Cryptocurrency13 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Bitmine's Tom Lee calls ether 'the wartime store of value' as holdings hit 4.87…

The company now holds 4.04% of all ether in existence and currently earns $212 million in annualized revenue from staking. Bitmine Immersion Technologies now h…

The company now holds 4.04% of all ether in existence and currently earns $212 million in annualized revenue from staking. Bitmine Immersion Technologies now holds 4.87 million ether worth $10.7 billion, putting it 81 percent of the way to its goal of owning 5 percent of all ETH and making it the largest corporate ether treasury in the world. Chairman Tom Lee called ether "the wartime store of value," noting that ETH has gained 17.4 percent since the Iran war began, sharply outperforming the S&…

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