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SharpLink Gaming Jumps 26% as Ether Treasury Tops 200K ETH
The company introduced a new metric, ETH Concentration, that measures the number of ETH held per 1,000 diluted shares outstanding.
Jul 8, 2025, 2:29 p.m.
What to know:
- SharpLink Gaming's shares surged as much as 26% after the company announced the purchase of an additional 7,689 ether (ETH) for its treasury.
- The move brings its total holdings to 205,634 ETH, valued at around $533 million.
- The Minneapolis-based online gaming firm spent $19.2 million on the purchase and plans to use a $64 million share sale to buy more ETH, with all of its ETH holdings currently staked or restaked to earn yield.
Shares of SharpLink Gaming (SBET) surged after the online gaming firm said it snapped up another 7,689 ether for its corporate treasury.
The move, part of its strategy to make the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap the backbone of its corporate treasury, lifted its total holdings to 205,634 ETH, the company said.
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The Minneapolis-based online gaming firm spent roughly $19.2 million on the latest purchase, paying an average of $2,501 per coin. ETH is at the time of writing trading at $2,591.
The shares climbed as much as 26% to $15.93, the highest since they hit $37.18 on June 12, before dropping back to trade recently around $14.55.
SharpLink Gaming also said it raised $64 million last week through an at-the-market share sale, with $37.2 million of that earmarked for buying more ETH in the coming days.
All of the company’s ETH holdings are staked or restaked in protocols meant to earn yield, it said. To date, the company has collected 322 ETH, around $2.1 million, in staking rewards since starting the effort on June 2.
To help shareholders track how deeply the company’s finances are tied to crypto, SharpLink rolled out a new metric called ETH Concentration. It measures the number of ETH held for every 1,000 diluted shares outstanding.
That figure has grown to 2.37 ETH from 2.00 in three weeks, according to the company.
Other companies have also seen their shares soar after moving forward with ether treasuries. On Monday, Bit Digital (BTBT) surged 18% after it said it swapped its BTC stack for ETH.
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