Cole Grinde
Stock & Options Investor, Dividends/Value/Fundamentals, Tesla
BitMine's buybacks below NAV should drastically boost shareholder value while its larger staked ETH position increases potential staking income. Its mNAV is about 0.88x; it repurchased 22.9 million shares for $399.6 million in 2026. It holds 6.05 million ETH, with about 5.23 million staked, and projects $318 million in annualized staking revenue. x.com x.comÂ
Bitmine's new Ethereum staking locks more supply and signals institutional conviction. It staked 159,728 ETH, worth about $390 million, on October 20-21, bringing total staked holdings to about 5.23 million ETH. The view is cautiously bullish, without chasing: a daily close above $2,500 could target the 30-day average at $2,579, while a drop below $2,380 signals renewed weakness. x.comÂ
BitMine is evolving from a crypto-holding vehicle into an onchain cash-flow engine, with staking income and buybacks supporting per-share value. It holds 5.9 million ETH, about 4.9% of supply, near its 5% target, with over 5.07 million staked through its MAVAN platform, lifting staking-revenue guidance to $330 million to $381 million a year. Since July it has bought back about 19-21 million shares under a $4 billion program, and it has virtually no debt. It is also a high-beta proxy on ETH. … Show more
Bitmine Immersion's structure is broken: it trades at $21.04 against NAV of $22.46 per share, a 6% discount, even as ETH rises. Management keeps diluting shareholders, and Tom Lee is paid on performance against ETH, so he is compensated even when Bitmine underperforms while shareholders absorb dilution. The actual share count only surfaced two weeks ago. Holders may never capture ETH's upside through this vehicle, and a class action lawsuit may be brewing. x.comÂ
BitMine's re-rating case is its staking revenue, not the size of its ether pile. About 84% of its ether is staked, throwing off roughly $330M a year in real revenue. Per its August 24 update, BitMine holds 5,847,611 ETH within $14.9 billion of crypto and other holdings. x.comÂ
BitMine Immersion has plenty of upside as the largest publicly traded holder of Ethereum, with about 5.8 million ETH, roughly 4.8% of total supply, as ether jumped 20% in two days. x.comÂ
BitMine Immersion Technologies holds about $16 billion of Ethereum and faces massive losses as liquidity drains from crypto. Like Strategy, it is exposed to a collapse in crypto values. x.comÂ
Tokenization, stablecoins and perpetual futures are driving Ethereum and ETH proxies such as BitMine higher. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated Overweight on BitMine with a $63.60 target, 137% upside. BitMine now holds 4.9% of all ETH, nearly at Fundstrat's 5% goal. x.comÂ
BitMine Immersion broke its downtrend this week for the first time since the crypto-treasury bubble popped in August 2025. Owning it below $20 should look prudent once Ethereum hits its expected targets over the next few years. x.comÂ
Crypto treasury companies are stalling because the buyers of last resort have stopped buying and started paying out. Strategy trades below the value of its own bitcoin and is now selling BTC to cover dividends. BitMine is down 86% and $9 billion underwater on its Ethereum, no longer raising capital, just paying out. Neither was ever a clean crypto bet; each was a leveraged premium dressed up as one. x.comÂ
BitMine's near-term options map has shifted toward puts below the stock, making a reclaim important before the $25 target by October 23. The later map shows $648K of October 16 put bets at $22 and $491K at $21, versus a $270K call bet at $20; after falling below the $23.35-$23.65 entry zone, wait for $23.35 to be reclaimed and do not chase. A daily close below $21.95 opens $18-$21. x.com x.comÂ
