BitMine's Ether Treasury Crosses 2.15M, Stake in Worldcoin Vehicle Rises 10-Fold
The firm's $214 million stake in Worldcoin-linked Eightco highlights its first equity "moonshot" alongside growing ETH reserves.

What to know:
- BitMine reported its crypto, cash and equity holdings reached $10.77 billion as of Sunday.
- The company added 82,233 ETH to its holdings, bringing the total to 2,151,676 ETH.
- BitMine's equity stake in Worldcoin treasury play Eightco rose to $214 million, more than 10 times its initial investment.
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the digital asset treasury company focused on Ethereum's ether
As of Sunday, the Las Vegas-based firm held 2,151,676 ETH, adding 82,233 tokens to its stash last week, according to a Monday press release. It also held $569 million in unencumbered cash. The ether is worth $9.7 billion at current prices.
Its equity stake in Worldcoin-focused Eightco (OCTO), a new crypto treasury firm centered on iris scanning project
Since the firm's pivot to ether in June, BitMine has emerged as the second-largest public corporate owner of a cryptocurrency, trailing only pioneer Strategy's $73 billion bitcoin stash.
Treasury firms have been under pressure over the past weeks with some stocks trading below the net asset value of their underlying holdings. Rival Ethereum treasury company Sharplink Gaming, for example, last week bought back equity to lift its share price.
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