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The Ethereum price plunged 2% in the last 24 hours to trade at $4,013 as of 3:33 a.m. EST on trading volume that dropped 28% to $41.6 billion. Tom Lee’s BitMine Immersion Technologies took the opportunity buy the dip, snapping up 104,336 ETH worth about $417 million from Kraken and BitGo, according to on-chain data from Lookonchain. The fresh acquisition follows the company’s $828 million purchase last week. It looks like Bitmine(@BitMNR) just bought another 104,336 $ETH($417M). Over the past 7 hours, 3 new wallets received 104,336 $ETH($417M) from #Kraken and #BitGo. Despite the crypto market crash, Tom Lee still predicts $ETH will hit $10K by year-end.https://t.co/KewyZ4cAeP… pic.twitter.com/Vn5b9ijP2Z — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 16, 2025 “The crypto liquidation over the past few days created a price decline in ETH, which BitMine took advantage of,” said BitMine chairman Lee.  “Volatility creates deleveraging, and this ...

Tom Lee’s BitMine has become the second-biggest crypto treasury company globally after Michael Saylor’s Strategy after it added 373,110 Ethereum tokens to its reserves over the past week. That series of buys has pushed the company’s total ETH holdings to 1,523,373 tokens valued at $6.44 billion at current prices, according to data from StrategicETHReserve.  BitMine now holds 1.26% of the total ETH supply, and has more than double the amount of ETH on its balance sheets compared to its nearest rival, SharpLink Gaming.  Top 5 biggest ETH treasury companies (Source: StrategicETHReserve)  SharpLink Gaming holds 728.8K ETH valued at $3.08 billion, while the third-biggest ETH treasury company is The Ether Machine with as stockpile of 345.4K ETH valued at $1.46 billion. BitMine Now Only Behind Strategy In Crypto Holdings BitMine shared an update on its ETH holdings via an Aug. 18 X thread to say its ETH holdings gained $1.7 billion in value in just ...

Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder, has put forth a bullish prediction regarding Bitcoin’s (BTC) near-term price action on CNBC’s Squawk Box on April 21. Namely, the financial analyst believes that the leading digital asset struggled at the beginning of the year due to the overleveraged positions of institutional investors.  “Now that deleveraging is done, I think that Bitcoin is gonna catch up to gold. And Bitcoin’s old high was over $110,000, so I think there’s a lot of room to catch up as a sort of non-dollar asset.” At the time of writing on April 21, Bitcoin was trading at $88,210, having marked a 4.43% gain on the daily chart, which has brought year-to-date (YTD) losses down to 5.67%. BTC price 1-day and year-to-date (YTD) charts. Source: Finbold Here’s how much Bitcoin would have to rally to catch up to gold In contrast with the leading cryptocurrency, gold prices have increased by 30.31% since the start of the year, having reached ...

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says that digital assets are likely approaching the time when smaller altcoins begin to outshine the larger-cap cryptocurrencies. In a new interview on the Wealthion podcast with SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, Lee says his firm has already begun recommending Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) to clients as a way to move out of the risk curve from Bitcoin (BTC). Lee, head of research at Fundstrat, says that investors holding altcoins may have some “alpha” as the market cycle develops. “The answer is yes. We’ve recommended to our clients that if they didn’t want to be Bitcoin-only, that they could look at Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana because we’ve put those largely in the same category as sort of core cryptos. We are also entering what I think is altseason. Next year is really when I think the crypto market could broaden and this is where those who are really experts on crypto… actually...

What do the billionaires and experts forecast for Bitcoin price in 2024 and beyond? Dive into the predict ions that might shape the crypto space in the coming years. As we approach the much-anticipated Bitcoin (BTC) halving next year, a time when the crypto market tends to make its best impression of a roller coaster, some well-known figures are offering their insights on where the Bitcoin price may be headed in the coming years. These forecasts originate from individuals who appear confident in their ability to predict financial trends. Figures such as Cathie Wood, Robert Kiyosaki, and other experienced cryptocurrency experts openly express their often unconventional visions for the future of digital currencies. So, let’s unwind the most bizarre Bitcoin forecasts for 2024 and beyond. Cathie Wood : $1 million by 2030 Cathie Wood and her team at ARK Invest are making waves with some eye-catching forecasts. According to Cathie, Bitcoin might be gearing up for a significant leap, ...