The post Tom Lee’s BitMine (BMNR) Ramps Up Buying appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the Ethereum-focused digital asset treasury firm, acquired 138,452 ether ETH$3,127.55 last week, accelerating its accumulation strategy that lifted its total holdings to 3.86 million tokens, the company reported Monday. At current ETH prices, last week’s acquisition is worth roughly $435 million. That’s a 156% increase from four weeks ago when it added about 54,000 ETH, the firm pointed out, and it’s also higher than the previous two weeks’ haul of 97,000 and 70,000 tokens. The firm also increased its cash holdings to $1 billion, up from the previous week’s $882 million. Including its small bitcoin stash and a stake in Eightco Holdings (ORBS), the company’s total crypto and cash assets are worth $13.2 billion. The latest purchase increases BitMine’s share of the second largest cryptocurrency’s circulating supply to over 3.2%, reinforcing its position as the largest known ETH treasury. BitMine’s shares were up 3.8% pre-market with ETH modestly bouncing over the weekend back to $3,150. Digital asset treasuries have slowed or reversed accumulation as token prices and equity valuations came under pressure in recent weeks. BitMine has taken the opposite approach, increasing purchases as ether continues to trade well below its summer highs. Chairman Thomas Lee said the firm stepped up buying after Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade on December 3, which introduced improvements to the network’s scalability and security. He also pointed to macro factors, including the Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut this month and the end of quantitative tightening, as support for a stronger ETH market in early 2026. Lee released a separate message Monday titled “The Crypto Supercycle is Intact,” arguing that expanding adoption and growing interest in tokenization could drive demand next year. BitMine remained one of the most actively traded U.S. stocks, with about $1.8 billion in average daily volume, placing it among… The post Tom Lee’s BitMine (BMNR) Ramps Up Buying appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the Ethereum-focused digital asset treasury firm, acquired 138,452 ether ETH$3,127.55 last week, accelerating its accumulation strategy that lifted its total holdings to 3.86 million tokens, the company reported Monday. At current ETH prices, last week’s acquisition is worth roughly $435 million. That’s a 156% increase from four weeks ago when it added about 54,000 ETH, the firm pointed out, and it’s also higher than the previous two weeks’ haul of 97,000 and 70,000 tokens. The firm also increased its cash holdings to $1 billion, up from the previous week’s $882 million. Including its small bitcoin stash and a stake in Eightco Holdings (ORBS), the company’s total crypto and cash assets are worth $13.2 billion. The latest purchase increases BitMine’s share of the second largest cryptocurrency’s circulating supply to over 3.2%, reinforcing its position as the largest known ETH treasury. BitMine’s shares were up 3.8% pre-market with ETH modestly bouncing over the weekend back to $3,150. Digital asset treasuries have slowed or reversed accumulation as token prices and equity valuations came under pressure in recent weeks. BitMine has taken the opposite approach, increasing purchases as ether continues to trade well below its summer highs. Chairman Thomas Lee said the firm stepped up buying after Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade on December 3, which introduced improvements to the network’s scalability and security. He also pointed to macro factors, including the Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut this month and the end of quantitative tightening, as support for a stronger ETH market in early 2026. Lee released a separate message Monday titled “The Crypto Supercycle is Intact,” arguing that expanding adoption and growing interest in tokenization could drive demand next year. BitMine remained one of the most actively traded U.S. stocks, with about $1.8 billion in average daily volume, placing it among…

                                                                               Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Jonathan Gould says crypto companies should have a path to supervision in the banking system, which can evolve to embrace blockchain.                     Crypto companies seeking a US federal bank charter should be treated no differently than other financial institutions, says Jonathan Gould, the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).Gould told a blockchain conference on Monday that some new charter applicants in the digital or fintech spaces could be seen as offering novel activities for a national trust bank, but noted “custody and safekeeping services have been happening electronically for decades.”“There is simply no justification for considering digital assets differently,” he added. “Additionally, it is important that we do not confine banks, including current national trust banks, to the technologies or businesses of the past.”Read more