Breaking: Tom Lee’s BitMine To Raise $250 Million For Ethereum Treasury

Bitcoin Miner BitMine is forging ahead with plans to become the MicroStrategy of Ethereum. The company announced that it plans to raise $250 million for its Ethereum-focused treasury, while Fundstrat’s Tom Lee will become the Board Chairman with immediate effect.

BitMine Finalizes Capital Raise For Ethereum Treasury

In a press release, the Bitcoin miner announced that a proposed $250 million private placement for the purchase and sale of just over 55 million shares of common stock at the price of $4.50 per share. BitMine plans to use these funds to implement an Ethereum treasury strategy.

The private placement was led by MOZAYYX and involved participation from investors like Founders Fund, Pantera, FalconX, Galaxy, Digital, Republic Digital, Tom Lee, and top crypto exchange Kraken.

BitMine stated that the closing of the private placement is likely to occur on or about July 3, 2025, subject to fulfillment of customary closing conditions. The company reiterated that it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to acquire ETH and contribute to its treasury operations.

Ethereum will serve as the company’s primary treasury reserve asset. Furthermore, the company also announced that Thomas “Tom” Lee will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective today.

Commenting on BitMine’s move to create an Ethereum treasury, Tom Lee said,

This transaction includes the highest quality investors across trad-fi and crypto venture capital, properly reflecting the rapid and continued convergence of traditional financial services and crypto.

Meanwhile, the company plans to use its ETH holdings to access native protocol activities, including staking and decentralized finance mechanisms on the Ethereum network. Tom Lee also explained why the company chose to adopt Ethereum instead of any other crypto assets.

The BitMine chairman noted that “Stablecoins have proven to be the ‘chatGPT’ of crypto” and that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicts that the stablecoin industry could reach $2 trillion. Lee remarked that Ethereum is where the majority of stablecoin payments are transacted, and so, ETH should benefit from this growth.