In brief

  • Bitcoin miner BitMine this month raised $250 million through a private placement to buy ETH.
  • Its shares briefly shot up in value Monday as it crossed $500 million in Ethereum holdings.
  • The firm previously said the Ethereum blockchain has value due to what is being used upon it—namely stablecoins.

The price of Bitcoin miner BitMine Immersion Technologies jumped on Monday after the NYSE-listed company, which in late June announced a private placement to add to its Ethereum treasury, surpassed $500 million in ETH holdings through its latest purchases of the asset. But by the end of the day, most of the gains had evaporated.

BitMine (BMNR) stock spiked to a daily peak of $59.00—a 45% surge over the Friday closing price of $40.62. But by the end of a highly volatile day, the stock price had fallen to $41.02, barely 1% up on the day. And the falling price of ETH put the value of its stockpile under $500 million by that point, as well.

The company’s stock price has ranged wildly over the past month amid the start of its ETH treasury strategy, wi

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Author: Mathew Di Salvo

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