Ethereum slips 5% on the week to around $2,500 as Bitmine nears end of ETH buying plan
At the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore on October 7, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said the company needs to buy about 100,000 more ETH to reach its target of 5% of circulating supply, after which it will stop accumulating. Bitmine reported holdings of 6,016,414 ETH—around 4.9% of supply—after buying roughly $41 million worth over the prior week. U.S. spot ETH ETFs have recorded outflows for six consecutive trading days. With those developments, ETH fell 5% over the week to around $2,500.