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Tom Lee, Chairman of the Ethereum treasury company BitMine, stated that the significant decline in the South Korean stock market may be transmitting to the cryptocurrency market.He mentioned the forced liquidation of margins on the brokerage side and pointed out that South Korean investors are an important holding group for crypto assets. He described this impact as short-term pain.

According to PRNewswire, Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed an increase of 12,532 ETH last week. Currently, the company's cryptocurrency holdings include 6,028,946 ETH, 214 BTC, equity in Eightco Holdings worth 85 million yuan, and shares in Beast Industries valued at 180 million dollars.Currently, Bitmine has staked 5,067,309 ETH (worth approximately 12.9 billion dollars).

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market disclosed the latest developments in digital asset treasury allocation and comprehensive business transformation, with the core information as follows:Genius Group resumes Bitcoin allocation, purchasing 10 BTC: Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Genius Group announced in an official statement that the company has officially resumed its Bitcoin purchasing plan. This week, it has purchased 10 Bitcoins in the open market at an average buying price of $85,364. The company explained that previous purchasing activities were restricted by an initial injunction, which was officially lifted by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on August 31, clearing legal obstacles for the company to continue advancing its Bitcoin treasury strategy.BitMine invests approximately $33.65 million to increase holdings of 12,500 ETH: Tom Lee's publicly listed mining company BitMine disclosed its latest trading records, stating that the company again increased its holdings of 12,500 Ethereum (ETH) through institutional custodian BitGo on Wednesday. Based on the price at the time of purchase, the total value of this increase is approximately $33.65 million, maintaining its high-frequency net buying rhythm in Ethereum spot.Universal Safety Products plans to rename to "DeFi Capital Markets," fully transitioning to blockchain finance: U.S. publicly listed company Universal Safety Products (NYSE: $UUU) officially announced that it will be renamed to DeFi Capital Markets on October 19 and will trade under the new stock code "DCM." The company stated that it will gradually shut down and divest its existing traditional physical product business, fully shifting its strategic focus to real-world asset tokenization (RWA), digital asset operations, market-making services, quantitative trading, and blockchain financial market infrastructure construction.

Tom Lee, Chairman of the Ethereum vault company Bitmine, stated on Wednesday at TOKEN2049 in Singapore that the company will stop buying once its holdings reach 5% of the circulating supply of ETH, and he emphasized that it should stop now. He mentioned that buying approximately 100,000 more ETH would reach this ratio, which he initially thought would take five years but actually took just over a year, and it was completed during a bear market.Bitmine updated on Monday that it purchased approximately 41 million dollars worth of ETH last week, increasing its holdings to 6,016,414 coins, which accounted for about 4.9% of the then circulating supply of 122.1 million coins. Based on Wednesday's price of about 2,580 dollars, the holdings are valued at approximately 15.5 billion dollars. The company's cash and securities amount to about 643 million dollars, which is more than twice the amount needed to reach the 5% threshold at that time.Since launching its Ethereum vault strategy in June 2025, Bitmine has been buying ETH weekly. At the pace of last week's purchases, it would take about six to seven more weeks to buy approximately 100,000 more coins. CoinDesk cited DropsTab data stating that the unrealized losses on the related holdings are about 4.5 billion dollars. At that time, ETH was approximately 2,571.64 dollars, having dropped about 5% in the past 24 hours, marking the weakest performance since September 20; Bitcoin was around 83,500 dollars, and BMNR closed at about 26.20 dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMine (0xE0cd...e22) purchased and received 12,500 ETH from BitGo, worth 33.65 million USD.BitMine currently holds 4.9% of the total supply of ETH, close to its "Alchemy of 5%" target.

According to PRNewswire, Tom Lee, Chairman of the Ethereum treasury company Bitmine, stated that as the cryptocurrency market enters what he believes to be a bull market cycle, the performance of Bitmine (BMNR) stock price during the bear market period from 2025 to 2026 is noteworthy compared to Ethereum (ETH).In the first nine months of 2026, the ETH price fell by 10%, while BMNR only dropped by 3%, achieving a relative outperformance of approximately 731 basis points (7.31 percentage points). The stock price performance of BMNR reflects the company's commitment to continuously optimizing shareholder returns, which includes executing the largest corporate treasury stock buyback program in the cryptocurrency industry, repurchasing 21 million shares in 2026 alone.Additionally, Tom Lee pointed out that from the third quarter of 2026 to the present, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 index by 6832 basis points. Despite macro pressures such as a hawkish stance from the Federal Reserve, rising oil prices, increasing global bond yields, and tightening financial conditions, ETH has still demonstrated strong performance, leading other major macro assets.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) announced that as of October 4, 2026, the company holds 6,016,414 ETH (valued at $2,726 each, approximately $16.4 billion), accounting for 4.9% of the total supply of Ethereum (122.1 million), just 1% away from the "5% Alchemy" target.The company's total crypto assets + cash and tradable securities + "Moonshots" investments amount to $17.4 billion, which includes:ETH: 6,016,414BTC: 214Cash and tradable securities: $643 millionBeast Industries equity: $180 millionEightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) equity: $117 millionCurrently, 5,067,309 ETH (approximately $13.8 billion) has been staked, operated through the self-developed institutional-grade staking platform MAVAN, with a 7-day annualized yield of 2.63%, and an expected annualized staking yield of approximately $363 million, which could reach $431 million when fully staked.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that Ethereum DAT currently holds 7% of the ETH supply, and this proportion may rise to 15% during this cycle.

According to The Block, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated at the 2026 Korea Blockchain Week that the upcoming bull market could become the largest cycle to date.

According to BBX data, yesterday global US and European listed companies disclosed the latest official accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and secondary market increases, with the core updates as follows:BitMine's Ethereum holdings surpassed the milestone of 6 million coins, with total assets reaching 17.2 billion USD: Nasdaq-listed mining company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by 17,362 Ethereum last week, pushing its total ETH holdings to a historic high of over 6 million coins. As of September 27, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 6,001,302 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply). Since launching its ETH treasury strategy on June 30, 2025, the company has achieved continuous weekly increases in less than 15 months. Currently, the total value of cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investments held by BitMine is approximately 17.2 billion USD (including 672 million USD in cash and securities, 213 BTC, 180 million USD in Beast Industries equity, and a 115 million USD investment in Eightco Holdings). The staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 coins (84% of total holdings), corresponding to a value of approximately 13.7 billion USD, with an annualized staking yield of about 358 million USD.Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) spent 142.7 million USD to buy 1,665 BTC, holding a total of 847,000 coins: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company purchased 1,665 Bitcoin at an average price of approximately 85,681 USD from September 21 to 27, totaling about 142.7 million USD. During the same period, the company sold 1,469,200 shares of MSTR common stock through its ATM program, raising approximately 246.2 million USD (of which 142.7 million USD was used to purchase Bitcoin and 103.5 million USD for repurchasing STRC preferred stock); additionally, it used 151.7 million USD to repurchase 1,534,500 shares of STRC preferred stock (including 103.5 million USD from ATM fundraising and 48.1 million USD in USD cash), leaving a remaining repurchase capacity of approximately 723.5 million USD. As of September 27, Strategy has accumulated 847,666 Bitcoin (with a total holding cost of approximately 63.95 billion USD, at an average price of approximately 75,437 USD), with a USD Reserve balance of 5.02 billion USD and a USD Cash balance of 1 billion USD.Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) increased its holdings by 1,107 Bitcoin, raising total holdings to 27,462 coins: According to the 8-K filing submitted to the SEC, Strive purchased 1,107 Bitcoin at an average price of approximately 85,396 USD from September 21 to 25. As of September 25, Strive's total Bitcoin holdings reached 27,462 BTC. Additionally, its balance sheet holds 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately 49.76 million USD) and approximately 248.8 million USD in cash reserves.DeFi Development Corp (NASDAQ: $DFDV) increased its holdings by over 47,000 SOL, surpassing 2.53 million coins: According to documents submitted to the SEC, Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp increased its holdings by 47,706 SOL and SOL equivalents from September 21 to 25. As of September 25, its total holdings reached 2,538,010 coins, representing a week-on-week growth of approximately 2%, continuously generating yield and liquidity deployment on-chain through staking and validating node networks.Capital B completed ATM fundraising, spending 970,000 Euros to increase holdings by 13 BTC: French Bitcoin treasury listed company Capital B (Euronext: $ALCAP) announced that it completed fundraising through an ATM equity financing plan signed with the well-known asset management firm TOBAM at a price of 5.68 Euros per share (approximately 6.44 USD), raising approximately 980,000 Euros (about 1.11 million USD). The company subsequently used approximately 970,000 Euros (about 1.1 million USD) in full to increase its holdings by 13 Bitcoin in the secondary market.

According to PR Newswire, Ethereum treasury company BitMine increased its holdings by 17,362 Ethereum last week, with total ETH holdings surpassing 6 million for the first time. As of September 27, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 6,001,302, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply, with uninterrupted weekly increases since the launch of the ETH treasury strategy on June 30, 2025, in less than 15 months.Currently, the total value of cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $17.2 billion, which includes $672 million in cash and securities, 213 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $115 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). In addition, the number of staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 (84% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.7 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $358 million.Tom Lee stated in the company's weekly report that so far in the third quarter, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 6,728 basis points, making it the best macro asset globally; he believes that the crypto bull market began in late June, and institutions are currently underweight in crypto assets, expecting to significantly increase their holdings in the last few months of 2026. Additionally, Lee will deliver a keynote speech at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) on September 30.

Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, stated that artificial intelligence and the cryptocurrency industry are gradually merging, with tokenization and AI agents likely becoming the two main driving forces of the next cryptocurrency market cycle.Tom Lee mentioned that BlackRock expects more assets to be tokenized, and financial settlement infrastructure is increasingly being built on cryptocurrency networks. Some fintech companies, such as Revolut, have already begun to build related businesses based on Ethereum. He also stated that AI is driving the formation of the digital economy, while cryptocurrencies provide the digital currency and blockchain infrastructure needed to support this economic system.

Tom Lee, the chairman of the Ethereum treasury company BitMine, stated that cryptocurrency concept stocks have led the way in the third quarter, viewing this as a signal for the start of a bull market. This cycle is different from the past ones driven by ICOs, NFTs, meme coins, and stablecoins, as it now includes tokenization, AI, and a more favorable regulatory environment, with broader participation in funding.After years of consolidation, the market may welcome a clearer breakthrough, with upward potential possibly exceeding previous cycles. Tom Lee also expressed optimism for Ethereum, believing it will strengthen due to Wall Street's tokenization implementation, and thinks ETH has a chance to challenge its previous high within the year.

According to BBX data, last week, publicly listed companies in the US and Hong Kong disclosed the latest official accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and secondary market increases. The core updates are as follows:Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) used cash to increase its holdings by 950 BTC, bringing the total to 846,000: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company utilized its own USD cash reserves to purchase 950 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $79,670 from September 14 to 20, 2026, totaling about $75.7 million. During the same period, the company did not sell any shares through its ATM program and spent $174 million to repurchase 1.7712 million shares of STRC preferred stock. As of September 20, Strategy held a total of 846,000 bitcoins (with a total holding cost of approximately $63.8 billion, at an average price of about $75,416); its USD reserve balance was $5.04 billion, and USD cash balance was $1.05 billion.Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) increased its holdings by 1,355 bitcoins, surpassing 26,000: According to the 8-K filing submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 1,355 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $79,475 from September 14 to 18. As of September 18, Strive's total bitcoin holdings rose to 26,355 BTC. Additionally, its balance sheet also held 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (with a fair value of approximately $49.75 million) and about $229.6 million in cash reserves.BitMine increased its holdings by 27,000 ETH last week, with total holdings valued at $17.1 billion: Nasdaq-listed mining company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by 27,562 Ethereum in the secondary market last week. As of September 20, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,983,940 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply of Ethereum). Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and investment assets held by the company is approximately $17.1 billion (including $714 million in cash and securities, 212 BTC, $180 million in Beast Industries equity, and $105 million in Eightco investments). The number of staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.6 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $357 million.DeFi Development Corp (NASDAQ: $DFDV) significantly increased its holdings by over 100,000 SOL: According to documents submitted to the SEC, Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp increased its holdings by 101,381 SOL and SOL equivalents from September 14 to 18. As of September 18, its total holdings reached 2,490,304, a week-on-week increase of about 4%. The company stated that the SOL held in the treasury will be comprehensively deployed through on-chain staking, operating validation nodes, and decentralized treasury infrastructure.Boyaa Interactive (00434.HK) spent over $11.5 million to increase its holdings by 152 BTC: Hong Kong-listed gaming company Boyaa Interactive announced that it used idle cash reserves generated from its daily operations to purchase 152 bitcoins at an average price of $75,899, totaling approximately $11.56 million (about HKD 90.63 million). As of the announcement date, Boyaa Interactive's balance sheet held a total of 4,468 bitcoins, with an average holding cost of approximately $68,543.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMine today accumulated and withdrew 12,500 ETH from Kraken, worth approximately 34.56 million USD; three weeks ago, BitMine also accumulated and purchased 20,000 ETH from Kraken, worth approximately 48.89 million USD.

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 27,562 Ethereum last week. As of September 20, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,983,940, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $17.1 billion, which includes $714 million in cash and securities, 212 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $105 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, the amount of Ethereum it has staked remains at 5,067,309 (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.6 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $357 million.Furthermore, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated in the company's weekly report that the crypto bull market began in late June 2026, driven by factors including the rotation of funds from AI stocks to crypto assets, the continued strengthening of crypto fundamentals centered around tokenization and AI, and the four-year cycle hitting bottom. So far in the third quarter, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 6,519 basis points, making it the best macro asset globally.Lee believes that ETH's significant outperformance in the third quarter is a prelude to a stronger upward trend in the fourth quarter; due to institutions being underweight in crypto assets influenced by the performance of AI stocks in the first half of 2026, a significant increase in allocation is expected in the fourth quarter, which may bring additional upside to the gains since June 30. Additionally, Lee will deliver a keynote speech at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) on September 30.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, globally listed companies disclosed their latest official accounts regarding the allocation of crypto assets and leverage expansion strategies. The core dynamics are as follows:Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) purchased 469 BTC, achieving a total holding milestone of 25,000 coins: According to an 8-K document submitted by Strive to the U.S. SEC, the company bought 469 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $77,954 between September 8 and 11, 2026. As of September 11, Strive's cumulative bitcoin holdings officially reached 25,000 BTC. In addition, its balance sheet also holds 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately $49.81 million) and ample cash of $204.2 million.DeFi Development Corp (NASDAQ: $DFDV) increased its holdings by over 55,000 SOL and launched a $300 million preferred stock ATM plan: Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp announced that its total SOL holdings increased by 55,491 coins since August 27, and it currently holds approximately 2.3889 million SOL and SOL equivalents (an increase of about 2%). At the same time, the company announced the establishment of a variable rate Series C perpetual preferred stock (code: CHAD) ATM (At-the-Market) plan with a cap of $300 million, with R.F. Lafferty & Co. serving as the exclusive sales agent, and the issue price is expected to be no less than $10 per share par value. The company clearly stated that the net proceeds will mainly be used for further increasing SOL holdings, but the establishment of this plan does not represent an immediate start of financing, and the company currently has no obligation to sell any shares.BitMine increased its holdings by over 27,000 ETH last week, with total holdings exceeding $15.8 billion: Listed mining company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by 27,180 Ethereum in the secondary market last week. As of September 13, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,956,378 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply of Ethereum in the network). Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by the company is as high as $15.8 billion (including $549 million in cash and securities, 212 bitcoins, $180 million in Beast Industries equity, and a $98 million investment in Eightco Holdings). Among them, the staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 coins (accounting for 85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $12.7 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $334 million.Capital B increased its holdings by 4 bitcoins: French crypto treasury listed company Capital B officially disclosed that it recently slightly increased its holdings by 4 bitcoins in the secondary market. After this operation, its total bitcoin holdings have risen to 3,525 BTC.

Cryptocurrency asset company Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced last week that it has increased its holdings by 27,180 ETH, bringing its total ETH holdings to over 5.95 million, valued at approximately $1.54 billion, accounting for about 4.9% of the circulating supply of Ethereum. Including cash and other cryptocurrency assets, the company's total holdings amount to approximately $15.8 billion.Bitmine stated that currently over 5.06 million ETH are staked, and based on the current yield, it is expected to generate approximately $334 million in staking income annually, with about 85% of its ETH holdings used for staking. In comparison, the staking ratio for Grayscale Ethereum Staked ETF (ETHE) is 84.6%. Since BTC does not generate native staking income, this strategy has advantages over treasury companies holding Bitcoin. On Monday, Bitmine's stock price remained flat, around $25, having risen nearly 38% over the past month.Meanwhile, Michael Saylor's Strategy has not purchased Bitcoin for the second consecutive week, instead opting to repurchase its STRC preferred shares. Between September 8 and 13, Strategy spent $139.3 million to repurchase approximately 1.42 million shares of STRC, following a previous week where it repurchased $176.3 million worth of STRC. As of September 13, Strategy's Bitcoin holdings remained unchanged at 845,050 coins.

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 27,180 Ethereum last week. As of September 13, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,956,378, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $15.8 billion, which includes $549 million in cash and securities, 212 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $98 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS).In addition, the amount of Ethereum it has staked remains at 5,067,309 (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $12.7 billion, with a current annual staking yield of about $334 million.