BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.BMNR

Bitmine is positioned to benefit from tokenization and agentic AI trends.

“And that takes us to Bitmine. We think it’s really well positioned to outperform this cycle. So the first thing the company’s doing is maximizing its exposure to ETH in this bull market. Ethereum has been range-bound for the last five years. But it broke out of those ranges in the past. A 227x move in 2016. A 54x move in 2019-2020. And with tokenization and agentic AI, could this be a 25x move? Probably. And look at what happens with Bitmine’s share price. Bitmine is 90% correlated to the move in ETH. So if ETH gets to $22,000, that’s $300 to $500 for Bitmine shares. If ETH gets to $62,000, that’s $1,200 to $1,500 per share. And Bitmine’s currently at $26.”

Quote on Ethereum managing agentic-AI.

““The price ratio of ETH to BTC moved to the highest level since Jan 30th of this year and established a new uptrend, breaking the trendline in place since the COVID-19 highs. In our view, this reflects Ethereum’s strengthened position as the settlement rails for Wall Street tokenization and the increased realization that Ethereum may play a critical central role in managing agentic-AI. What is impressive is this strength in the absolute price of ETH and ETH/BTC taking place while global equities remain rangebound due to war risks and rising yields.” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.”

Company executive mentions tailwinds of tokenization and Agentic-AI for crypto.

““We believe there are multiple positive catalysts as we head into the final months of 2026,” stated Lee. “These include the upcoming CLARITY Act vote scheduled in mid-September. Additionally, Korean investors have again started buying crypto and rotating away from AI stocks. The 4-year cycle is bottoming within the next few weeks in our view. And this sets the stage for what we expect to be sizable institutional participation in buying crypto in the final months of 2026, especially given the tailwinds of tokenization and Agentic-AI.””

Executive expects agentic-AI to drive ETH/BTC ratio via blockchain use.

““This ETH/BTC ratio has moved up during crypto bull cycles, driven by increasing use of Ethereum relative to Bitcoin. These prior cycles were fueled by ICOs (2017-2018), NFTs (2020-2021), and stablecoins (2025). In this upcoming crypto cycle, we see the ETH/BTC ratio rising, driven by Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and by agentic-AI using blockchains,” continued Lee.”

Forward-looking statements include digital asset and staking strategy goals.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “targets,” “goals,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “see,” or similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and statements that the Company is 98% of the way to achieving this goal in 15 months; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025 and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $392 million at scale (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners using 2.62% 7-day BMNR yield), currently projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $334 million, and the 7-day yield of 2.62% (annualized); (iv) MAVAN’s expansion to serv”

Risk factors cite volatility and challenges in executing ETH acquisition strategy.

“These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin, and the speculative nature of digital asset investments; the risk that historical ETH price movements, technical analysis indicators, ETH/BTC ratio trends, and relative performance versus other macro assets will not recur or are not indicative of future performance; the Company’s reliance on third-party pricing sources (including Coinbase) and reported market values in calculating the value of its crypto, cash, marketable securities, and “moonshot” holdings, and the risk that such values fluctuate materially after the date and time referenced in this release; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and trading volume of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock, and the risk that the Company’s inclusion in the Russell 1000 index does not produce anticipated benefits; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy, continue its record of weekly ETH acquisitions, and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations, Ethereum treasury operations, and MAVAN expansion; operational, securi”

BITMINE mentions tailwinds of tokenization and Agentic-AI as positive catalysts.

““We believe there are multiple positive catalysts as we head into the final months of 2026,” stated Lee. “These include the upcoming CLARITY Act vote scheduled in mid-September. Additionally, Korean investors have again started buying crypto and rotating away from AI stocks. The 4-year cycle is bottoming within the next few weeks in our view. And this sets the stage for what we expect to be sizable institutional participation in buying crypto in the final months of 2026, especially given the tailwinds of tokenization and Agentic-AI.””

Quote discusses agentic-AI using blockchains in upcoming crypto cycle.

““This ETH/BTC ratio has moved up during crypto bull cycles, driven by increasing use of Ethereum relative to Bitcoin. These prior cycles were fueled by ICOs (2017-2018), NFTs (2020-2021), and stablecoins (2025). In this upcoming crypto cycle, we see the ETH/BTC ratio rising, driven by Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and by agentic-AI using blockchains,” continued Lee.”

Forward-looking statements on ETH accumulation, staking, and MAVAN expansion.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “targets,” “goals,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “see,” or similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and statements that the Company is 97% of the way to achieving this goal in 15 months; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions since the inception of the ETH Treasury Strategy on June 30, 2025 and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $386 million at scale (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners using 2.61% 7-day BMNR yield), currently projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $330 million, and the 7-day yield of 2.61% (annualized); (iv) MAVAN’s expansion to serv”

Risk factors include digital asset volatility and execution of ETH strategy.

“These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin, and the speculative nature of digital asset investments; the risk that historical ETH price movements, technical analysis indicators, and relative performance versus other macro assets will not recur or are not indicative of future performance; the Company’s reliance on third-party pricing sources (including Coinbase) and reported market values in calculating the value of its crypto, cash, marketable securities, and “moonshot” holdings, and the risk that such values fluctuate materially after the date and time referenced in this release; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and trading volume of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock, and the risk that the Company’s inclusion in the Russell 1000 index does not produce anticipated benefits or that crypto equities’ contribution to index performance does not continue; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy, continue its record of weekly ETH acquisitions, and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations, Ethereum treasu”

Bitmine mentions tailwinds of tokenization and agentic-AI for crypto institutional participation.

““We believe there are multiple positive catalysts as we head into the final months of 2026,” stated Lee. “These include the upcoming CLARITY Act vote scheduled in mid-Sept. Additionally, Korean investors have again started buying crypto and rotating away from AI stocks. The 4-year cycle is bottoming within the next few weeks in our view. And this sets the stage for what we expect to be sizable institutional participation in buying crypto in the final months of 2026, especially given the tailwinds of tokenization and Agentic-AI.””

Bitmine expects agentic-AI to drive ETH/BTC ratio rise via blockchain usage.

““This ETH/BTC ratio has moved up during crypto bull cycles, driven by increasing use of Ethereum relative to bitcoin. These prior cycles were fueled by ICOs (2017-2018), NFTs (2020-2021), and stablecoins (2025). In this upcoming crypto cycle, we see the ETH/BTC ratio rising, driven by Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and by agentic-AI using blockchains,” continued Lee.”

Bitmine lists forward-looking statements and risks regarding its ETH and staking operations.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “targets,” “goals,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “see,” or similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and statements regarding its progress toward this goal; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $396 million at scale (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners), currently projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $340 million, and the 7-day yield of 2.67% (annualized); (iv) MAVAN’s intended expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure, and its i”

Bitmine details risks including volatility, execution, operational, and technological factors.

“These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin, and the speculative nature of digital asset investments; the risk that historical ETH price movements and relative performance versus other macro assets will not recur or are not indicative of future performance; the Company’s reliance on third-party pricing sources and reported market values in calculating the value of its crypto, cash, marketable securities, and “moonshot” holdings, and the risk that such values fluctuate materially after the date and time referenced in this release; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price and trading volume of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock, and the risk that the Company’s inclusion in the Russell 1000 index does not produce anticipated benefits; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations, Ethereum treasury operations, and MAVAN expansion; operational, security, and technological risks associated with the Company’s staking and validation operations, including network failures, sla”

Company executive discusses agentic-AI as a tailwind for crypto markets.

““We believe this upside move in ETH was overdue given the strengthening fundamentals in crypto, the multiple tailwinds of Wall Street tokenization, and agentic-AI. Moreover, the fact that the White House signaled support for crypto and the Treasury buying long-term bonds supported improved risk appetite,” stated Lee.”

Executive states agentic-AI will drive ETH/BTC ratio in upcoming crypto cycle.

““This ETH/BTC ratio has moved up during crypto bull cycles, driven by increasing use of Ethereum relative to bitcoin. These prior cycles were fueled by ICOs (2017-2018), NFTs (2020-2021), and stablecoins (2025). In this upcoming crypto cycle, we see the ETH/BTC ratio rising, driven by Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and by agentic-AI using blockchains,” continued Lee.”

Forward-looking statements include staking operations and ETH accumulation goals.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “targets,” “goals,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “see,” or similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and statements regarding its progress toward this goal; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $381 million at scale (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners), currently projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $330 million, and the 7-day yield of 2.67% (annualized); (iv) MAVAN’s intended expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure, and its i”

Risk factors cite volatility, operational issues, and staking cybersecurity risks.

“These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin, and the speculative nature of digital asset investments; the risk that historical ETH price movements, including prior weekly gains and the price appreciation that followed them, will not recur or are not indicative of future performance; the Company’s reliance on third-party pricing sources and reported market values in calculating the value of its crypto, cash, marketable securities, and “moonshot” holdings, and the risk that such values fluctuate materially after the date and time referenced in this release; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations, Ethereum treasury operations, and MAVAN expansion; operational, security, and technological risks associated with the Company’s staking and validation operations, including network failures, slashing events, cybersecurity breaches, and protocol changes; the risk that actual staking participati”

Chairman states tokenization and agentic-AI applications should benefit Ethereum.

““We are encouraged to see the ETH/BTC ratio at 0.02994 and rising. This ratio has moved above the long-term downtrend in place over the last few years and is a sign, in our view, that markets are beginning to see materialization of tokenization and agentic-AI applications, which should benefit Ethereum,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine. “We expect easing financial conditions to be a tailwind for crypto.””

Upcoming crypto cycle expected to be driven by agentic-AI using blockchains.

““This ETH/BTC ratio has moved up during crypto bull cycles, driven by increasing use of Ethereum relative to bitcoin. These prior cycles were fueled by ICOs (2017-2018), NFTs (2020-2021), and stablecoins (2025). In this upcoming crypto cycle, we see the ETH/BTC ratio rising, driven by Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and by agentic-AI using blockchains,” continued Lee.”

Forward-looking statements discuss ETH acquisition, staking operations, and MAVAN expansion plans.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not purely historical and can generally be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “targets,” “goals,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “view,” “see,” or similar expressions, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. This press release specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things: (i) the Company’s goal of acquiring 5% of the total ETH supply (the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative) and statements regarding its progress toward this goal; (ii) the Company’s digital asset accumulation and treasury strategy, including statements regarding continued weekly ETH acquisitions and the Company’s status as the largest ETH treasury in the world; (iii) the Company’s staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $287 million (assuming Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking partners at scale), current projected annualized staking revenues of approximately $250 million, and the 7-day yield of 2.61% (annualized); (iv) MAVAN’s intended expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure; (v) the Com”

Risk factors include volatility, operational issues in staking, cybersecurity, and regulatory changes.

“These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the extreme volatility and unpredictability of digital asset prices, including ETH and Bitcoin, and the speculative nature of digital asset investments; changes in market conditions affecting the trading price of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its digital asset acquisition strategy and achieve its ETH accumulation targets, including the “Alchemy of 5%” goal; the Company’s ability to finance its business operations, Ethereum treasury operations, MAVAN expansion, and share repurchase activities; operational, security, and technological risks associated with the Company’s staking and validation operations, including network failures, slashing events, cybersecurity breaches, and protocol changes; competition in the digital asset treasury, staking, and mining industries; the Company’s dependence on key personnel, including executive leadership; regulatory developments affecting digital assets, blockchain technology, and staking activities in the United States and globally, including the ultimate enactment, implementation, and interpretation of the GENIUS Act and other pending legislation and regulatory initiatives; actions by the SEC, CFTC, and other regulator”

Bitmine executive discusses future implications of agentic AI creating an uncanny valley of wealth in crypto.

“The second is agentic AI is becoming an important crypto story. Now, you might wonder, how is this possibly a crypto story? Let me explain. I believe in the next few years there’s going to be something that people talk about called the uncanny valley of wealth. Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, in 1970, published an essay titled “The Uncanny Valley,” and what he was referring to is the hypothesis that you get unsettled when a robot looks too human. I think that’s going to happen in the agentic world. And what do I mean by that? Well, consider the x-axis being the percentage of wealth created by AI, and the y-axis is your satisfaction with AI. AI today can do complex reasoning, multitasking, agentic trading. Generally, that’s good progress, and we’re satisfied, it actually helps our lives. And it may start to have a machine-to-machine economy, and it might be a rising share of income, but we’ll still be satisfied because we’re making more money. But at some point, AI could actually be wealthier than us. Yes, I’m saying in the future there could be a date, and it may not be far away, that your agent produces more income than you personally produce. I think at that point you’re going to wonder if you work for AI. Let me explain okay. And I think it’s going to give you a fear of the future. What could this AI do? Well, in the future, if you give too much authority and delegate too much authority, they could send unauthorized emails. They could take over our bank accounts. They c”

Bitmine describes the uncanny valley of wealth from growing power of agentic-AI fueled economy.

“The ‘Uncanny Valley of Wealth’ is the notion that humans will ultimately become unsettled by the growing economic and social power of an economy increasingly fueled by agentic-AI and soon, machine-to-machine.”

Bitmine states Ethereum benefits from blockchain and agentic-AI drivers.

“The Chairman believes that Ethereum is positioned to benefit from two exponential drivers of Wall Street building rails on blockchain and agentic-AI (as discussed above).”

Bitmine lists forward-looking statements on agentic-AI and Ethereum as risk factors.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “projected,” “intends,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the “Alchemy of 5%” initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal sometime in 2026; (ii) the Company’s beliefs and expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including the belief that macro headwinds faced by crypto in 2026 could turn into tailwinds; (iii) the Company’s belief that Ethereum is a critical interface to protect humans from downstream implications of the increasing capabilities of AI, including the “Uncanny Valley of Wealth” thesis regarding the growing economic and social power of an economy increasingly fueled by agentic-AI; (iv) the Chairman’s belief that Ethereum is positioned to benefit from two exponential drivers of Wall Street building rails on blockchain and agentic-AI; (v) the Company’s belief regarding the positioning of Bitmine for the important drivers of the next crypto upcycle, including supporting key infrastructure part”

Bitmine chairman discusses future of agentic-AI payment systems on crypto rails.

““The future roadmap for crypto remains positive as the dual drivers of Wall Street modernizing its legacy infrastructure on crypto rails and the future of agentic-AI payment systems on crypto rails remain intact. Bitmine remains focused on the longer-term horizon and continues to manage the company to be positively positioned for these exponential drivers,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.”

Bitmine discloses forward-looking statements on agentic-AI payment systems.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “projected,” “intends,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal sometime in 2026; (ii) the Company’s beliefs and expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including the view that the future roadmap for crypto remains positive as the dual drivers of Wall Street modernizing its legacy infrastructure on crypto rails and the future of agentic-AI payment systems on crypto rails remain intact; (iii) the Company’s belief that it is in the early stages of “crypto spring”; (iv) the expectation that being added to the Russell 1000 will add hundreds and possibly thousands of additional institutional investors as equity owners of Bitmine; (v) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $246 million (when Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its staking par”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public and neutral blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Forward-looking statements include expectations about agentic AI systems needing blockchains.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “projected,” “intends,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal sometime in 2026; (ii) the Company’s beliefs and expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including that Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains; (iii) the expected trading of the Series A Preferred Stock on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP beginning June 16, 2026; (iv) the dividend payment schedule for the Series A Preferred Stock, including the expectation that the third weekly cash dividend will be paid on July 6, 2026 to holders of record as of June 26, 2026; (v) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of approximately $269 million (when Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Demand for decentralized solutions will increase to protect from agentic AI systems.

““Last week, Zcash tumbled after it was revealed Zcash hired a security researcher to audit the Orchard circuit and found a flaw, potentially allowing false minting of Zcash. This flaw was patched on June 1. The broad selloff in crypto, in our view, is a superficial take. As AI systems capabilities improve, the demand for de-centralized and hardened solutions will likely increase, particularly to protect users from agentic systems. AI systems are going to find flaws in centralized financial services rails and weak decentralized protocols. We believe this actually strengthens the use case and product market fit for hardened and reliable decentralized blockchains like ethereum. Thus, we believe ETH prices should not be coming under pressure,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.”

Forward-looking statements include expectations around agentic AI systems and blockchain demand.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “expects,” “projects,” “projected,” “intends,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal sometime in 2026; (ii) the Company’s beliefs and expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including that Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains; (iii) expectations that demand for decentralized and hardened blockchain solutions will likely increase, particularly as AI systems capabilities improve; (iv) management’s belief that AI systems finding flaws in centralized financial services rails and weak decentralized protocols strengthens the use case and product market fit for hardened blockchains like Ethereum; (v) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including projected annualized ETH staking rewards of $270 million”

Bitmine states Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Bitmine lists forward-looking statements on agentic AI and Ethereum tailwinds as risks.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal sometime in 2026; (ii) the Company’s expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including the belief that Ethereum continues to benefit from dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenization on the blockchain and agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains; (iii) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (iv) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its intended expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners seeking best-in-class staking infrastructure, and projected annual staking revenues of $258 million and projected staking rewards of $296 million on an annualized basis (when ETH is fully staked); (v) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street tokenization on the blockchain and agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains; (vi) management’s belief that the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto are ”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Bitmine expects supercycle for Ethereum driven by agentic AI and tokenization.

““We continue to expect a supercycle ahead for crypto and Ethereum, driven by the dual drivers of Wall Street tokenization and agentic-AI. And thus, we continue to steadily acquire ETH, with Bitmine now owning nearly 5.4 million ETH tokens,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.”

Bitmine forward-looking statements cite agentic AI as driver of Ethereum supercycle.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the expectation that Bitmine will reach this goal in 2026; (ii) the Company’s expectations regarding the cryptocurrency market, including the expectation of a supercycle ahead for crypto and Ethereum driven by Wall Street tokenization and agentic AI; (iii) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (iv) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards of $276 million; (v) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street tokenization on the blockchain and agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains; (vi) expectations regarding the potential impact of regulatory developments, including the GENIUS Act and SEC Project Crypto, on financial services and digital assets; and (vii) the Company’s characterization of market conditions as an attractive opportunity for ETH acquisition. In evaluating ”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public neutral blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Forward-looking statements include progress on Ethereum acquisition and staking strategy.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the long-term value of Ethereum; (ii) the Company’s beliefs regarding Ethereum’s performance relative to other assets, including its characterization as a “wartime store of value” and its performance during geopolitical events; (iii) the Company’s expectations regarding the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market, including statements that ETH may be in the “final stages of the mini-crypto winter”; (iv) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (v) the Company’s share repurchase program, including statements regarding shares trading below intrinsic value, the Company’s ability to accretively retire common shares, and the execution of repurchases through open market transactions; (vi) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards; (vii) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street t”

Bitmine executive links future Ethereum growth to tokenization and agentic AI.

“Ethereum is exiting a long consolidation, something I’ve talked about before, and you can see this current consolidation is five years. But those other consolidations resulted in pretty explosive upside moves: 227x after the 2016 consolidation, and after the 2020 consolidation, a 54x for Ethereum. So I think this next upside is going to be led by tokenization and agentic AI.”

Bitmine executive discusses AI agents needing money on blockchains.

“Marc Andreessen, who’s very visionary about the future, says the grand unification of AI and crypto are AI agents, because they’re going to need money. We’ve talked about this before — there are numerous reasons why blockchains are a better way for AI agents to use money. Ok lets put this all together.”

Bitmine executive speculates on future banks serving AI agents.

“If tokenization is the future of assets, money is becoming digital, and AI agents are going to use money, we should think about what it means for the most profitable banks in the future. Today, JP Morgan is the most profitable bank in the world with $59 billion of net income projected this year — almost $60 billion — and 300,000 employees.”

Bitmine states Ethereum benefits from tokenization and agentic AI systems.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Bitmine chairman highlights agentic AI as a key future driver for Ethereum.

““‘Crypto spring’ has commenced and we wanted to highlight the importance of owning ETH as a source of diversification, and the likely drivers of this coming ‘crypto bull’ cycle,” stated Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine. “Among the key future drivers for Ethereum, the two primary are Wall Street’s move to tokenization and agentic AI. If ETH closes above $2,100 at the end of May 2026, this would be the third consecutive monthly gain – this has never been seen in a crypto bear market. Thus, a close above $2,100 would validate ‘crypto spring’ has arrived.””

Forward-looking statements include Ethereum strategy and market views mentioning agentic AI indirectly.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the long-term value of Ethereum; (ii) the Company’s beliefs regarding Ethereum’s performance relative to other assets, including its characterization as a “wartime store of value” and its performance during geopolitical events; (iii) the Company’s expectations regarding the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market, including statements that ETH may be in the “final stages of the mini-crypto winter”; (iv) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (v) the Company’s share repurchase program, including statements regarding shares trading below intrinsic value, the Company’s ability to accretively retire common shares, and the execution of repurchases through open market transactions; (vi) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards; (vii) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street t”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

““Crypto Spring, in our view, has commenced and like past cycles, investor sentiment and conviction are muted and bearish even as crypto prices strengthen. We believe the potential passage, or even failure, of the CLARITY Act confirms the arrival of crypto spring. As for the upcoming drivers of crypto gains, Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains,” said Lee.”

Ethereum is well suited for the upcoming rise of agentic commerce.

““Ethereum remains the most widely used and reliable smart contract blockchains for tokenization and well suited for the upcoming rise of agentic commerce. And increasingly, we believe ETH will be viewed as both a store of value and a unit of exchange. This role for ETH has arguably been demonstrated by its outperformance since the Iran War commenced. ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1,380 basis points since the war started and remains one of the top performing assets in the world (beside crude oil prices),” stated Lee.”

Forward-looking statements include beliefs on agentic AI and Ethereum.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the long-term value of Ethereum; (ii) the Company’s beliefs regarding Ethereum’s performance relative to other assets, including its characterization as a “wartime store of value” and its performance during geopolitical events; (iii) the Company’s expectations regarding the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market, including statements that ETH may be in the “final stages of the mini-crypto winter”; (iv) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (v) the Company’s share repurchase program, including statements regarding shares trading below intrinsic value, the Company’s ability to accretively retire common shares, and the execution of repurchases through open market transactions; (vi) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards; (vii) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street t”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

““Moreover, Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains. In our view, there is a lot of meaning to ETH being the best ‘war-time store of value’ and to ETH being the asset leading since the war started,” said Lee.”

Forward-looking statements include Ethereum treasury strategy and staking operations.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the long-term value of Ethereum; (ii) the Company’s beliefs regarding Ethereum’s performance relative to other assets, including its characterization as a “wartime store of value” and its performance during geopolitical events; (iii) the Company’s expectations regarding the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market, including statements that ETH may be in the “final stages of the mini-crypto winter”; (iv) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (v) the Company’s share repurchase program, including statements regarding shares trading below intrinsic value, the Company’s ability to accretively retire common shares, and the execution of repurchases through open market transactions; (vi) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards; (vii) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street t”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public and neutral blockchains.

“Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains”

Ethereum benefits from agentic AI systems needing public and neutral blockchains.

““We see growing signs that the ‘mini-crypto’ winter is coming to an end. As downside tail risks for the US-Iran war diminish, ETH has risen 41% from its early February lows. And ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2,280 basis points since the war started and remains the single best performing asset in the world (beside crude oil prices). Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains. In our view, there is a lot of meaning to ETH being the best ‘war-time store of value’ and to ETH being the asset leading since the war started,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee, Chairman of Bitmine.”

Forward-looking statements address Ethereum, staking, and cryptocurrency market trends.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the long-term value of Ethereum; (ii) the Company’s beliefs regarding Ethereum’s performance relative to other assets, including its characterization as a “wartime store of value” and its performance during geopolitical events; (iii) the Company’s expectations regarding the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market, including statements that ETH may be in the “final stages of the mini-crypto winter”; (iv) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (v) the Company’s share repurchase program, including statements regarding shares trading below intrinsic value, the Company’s ability to accretively retire common shares, and the execution of repurchases through open market transactions; (vi) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards; (vii) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street t”

Bitmine states agentic AI systems need public blockchains like Ethereum.

““Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains,” continued Lee.”

Bitmine forward-looking statements mention agentic AI systems needing public blockchains.

“This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” The statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. This document specifically contains forward-looking statements regarding: (i) progress and achievement of the Company’s goals regarding ETH acquisition, including the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ initiative and the long-term value of Ethereum; (ii) the Company’s beliefs regarding Ethereum’s performance relative to other assets, including its characterization as a “wartime store of value” and its performance during geopolitical events; (iii) the Company’s expectations regarding the current state and future trajectory of the cryptocurrency market, including statements that ETH may be in the “final stages of the mini-crypto winter”; (iv) continued growth and advancement of the Company’s Ethereum treasury strategy and the applicable benefits to the Company; (v) the Company’s share repurchase program, including statements regarding shares trading below intrinsic value, the Company’s ability to accretively retire common shares, and the execution of repurchases through open market transactions; (vi) the Company’s digital asset accumulation strategy and staking operations, including MAVAN, its expansion to serve institutional investors, custodians, and ecosystem partners, and projected annual staking revenues and rewards; (vii) statements regarding the benefits of Wall Street t”

BITMINE quotes on Ethereum benefiting from agentic AI systems needing blockchains.

““The war has placed downward pressure on global markets, so it is impressive to see ETH as one of the few to rise on an absolute basis. This is a great harbinger, as we expect ETH leadership to strengthen investors and eventually take cash off the sidelines,” continued Lee. “Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains.””

Chairman cites AI and agentic-AI using smart blockchains for execution and payments.

““We discussed this operational strategy in our latest Chairman’s message (the link to his message is here ). While crypto prices are attempting to find their respective lows, the three fundamental drivers for Ethereum continue to gain traction: (i) Wall Street and their efforts at tokenization; (ii) AI and agentic-AI using smart blockchains for both execution and for collecting payments and (iii) the emerging creator economy and their desire to use blockchains for verification,” continued Lee.”

BITMINE discusses Ethereum use cases including agentic AI as an economic layer.

“And Ethereum has a lot of future drivers. Wall Street is going to be rebuilding its financial system on the blockchain. We’ve talked a lot about that with stablecoins. There’s a whole use case built around AI and agentic AI. And of course, there’s a creator economy taking place where creators are going to be using blockchain to really make sure creators get paid. We’ve been spending a lot of time with Wall Street. I’ll tell you one thing that’s clear to us: there’s still a divide between evangelists at a company versus the C-level people. But Wall Street wants to use public chains. It’s obvious to me, and they want to really dive in and be supported by a broad community, which is why I think you’re going to see especially some critical announcements in the next few months around major financial institutions using Ethereum, and that’s already been the case. And we know AI is gaining a lot of visibility. I like this tweet yesterday from Vitalik. Again, I don’t have enough time to cover it here, but I agree that enabling trustless and private AI interaction and Ethereum as an economic layer for AI makes a lot of sense.”

Bitmine mentions agentic AI among items that could be monetized on blockchain.

“So that’s almost like the 1971 moment, but we’re talking about tokenized equities, tokenizing credit, real estate reputation, and eventually intellectual property. All things that are measured in the economy today, and I think there’s going to be invisible measures that get monetized on the blockchain: data collection, royalty payments, loyalty programs, agentic, ai, and even important things like proof of human.”

BitMine discusses convergence of AI and agentic-AI creating a token economy supercycle for Ethereum.

““BitMine ETH holdings now exceed 2% of supply as we move towards our ‘Alchemy of 5%’ of ETH supply. We approached holdings of 1% of ETH in early August when BitMine’s equity was $38 (20-moving average) and as we exceed 2%, BitMine’s share price is now over $61,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee of Fundstrat, Chairman of BitMine. “As we mentioned in our August Chairman’s message, the convergence of both Wall Street moving onto the blockchain and AI/ agentic-AI creating a token economy is creating a supercycle for Ethereum. And the power law benefits large holders of ETH, hence, we pursue the ‘alchemy of 5%’ of ETH.””

Chairman discusses convergence of blockchain and AI/agentic-AI.

““BitMine has nearly $11 billion in total crypto holdings, surpassing the 2 million ETH milestone. As we mentioned in our August Chairman’s message, the convergence of both Wall Street moving onto the blockchain and AI/ agentic-AI creating a token economy is creating a supercycle for ethereum. And the power law benefits large holders of ETH, hence, we pursue the ‘alchemy of 5%’ of ETH,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee of Fundstrat, Chairman of BitMine. “At BitMine, we are leading our crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading liquidity of our stock.””

BitMine discusses convergence of blockchain, AI and agentic-AI creating Ethereum supercycle.

““BitMine has surpassed the 2 million ETH milestone this past week. As we mentioned in our August Chairman’s message, the convergence of both Wall Street moving onto the blockchain and AI/ agentic-AI creating a token economy is creating a supercycle for ethereum. And the power law benefits large holders of ETH, hence, we pursue the ‘alchemy of 5%’ of ETH,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee of Fundstrat, Chairman of BitMine. “At BitMine, we are leading our crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading liquidity of our stock.””

BitMine invests in Eightco which will hold Worldcoin token for agentic-AI world.

“Additionally, BitMine is today announcing it has made a $20 million strategic investment into Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OCTO) as part of OCTO’s $270 million PIPE. OCTO announced it is adopting a first-of-its-kind strategy to acquire the Worldcoin (WLD) token as its primary treasury asset. Worldcoin, an ERC-20 token, captures a zero-knowledge proof of a person’s humanity, a critical asset in an increasingly agentic-AI world.”

BITMINE mentions monetizing verification of agentic AI as a future opportunity.

“So, what does that mean? Well, that means that you’re going to monetize data collection, royalties, loyalty programs, verify agentic AI, and proof of humanity. That’s also taking place on Ethereum. So you can see the future is quite bright.”