NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 28, 2026 — Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), a Bitcoin and Ethereum network company focused on the accumulation of crypto for long-term investment, today announced that its combined crypto holdings, total cash and marketable securities, and "moonshot" investments total $17.2 billion, with Ether holdings climbing above 6 million tokens.

As of September 27, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. ET, the company's crypto holdings comprised 6,001,302 ETH valued at $2,698 per ETH (per Coinbase, NASDAQ: COIN), 213 Bitcoin (BTC), a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, and a $115 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) — collectively referred to as "moonshots" — along with total cash and marketable securities of $672 million. Bitmine's ETH position now represents 4.9% of the total ETH supply of 122.1 million tokens. The milestone is also a measure of how far the corporate crypto treasury model — publicly listed companies holding digital assets as long-term reserves — has scaled in Ethereum since Bitmine launched its ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025.

The company said it is 98% of the way toward its "Alchemy of 5%" goal — acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply — just 15 months into the strategy. Based on the reported supply of 122.1 million tokens, the remaining distance to a full 5% works out to roughly 104,000 ETH.

"Bitmine's total ETH holdings now exceed 6 million. This is a tremendous achievement, accumulating this total in under 15 months. We are already seeing the synergies and positive network effects from our accumulating nearly 5% of ETH total supply," stated Thomas "Tom" Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.

Lee also pointed to broader market conditions. "Moreover, we continue to see affirming signs that a crypto bull market is underway, having started in late June. In our view, institutions are still underweight crypto and we expect them to be adding to their exposure in the final months of 2026. With only a little more than a week left in calendar third quarter (3Q26), the outperformance of Ethereum as a macro asset continues to strengthen. For the calendar quarter to date, ETH is outperforming by 6,728bp, dwarfing other macro assets," he stated.

The company noted that ETH has been the best-performing macro asset in the third quarter of 2026 to date, outperforming the S&P 500 by 6,728 basis points — a gap of roughly 67 percentage points.

Keynote at Korea Blockchain Week

Tom Lee is scheduled to deliver a keynote at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 on September 30 at 11:20 a.m. KST at Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts in Seoul. The 25-minute presentation is part of Korea Blockchain Week, one of Asia's leading blockchain and digital asset conferences. Additional information is available on the Korea Blockchain Week website. The appearance falls on the final day of the calendar third quarter, giving investors a scheduled opportunity to hear from the chairman of the world's largest Ethereum treasury as the quarter's performance figures are finalized.

Consistent Weekly Accumulation

"Over the past week, we acquired 17,362 ETH. Bitmine's track record of consistent buying of crypto is unmatched by any public company in the world. Bitmine has bought ETH each and every week since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025," Lee stated. Those weekly purchase updates have functioned as the company's running progress report toward the 5% goal.

On July 16, 2026, Bitmine released its latest Chairman's Message for July 2026, titled "ETH is the cure for the Uncanny Valley of Wealth." The message is available at

MAVAN Staking Platform

Earlier in 2026, Bitmine launched MAVAN (the Made in America VAlidator Network), an institutional-grade staking platform. Originally developed to support Bitmine's own Ethereum treasury, MAVAN has expanded to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure. A portion of Bitmine's ETH is already staked on the platform, which the company describes as a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors. Staking is the process of committing ETH to help validate transactions and secure the Ethereum network, with rewards paid in the token — the mechanism that lets large holders generate yield on treasury assets.

As of September 27, 2026, Bitmine's total staked ETH stood at 5,067,309 tokens, representing $13.7 billion at $2,698 per ETH.

"Bitmine has staked more ETH than other entities in the world. At scale (when Bitmine's ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners), the projected ETH staking reward would be $424 million on an annualized basis (using 2.62% 7-day BMNR yield)," Lee stated. "Annualized staking revenues are now projected at $358 million. And this 5.1 million ETH is 84% of the 6.00 million ETH held by Bitmine. Bitmine's own staking operations generated a 7-day yield of 2.62% (annualized)." Because those projections are built on a trailing 7-day yield, the annualized figures move with network participation and reward rates rather than being fixed.

Trading Profile and Treasury Ranking

Bitmine is one of the most widely traded stocks in the United States. According to data from Fundstrat, the stock has traded an average daily dollar volume of $1.1 billion (5-day average, as of September 25, 2026), ranking #94 among 5,704 US-listed stocks — behind Twilio Inc. (rank #93) and ahead of Philip Morris International (rank #95) — based on statista.com and Fundstrat research.

Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 — the benchmark comprising roughly the 1,000 largest US-listed companies — and its Series A Preferred Stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP.

The company's crypto holdings rank as the #1 Ethereum treasury and the #2 global digital asset treasury, behind Strategy Inc., which reportedly owns 845,080 BTC valued at approximately $75 billion. Bitmine remains the largest ETH treasury in the world.

Regulatory Outlook

Bitmine management believes the GENIUS Act, the federal stablecoin legislation signed into law in July 2025, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Project Crypto, an initiative aimed at modernizing securities regulation for digital assets, are as transformational to financial services in 2026 as the U.S. action on August 15, 1971, which ended the Bretton Woods system and took the U.S. dollar off the gold standard 55 years ago. In management's view, the 1971 event was the catalyst for the modernization of Wall Street, creating the iconic Wall Street titans and the financial and payment rails of today — developments that ultimately proved to be better investments than gold.

Institutional Backing

Bitmine remains supported by a group of institutional investors including ARK's Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, and Galaxy Digital, along with personal investor Thomas "Tom" Lee, in support of Bitmine's goal of acquiring 5% of ETH.

The company's Fiscal Full Year 2025 earnings presentation and corporate presentation are available at

About Bitmine

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), together with its subsidiaries ("Bitmine" or the "Company"), is a blockchain technology infrastructure company operating across institutional digital asset staking and validation services, bitcoin mining, and strategic digital asset management. As the world's leading Ethereum Treasury company, it implements an innovative digital asset strategy for institutional investors and public market participants. The Company provides institutional-grade staking and validation infrastructure — through which it earns staking rewards and validation income — alongside bitcoin mining activities. Bitmine holds digital assets strategically, generating yield on those holdings to support liquidity and capital formation. Since 2025, the Company has expanded its blockchain infrastructure capabilities, including developing and deploying MAVAN, its institutional staking and validation platform. The Company's activities further include investments in early-stage blockchain opportunities ("moonshot" investments) and ancillary mining, hosting, and consulting services.

For additional details, follow Bitmine on X at https://x.com/bitmnr and Fundstrat at https://x.com/fundstrat.

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as "expects," "projects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates," "forecasts," "targets," "goals," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "view," "see," or similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology.

This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things:

• the Company's goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the "Alchemy of 5%" initiative) and statements that the Company is 98% of the way to achieving this goal in 15 months;
• the Company's digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025 and the Company's status as the largest ETH treasury in the world;
• the Company's staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $424 million at scale (assuming Bitmine's ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners using 2.62% 7-day BMNR yield) and currently projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $358 million;
• MAVAN's expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure, and its intended position as a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors;
• statements regarding ETH's performance as the best performing macro asset in Q3 2026 to date, outperforming the S&P 500 by 6,728bp;
• management's belief that institutions are still underweight crypto and the expectation of institutional investors adding to their crypto exposure in the final months of 2026;
• management's belief that a crypto bull market is underway, having started in late June;
• management's belief that the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto are as transformational to financial services in 2026 as the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 and that investments resulting therefrom will prove better than gold;
• statements regarding the Company's investments, including that its investment in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) provides investors indirect exposure to OpenAI and its $180 million stake in Beast Industries; and
• statements regarding the value of the Company's crypto, cash, marketable securities, and "moonshot" holdings, including aggregate holdings of $17.2 billion and ETH holdings representing 4.9% of the total ETH supply.

These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:

• the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin, and the speculative nature of digital asset investments;
• the risk that historical ETH price movements and relative performance versus other macro assets will not recur or are not indicative of future performance;
• the Company's reliance on third-party pricing sources (including Coinbase) and reported market values in calculating the value of its crypto, cash, marketable securities, and "moonshot" holdings, and the risk that such values fluctuate materially after the date and time referenced in this release;
• changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and trading volume of the Company's common stock and Series A Preferred Stock, and the risk that the Company's inclusion in the Russell 1000 index does not produce anticipated benefits;
• the Company's ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy, continue its record of ETH acquisitions, and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the "Alchemy of 5%" goal;
• the Company's ability to finance its business operations, Ethereum treasury operations, and MAVAN expansion;
• operational, security, and technological risks associated with the Company's staking and validation operations, including network failures, slashing events, cybersecurity breaches, and protocol changes;
• the risk that actual staking participation, yields, rewards, and revenues differ materially from the projected amounts described in this release, which are based on a 7-day yield and assume ETH is fully staked at scale;
• competition in the digital asset treasury, staking, and mining industries;
• the Company's dependence on key personnel, executive leadership;
• regulatory developments affecting digital assets, blockchain technology, and staking activities in the United States and globally, including the ultimate enactment, implementation, and interpretation of the GENIUS Act and other pending legislation and regulatory initiatives;
• actions by the SEC, CFTC, and other regulatory bodies affecting digital assets and related businesses;
• risks related to the Company's investments in early-stage blockchain opportunities ("moonshot" investments), including the investments in Eightco Holdings (including the nature and extent of any indirect exposure to OpenAI) and Beast Industries;
• macroeconomic factors, including inflation, interest rates, Federal Reserve monetary policy, labor market conditions, war risks, rising yields, and general economic conditions affecting investor sentiment toward digital assets;
• the unpredictability of cryptocurrency market cycles and the accuracy of management's expectations regarding institutional participation;
• changes to the Ethereum protocol, including staking mechanics, validator requirements, and reward structures;
• the performance of third-party service providers, exchanges, custodians, and staking partners;
• risks related to the concentration of the Company's assets in digital currencies, particularly Ethereum; and
• the other risk factors described in the Company's filings with the SEC.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on information available to management as of the date of this release and reflect management's current expectations, estimates, forecasts, projections, views, and beliefs concerning future events and circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including those described above and in the Risk Factors section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on November 21, 2025, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company's other filings with the SEC, as amended or updated from time to time. Copies of these filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the Company's website at The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Bitmine expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update, revise, or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statements are based, except as required by applicable law or regulation.