Bitmine increased its holdings by approximately 73,200 ETH last week, bringing the total holdings to 5.28 million

According to PR Newswire, the US-listed company Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) announced that its ETH holdings have increased to 5.28 million coins, with a total value of approximately $12.6 billion, accounting for 4.37% of the current total supply of 120.7 million ETH, and it has completed about 87% of its goal to "hold 5% of the ETH supply."

The announcement shows that Bitmine currently has 4.7129 million ETH staked, valued at approximately $10.3 billion based on an ETH price of $2,191. In addition to ETH, the company also holds approximately $685 million in cash and other crypto assets, and disclosed that it holds about $83 million in shares of the Nasdaq-listed company Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS), making it one of the few publicly traded companies that can indirectly provide investors with exposure to OpenAI.

Bitmine stated that Ethereum continues to benefit from two major trends: "Wall Street asset tokenization" and the growing demand for open, neutral public blockchains driven by AI systems. The company also mentioned that its MAVAN (Made in America Validator Network) is an Ethereum staking platform aimed at institutional investors, focusing on security, yield, and network resilience.

In terms of market performance, Bitmine stated that BMNR has currently become the 133rd ranked stock by trading volume in the US, with an average daily trading volume of approximately $857 million over the past five days. The company has also received support from institutions and investors such as ARK founder Cathie Wood, Founders Fund, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital, and Tom Lee.