Bitmine has 3,040,483 staked ETH, representing $6.1 billion at $1,998 per ETH; MAVAN staking answer on observe to launch Q1 2026
Bitmine now owns 3.62% of the ETH token provide, over 72% of the best way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in simply 7 months
Bitmine just lately closed on preliminary $200 million funding into Beast Industries
Bitmine Crypto + Complete Money Holdings + “Moonshots” complete $9.6 billion, together with 4.371 million ETH tokens, complete money of $670 million, and different crypto holdings
Bitmine leads crypto treasury friends by each the speed of elevating crypto NAV per share and by the excessive buying and selling liquidity of BMNR inventory
Bitmine is the 158th most traded inventory within the US, buying and selling $0.9 billion per day (5-day avg)
Bitmine stays supported by a premier group of institutional buyers together with ARK’s Cathie Wooden, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Invoice Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and private investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to help Bitmine’s purpose of buying 5% of ETH
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Applied sciences, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Firm”) a Bitcoin and Ethereum Community firm with a concentrate on the buildup of crypto for long run funding, at the moment introduced Bitmine crypto + complete money + “moonshots” holdings totaling $9.6 billion.
As of February sixteenth, 2026 at 5:00pm ET, the Firm’s crypto holdings are comprised of 4,371,497 ETH at $1,998 per ETH (NASDAQ: COIN), 193 Bitcoin (BTC), $200 million stake in Beast Industries, $17 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“moonshots”) and complete money of $670 million. Bitmine’s ETH holdings are 3.62% of the ETH provide (of 120.7 million ETH).
“After spending the previous week at Consensus Hong Kong, one of many largest international gatherings in crypto, we got here away with a rising conviction that 2026 shall be a defining yr for Ethereum. We see strengthening product-market match rising on the again of three long-duration secular drivers: (i) Wall Road by way of tokenization/privateness on Ethereum; (ii) AI and AI-agents utilizing Ethereum for each amassing funds in addition to verification and (iii) creators leaning in the direction of ‘proof of human’ and different requirements operating on Ethereum L2 (Worldchain, and many others). There have been many panel discussions and shows round these 3 matters, and it’s evident that Ethereum is nicely positioned to garner vital share, given its neutrality and 100% uptime and reliability,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.
Mr. Lee’s newest Chairman’s message is his keynote given at Consensus HK, and he speaks about these 3 future development drivers for ETH utilization in addition to the drivers for Bitmine development initiatives. The hyperlink to his message is right here.
“Investor sentiment and enthusiasm, against this, are all-time low, reminding us of the forlornness and dejection seen on the November 2022 lows and depths of 2018 crypto winter. Throughout 2018 and 2022, there have been many excessive profile failures of enormous gamers (FTX, 3 arrows in 2022) whereas 2025-2026 has not seen such large-scale debacles. Somewhat, it looks like crypto has remained weak for the reason that ‘value shock’ and large deleveraging seen on October tenth. For us at Bitmine, we can’t management the worth of Ethereum, and the corporate is buying ETH no matter value development, because the long-term outlook for Ethereum stays excellent. Therefore, we proceed to purchase ETH whilst crypto strikes via this ‘mini-winter,’” stated Lee.
“Prior to now week, we acquired 45,759 ETH,” continued Lee. “Bitmine has been steadily shopping for Ethereum, as we view this pullback as engaging, given the strengthening fundamentals. In our view, the worth of ETH just isn’t reflective of the excessive utility of ETH and its function as the way forward for finance.”
As of February 16, 2026, Bitmine complete staked ETH stands at 3,040,483 ($6.1 billion at $1,998 per ETH). “Bitmine has staked extra ETH than different entities on the planet. At scale (when Bitmine’s ETH is totally staked by MAVAN and its staking companions), the ETH staking rewards is $252 million yearly (utilizing 2.89% 7-day BMNR yield),” said Lee.
“Annualized staking revenues are actually $176 million. And this 3.0 million ETH is about 69% of the 4.37 million ETH held by Bitmine. The CESR (Composite Ethereum Staking Charge, administered by Quatrefoil) is 2.84%, whereas Bitmine’s personal staking operations generated a 7-day yield of two.89% (annualized). We proceed to make progress on our staking answer often known as The Made in America VAlidator Community (MAVAN). This would be the ‘best-in-class’ answer providing safe staking infrastructure and shall be deployed in early calendar 2026. Bitmine is at present working with 3 staking suppliers because the Firm strikes in the direction of unveiling MAVAN in 2026,” continued Lee.
Bitmine crypto holding reigns because the #1 Ethereum treasury and #2 international treasury, behind Technique Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), which owns 714,644 BTC valued at $49 billion. Bitmine stays the most important ETH treasury on the planet.
Bitmine is among the most generally traded shares within the US. In keeping with knowledge from Fundstrat, the inventory has traded common day by day greenback quantity of $0.9 billion (5-day common, as of February 13, 2026), rating #158 within the US, behind KKR (rank #157) and forward of CBRE (rank #159) amongst 5,704 US-listed shares (statista.com and Fundstrat analysis).
The GENIUS Act and Securities and Change Fee’s (“the SEC”) Undertaking Crypto are as transformational to monetary companies in 2025 as US motion on August 15, 1971 ending Bretton Woods and the USD on the gold customary 54 years in the past. This 1971 occasion was the catalyst for the modernization of Wall Road, creating the long-lasting Wall Road titans and monetary and fee rails of at the moment. These proved to be higher investments than gold.
The Chairman’s message may be discovered right here:
https://www.Bitminetech.io/chairmans-message
The Fiscal Full 12 months 2025 Earnings presentation and company presentation may be discovered right here: https://Bitminetech.io/investor-relations/
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About Bitmine
Bitmine (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) is the main Ethereum Treasury firm on the planet, implementing an modern digital asset technique for institutional buyers and public market contributors. Guided by its philosophy of “the alchemy of 5%,” the Firm is dedicated to ETH as its main treasury reserve asset, leveraging native protocol-level actions together with staking and decentralized finance mechanisms. The Firm will launch MAVAN (Made-in America VAlidator Community), a devoted staking infrastructure for Bitmine belongings, in Q1 of 2026.
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Ahead Wanting Statements
This press launch incorporates statements that represent “forward-looking statements.” The statements on this press launch that aren’t purely historic are forward-looking statements which contain dangers and uncertainties. This doc particularly incorporates forward-looking statements concerning progress and achievement of the Firm’s objectives concerning ETH acquisition and staking, the long-term worth of Ethereum, continued development and development of the Firm’s Ethereum treasury technique and the relevant advantages to the Firm. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, it is best to contemplate numerous components, together with Bitmine’s capacity to maintain tempo with new know-how and altering market wants; Bitmine’s capacity to finance its present enterprise, Ethereum treasury operations and proposed future enterprise; the aggressive atmosphere of Bitmine’s enterprise; and the longer term worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Precise future efficiency outcomes and outcomes might differ materially from these expressed in forward-looking statements. Ahead-looking statements are topic to quite a few circumstances, a lot of that are past Bitmine’s management, together with these set forth within the Danger Components part of Bitmine’s Type 10-Okay filed with the SEC on November 21, 2025, in addition to all different SEC filings, as amended or up to date occasionally. Copies of Bitmine’s filings with the SEC can be found on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Bitmine undertakes no obligation to replace these statements for revisions or adjustments after the date of this launch, besides as required by legislation.
