Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) resumed share buybacks after a roughly 10-week pause, purchasing 2.04 million shares at an average price of $22.48 for about $45.9 million last week. Chairman Tom Lee argued that crypto has held up better than AI-related stocks during the pullback: ETH has fallen 13% from its recent peak, while US semiconductors ($SOXX) are down 20% over the same period. Bitmine also bought 10,452 ETH worth about $24.5 million, slower than the 12,535 ETH purchased the previous week, bringing holdings to 6,051,933 ETH, or about 4.95% of Ethereum's 122.2 million token supply. The company has staked about 5.23 million ETH, or 86% of its holdings, projecting roughly $318 million in annualized staking revenue at current yields. Total buybacks this year reached 22.9 million shares, worth nearly $400 million.
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| Close on 10/25/2026 | 2,329.87 |
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