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Bitmine Climbs 6% as Ethereum Extends Rally After SEC Tokenization Order; Sharplink Rises 5%, Coinbase Jumps 6%
Ethereum rose 5.7% as the SEC opened a regulated path for tokenized U.S. stocks, lifting Bitmine and Coinbase about 6%, traders said.
On September 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year exemption creating a regulated pathway for tokenized U.S. stocks, lifting crypto-linked equities Coinbase and Bitmine Immersion Technologies by 6% on Monday.
Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc. resumed Bitcoin purchases after a two-week pause, acquiring 950 BTC for $75.7 million on September 21 while deploying $174 million to repurchase Series A Preferred Stock.
Bitmine added 27,562 ETH last week, bringing its treasury to nearly 5.98 million tokens, with 85% of holdings staked generating projected annual revenue of roughly $357 million.
Strategy's deployable cash fell nearly 20% to $1.05 billion from $1.30 billion a week earlier, reflecting $249.7 million in combined Bitcoin acquisitions and preferred stock repurchases.
Chairman Tom Lee contends a crypto bull market is underway, driven by institutional rotation from artificial intelligence stocks into digital assets, ahead of his September 30 keynote at Korea Blockchain Week.