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[^2]\n\nBitMine Immersion Technologies added 53,501 Ethereum to its treasury last week, bringing its total holdings to 5,901,112 ETH. [^3]\n\nBitMine Immersion Technologies currently controls approximately 4.9% of Ethereum's supply and needs about 133,900 more ETH to reach its 5% ownership target. [^4]\n\nStrategy and Bitmine have recently executed fresh purchases of cryptocurrency assets. [^5]\n\nStrategy now owns more than 4% of the total supply of Bitcoin. [^6]\n\nBitMine Immersion Technologies acquired 53,501 ETH worth $131 million over the past week, marking its largest single purchase since June. [^7]\n\nBitMine annualized a 2.63% yield generated by its staking operations over seven days, implying $335 million in yearly staking revenue. [^8]\n\nThe reported staked balance remained unchanged from the previous reading on August 9 through August 30. [^9]\n\nBitcoin traded around $78,600 on 2025-08-25, down slightly on the day, but on track to close August 2025 with a gain of more than 24%, its strongest month since 2017. [^10]\n\nBitmine, led by Tom Lee, made its largest Ethereum purchase since June 2025 in the same period. [^11]\n\nAccording to BitMine Immersion Technologies, its Ethereum holdings were worth approximately $14.8 billion based on a stated price of $2,511 per ETH. 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