The treasury company BitMine has raised its locked assets in the Ethereum network to 1.08 million coins, with the portfolio now exceeding $3 billion.
Source: Arkham Intelligence.The firm has sent an additional 86,400 ETH to staking through four transactions. According to Lookonchain, the company now holds $3.7 billion.
Tom Lee (@fundstrat)'s #Bitmine staked another 109,504 $ETH ($340.6M) in the past 2 hours.
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January 12, 2026
In total, #Bitmine has now staked 1,190,016 $ETH ($3.7B). https://t.co/P684j5YQaG pic.twitter.com/HHUI11YsT7
BitMine is the largest corporate holder of Ethereum, followed by SharpLink and The Ether Machine.
Top 10 largest Ethereum holders among public companies. Source: Strategic ETH Reserve.Analyst Nick Pakrin calculated that with the current yield of 2.81%, Tom Lee's company will generate an annual income of $94.4 million.
BitMine has now staked ~$3.3B worth of ETH.
— Nic (@nicrypto) January 11, 2026
At the current 2.81% yield, that generates roughly $94.4M per year in ETH.
Obviously, Bitcoin doesn’t produce cash flow.
If another crypto winter hits & debt comes due, does holding a stakeable asset change who weathers it better?
The expert noted that unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum generates cash flow, which helps businesses manage debts and survive a "crypto winter."
Despite increasing its holdings, BitMine's shares are trading at $30.06, which is 80% lower than the all-time high reached in July 2025.
Source: Google Finance.At the beginning of January, Lee proposed increasing the share issuance limit from 50 million to 50 billion.
He stated that this is a technical measure for future splits. The company's goal is to keep the stock price within an affordable range of around $25.
Recall that in December, BitMine reported purchasing 44,463 ETH at an average price of $2,948 per coin.
