeding the 5% threshold, ending one of the token's most steady sources of spot demand.
The announcement weighed across related assets. Sharplink dropped 5% to $8.99, Strategy fell 5% to $155.79, and the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF slipped 4% to $58.24. In comparison, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust slipped 0.3% to $776.84, highlighting selling focused predominantly on crypto-linked equities.
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