BMNR ETH Stack Hits 5.82M as Spot Candles Sit Above Filing Mark

While spot ETH candles now print well above the Coinbase mark Bitmine used in its mid-August update, the company’s reported stack still sits short of the Alchemy of 5% target that frames its treasury plan.

On Aug. 17, 2026, Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) said through PR Newswire and an SEC exhibit that as of Aug. 16 at 9:30 p.m. ET it held 5,815,164 ETH, about 4.8% of a stated 120.7 million ETH supply, after buying 9,926 ETH in the week ended Aug. 16. The Alchemy of 5% target was not reached on that holdings date.

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Price action versus the filing mark

This story starts on the chart, not the press-release headline. Bitmine valued its ETH at $1,893 per token on Coinbase for the Aug. 16 snapshot. That figure stays locked to the filing. It is not a live reprint of Sunday’s market.

By the assignment-supplied CoinGecko snapshot for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026 at 8:04 a.m. ET, ETH was near $2,427.88, up about 0.21% on the day, with BTC around $77,194, SOL near $94.40, XRP near $1.49, and DOGE near $0.092537. Green candles on majors do not rewrite the company’s internal mark. They do change how operators read the size of a 5.82 million ETH bag against current spot.

Weekly buys matter on that chart context. Chairman Thomas “Tom” Lee said Bitmine has purchased ETH every week since the ETH treasury strategy began June 30, 2025, roughly 14 months of steady accumulation rather than a single spike bid.

Capital structure and self-funded stack

The capital structure is the cleaner read than any one candle. Alongside the ETH, Bitmine reported 210 BTC and $78 million in cash and marketable securities. PR Newswire framed total crypto and total cash holdings at $11.4 billion as of the Aug. 16 cut.

Staking is the yield sleeve on that structure. As of Aug. 16, 5,067,309 ETH was staked, about 87% of holdings, described as $9.6 billion at the PR’s $1,893 mark. Lee projected about $287 million annualized if the full stack were staked at a 2.61% 7-day yield, and about $250 million on then-current staking levels. Those are projections only, not booked results.

That mix, large staked ETH, a smaller BTC sleeve, and a cash buffer, is how the company presents a long-term network accumulation book. Cointelegraph covered the 5.82 million ETH holdings and the staking angle on the same Aug. 17 news cycle. The SEC exhibit carried the same core numbers operators use when they size BMNR against pure equity narratives.

What 4.8% does and does not mean

Bitmine does not own 5% of ETH. As of Aug. 16 it held about 4.8% of the stated 120.7 million supply after the 9,926 ETH weekly buy. The Alchemy of 5% goal remained open. No later purchases after Aug. 16 are part of this article.

For clean operators, the point is cadence and structure. Weekly ETH bids since mid-2025, a majority of the stack already staked, cash still on the balance sheet, and a public target that has not been tagged yet. The market can rip or chop from the $2,400 zone. The filing still describes a treasury that is large, mostly productive, and short of the round-number line it set for itself.

FAQ

Does BitMine own 5% of ETH? No. About 4.8% as of Aug. 16, 2026. How much did it buy that week? 9,926 ETH. How much is staked? 5,067,309 ETH, roughly 87% of the reported holdings.

Sunday’s spot print sits above the filing mark, the weekly buy clock is still running on Lee’s stated timeline, and the capital stack remains majority-staked ETH with cash and a thin BTC sleeve beside it. That is the story the candles and the balance sheet tell together.