NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 5, 2026 — Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) ("Bitmine" or the "Company"), 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 & marketable securities, and "moonshot" investments total $17.4 billion.

As of October 4, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. ET, the Company's crypto holdings comprised 6,016,414 ETH at $2,726 per ETH (per Coinbase, NASDAQ: COIN), 214 Bitcoin (BTC), a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, and a $117 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) — together classified as "moonshots" — alongside total cash & marketable securities of $643 million. The disclosure therefore combines digital assets, cash and marketable securities, and strategic equity investments in its reported total.

Bitmine's ETH position now represents 4.9% of the total ETH supply of 122.1 million, placing the Company 99% of the way toward its "Alchemy of 5%" objective in just 15 months.

The update also confirmed that Bitmine holds 5,067,309 staked ETH, representing $13.8 billion at $2,726 per ETH, with MAVAN (the Made in America VAlidator Network) serving as a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR and institutional investors. The staked balance accounts for most of the Company's reported ETH holdings, while the related yield and revenue figures remain subject to the assumptions and risks described later in the announcement.

The Company also highlighted several corporate milestones: Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026, and its Series A Preferred Stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP. Among its "moonshot" positions, Bitmine owns $117 million of Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS), now one of the only publicly listed equities in the world to provide investors indirect exposure to OpenAI.

Bitmine remains supported by a premier 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.

Lee: BMNR Outperformed ETH Through the 2025-2026 Bear Market

"We believe that as crypto enters a cycle we view as a bull market, what is notable is Bitmine's share price outperformance of ETH during the bear market of 2025-2026. In the first 9 months of 2026, ETH declined 10% while BMNR was down by 3%, or outperformance of 731bp," stated Thomas "Tom" Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.

"In our view, BMNR's share performance reflects the Company's commitment to optimize shareholder return. And we accomplished this via many actions including executing the largest ever crypto treasury equity buyback, acquiring 21 million shares in 2026 alone," continued Lee.

Lee also pointed to Ethereum's strength against broader markets during the third quarter. "The outperformance of ETH by 6,832bp relative to the S&P 500 in 3Q26 is notable considering the substantial macro headwinds that emerged in the quarter including a 'hawkish' Fed, surging oil, rise in global bond yields and general tightening of financial conditions. Quarter to date, ETH is outperforming by 6,832bp, dwarfing other macro assets," stated Lee.

Weekly Purchases and Upcoming Keynote

"Over the past week, we acquired 15,112 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," stated Lee.

Tom Lee will also deliver the keynote at Token2049 on October 7, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The 20-minute keynote is part of Token2049, the world's largest crypto conference. Additional information is available on the Token2049 website.

Bitmine will release its latest Chairman's Message for October 2026 this week, titled "Crypto bull underway — this cycle likely the largest." The Chairman's Message is available at

Staking Operations Through MAVAN

Earlier in 2026, Bitmine launched MAVAN (the Made in America VAlidator Network), an institutional-grade staking platform. While MAVAN was originally developed to support Bitmine's own Ethereum treasury, it 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 MAVAN platform.

As of October 4, 2026, Bitmine's total staked ETH stood at 5,067,309, representing $13.8 billion at $2,726 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 $431 million on an annualized basis (using 2.63% 7-day BMNR yield)," stated Lee.

"Annualized staking revenues are now projected at $363 million. And this 5.1 million ETH is 84% of the 6.02 million ETH held by Bitmine. Bitmine's own staking operations generated a 7-day yield of 2.63% (annualized)," continued Lee.

Among the Most Widely Traded US Stocks

Bitmine is one of the most widely traded stocks in the US. According to data from Fundstrat, drawing on statista.com and Fundstrat research, the stock has traded an average daily dollar volume of $827 million (5-day average, as of October 2, 2026), ranking #125 in the US, behind Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (rank #124) and ahead of Schlumberger NV (rank #126), among 5,704 US-listed stocks.

Bitmine's crypto holdings rank as the #1 Ethereum treasury and the #2 global treasury, behind Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), which reportedly owns 847,666 BTC valued at approximately $78 billion. Bitmine remains the largest ETH treasury in the world.

Bitmine management believes the GENIUS Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Project Crypto are as transformational to financial services in 2026 as the US action on August 15, 1971, which ended the Bretton Woods system and took the US dollar off the gold standard 55 years ago. In management's view, that 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 — businesses that proved to be better investments than gold.

The 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. Since2025, 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 the Company on X at https://x.com/bitmnr and https://x.com/fundstrat.

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement 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," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "view," or similar expressions. Specifically, the release contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company's goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the "Alchemy of 5%" initiative); (ii) the Company's digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions and the Company's status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company's staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $431 million at scale and currently projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $363 million; (iv) MAVAN's expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners; (v) management's beliefs regarding crypto market conditions and share price outperformance relative to ETH; (vi) ETH's relative performance versus the S&P 500 and other macro assets; (vii) management's belief that the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto are transformational to financial services; and (viii) statements regarding the value of the Company's crypto, cash, marketable securities, and "moonshot" holdings.

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; the Company's reliance on third-party pricing sources and reported market values, which may fluctuate materially; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and volume of the Company's securities; the Company's ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the "Alchemy of 5%" goal; the Company's ability to finance its business 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 yields, rewards, and revenues differ materially from projected amounts; competition in the digital asset treasury, staking, and mining industries; the Company's dependence on key personnel; regulatory developments affecting digital assets, blockchain technology, and staking activities, including the ultimate enactment, implementation, and interpretation of the GENIUS Act and other pending legislation; actions by the SEC, CFTC, and other regulatory bodies; risks related to the Company's "moonshot" investments, including in Eightco Holdings and Beast Industries; macroeconomic factors, including inflation, interest rates, and general economic conditions; changes to the Ethereum protocol; the performance of third-party service providers, exchanges, custodians, and staking partners; and the other risk factors described in the Company's filings with the SEC.

The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are based on information available to management as of the date of the release and reflect management's current expectations, estimates, and beliefs concerning future events. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied based on the factors 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 at www.sec.gov and 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 to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.