BitMine Chairman Tom Lee Indicates Slowing Purchase Pace as Ethereum Holdings Near 5%

2026/05/08 09:06 (Updated 2026/05/08 11:01)

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BitMine Chairman Tom Lee Indicates Slowing Purchase Pace as Ethereum Holdings Near 5%

Slowing Down Ethereum Purchases

During the keynote speech at the 'Consensus 2026' cryptocurrency conference in Miami on May 7th, Tom Lee, Chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), hinted at the possibility of slowing down the pace of Ethereum (ETH) purchases. This was reported by US cryptocurrency media, including Decrypt. BitMine's holdings amount to 5.18 million ETH, which is approximately 1.9 trillion yen, representing 4.29% of the total Ethereum supply of 120.7 million ETH.

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