Tom Lee’s Bitmine (BMNR) buys 76,881 ETH as preferred equity sale fuels expansion

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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum-focused treasury company, continued its purchase streak after raising fresh capital through a preferred stock sale.

The firm acquired 76,881 ether (ETH) over the past week, worth roughly $136 million based on ETH’s current price, lifting Bitmine’s treasury to 5.62 million ETH.

The company also held 204 bitcoin, $502 million in cash and marketable securities and stakes in Beast Industries and Eightco Holdings, bringing total crypto, cash and investment holdings to $10.4 billion.

The latest purchase was smaller than the previous week’s 126,971 ETH acquisition, its largest weekly haul of 2026. Still, it suggests the company remains committed to accumulating ETH despite Lee’s comments last month about slowing purchases as the firm neared its goal of owning 5% of Ethereum’s supply.

“We are maintaining a somewhat elevated pace of buying as we believe this pullback in ETH prices does not reflect the strengthening of Ethereum fundamentals,” Bitmine Chairman Thomas Lee said.

Bitmine’s preferred equity debut

The purchase comes on the heels of raising $274 million by issuing preferred equity that offers 9.5% annualized dividend. The move resembles financing tools pioneered by bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR), which have increasingly turned to preferred equity and other yield-bearing securities to fund crypto purchases.

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