Ethereum reserves have become the new darling of the U.S. stock market.
Written by: Deep Tide TechFlow
A noticeable trend recently is that people are starting to look positively at Ethereum again.
From proclaiming "Ethereum is the oil of the digital age" to the slogan "ETH will rise to $10,000" appearing at EthCC… what else can revive ETH?
The answer to this question may not lie on-chain, but in the U.S. stock market.
As "Bitcoin reserves" become a new trend among publicly listed companies in the U.S., Ethereum reserves have also become the new favorite in the stock market.
For example, last week, SharpLink announced it had purchased an additional 7,689 ETH, making it the publicly listed company with the largest ETH reserves; its stock price (SBET) also rose nearly 30% yesterday.
Meanwhile, BitMine (BMNR), a company focused on Bitcoin mining, recently announced a $250 million ETH asset reserve plan, intending to emulate MicroStrategy. The company's stock price has increased 16 times in one month, and its short-term wealth effect has even surpassed some meme coins.
Additionally, another publicly listed Bitcoin mining company, Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions (BTCS), has followed a similar path, announcing on Tuesday plans to raise $100 million to purchase ETH.
Upon the announcement, the company's stock price skyrocketed by 110%.
Even more aggressively, Bit Digital, which primarily focuses on Bitcoin mining and Ethereum staking, has directly announced a complete shift to Ethereum and the sale of Bitcoin; yesterday, its stock BTBT surged about 20% during trading.
These four companies are a microcosm of the recent embrace of the Ethereum narrative in the U.S. stock market and are stars at the forefront of the capital market.
Speculative funds have limited attention, and the market often forgets more latecomers, so you can see them scrambling to make official announcements, seeking a clear stance and mental positioning.
We also analyzed the similarities and differences in business and underlying resources among these companies to provide some references for players focusing on the correlation between cryptocurrencies and stocks.
Different Businesses, but All Seeking Profitability
SharpLink (SBET), BitMine (BMNR), Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions (BTCS), and Bit Digital (BTBT) are all betting on ETH, and the surge in their stock prices is backed by their respective business logic.
SharpLink (SBET): From Gambling to Gambling
SharpLink Gaming (SBET) primarily operates online sports betting. It also collaborates with sports media companies to help them develop strategies, products, and innovative solutions.
However, in 2024, the company's revenue was only $3.66 million, a year-on-year drop of 26%; it also achieved profitability that year by selling part of its business.
Before the transformation, SBET had a market capitalization of about $10 million, with its stock price hovering near the delisting threshold (below $1), and shareholder equity of less than $2.5 million, facing compliance pressure. Its traditional business had limited growth, making it difficult to break through in the fiercely competitive gambling industry.
In May 2025, SBET raised $425 million in a private placement to buy ETH, currently holding 205,634 ETH (as of July 9).
The large-scale financing to acquire ETH has also made it one of the largest publicly traded ETH holders globally, second only to the Ethereum Foundation.
Public information shows that over 95% of SBET's ETH is deployed in liquid staking protocols, and it has currently earned staking rewards of 322 ETH.
The cash flow generated from staking can indeed have a positive impact on optimizing the balance sheet, but more importantly, this strategy not only optimizes the financial structure but also transforms SBET from a struggling small company on the verge of delisting into a "crypto concept stock" sought after by the capital market.
Against the backdrop of the bottleneck in its main business and the Ethereum ETF craze, SBET's transformation seems more like a gamble, and its high ETH proportion makes it very susceptible to price fluctuations, as ETH tends to drop more sharply than BTC.
BitMine (BMNR): From BTC Mining to ETH Vault
As the name suggests, BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) is a Bitcoin mining company that relies on immersion cooling technology to mine blockchain in Texas and Trinidad.
Through self-mining and hosting third-party equipment, BMNR generates Bitcoin revenue.
In the first quarter of 2025, the company reported revenue of $3.31 million, but high energy consumption and low profit margins (with a net loss of $3.29 million in 2024) made it difficult to operate. Before the transformation, BMNR had a market capitalization of only $26 million, and its mining business was constrained by high costs and fierce competition, with limited growth potential.
On June 30, the company announced a private placement to acquire approximately 95,000 ETH, but the actual holding amount has not been disclosed. However, after the announcement, BMNR's stock price soared from $4.50 to $111.50, skyrocketing 3000% since June.
At the same time, the rise in stock price has also boosted BitMine's market capitalization, which is currently around $5.7 billion. Unlike SBET, BitMine still retains its original BTC mining business, making its ETH reserve seem more like a short-term narrative.
Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions (BTCS): Old Business with a New Twist
BTCS differs from the previous two companies in that its ETH reserves are well-grounded in its historical business.
The company focuses on blockchain infrastructure and was established in 2014, being one of the early blockchain companies listed on NASDAQ. Its core business focuses on the infrastructure operation of Ethereum and other proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain networks, with main operations including running Ethereum nodes and providing the data analysis platform ChainQ, offering staking and data services for DeFi and enterprises.
However, similarly, the company's financial performance has been poor.
In 2024, BTCS reported revenue of about $2.6 million, a year-on-year decrease of 12%, mainly due to high node operation costs and intensified market competition. The net loss reached $5.8 million, falling into a financial predicament of high investment and low returns.
BTCS has held ETH since 2021 and operates validator nodes, accumulating 14,600 ETH, well ahead of the ETH reserve plans of the aforementioned two publicly listed companies; in June and July of this year, BTCS accelerated its ETH accumulation through AAVE DeFi lending and traditional financing, and on July 8, it announced plans to raise $100 million to further expand its ETH holdings.
Objectively speaking, increasing ETH holdings can enhance BTCS's staking capacity in its core business of validator nodes, improving gas fee income and market competitiveness. The market has also responded positively, with this announcement causing BTCS's stock price to surge over 100% in a single day, rising from $2.50 to $5.25.
Bit Digital (BTBT): Selling BTC, Fully Shifting to ETH
Bit Digital, Inc. (BTBT) is a blockchain technology company headquartered in New York, established in 2015, initially focusing on Bitcoin (BTC) mining. Since 2022, it has gradually laid out Ethereum staking infrastructure, along with GPU cloud computing and asset management services.
Similarly, the company has also faced financial losses; its financial report shows that in the first quarter of 2025, revenue was $25.1 million, and after accounting adjustments, its loss was around $44.5 million.
In July 2025, the company raised $172 million through a public offering and sold 280 BTC, increasing its ETH holdings to 100,603 (approximately $264 million), with ETH accounting for 60% of its assets, making it the company with the second-largest ETH holdings, just behind SharpLink.
Clearly, these four companies share characteristics of poor financial conditions and low market capitalization, resembling some low-market-value protocols in the crypto market that have no revenue, quickly rising after gaining narrative and attention.
Key Drivers Behind the Transformation
David Hoffman, founder of Bankless, provided a profound insight into the phenomenon of ETH reserves in a recent article:
"The strategy is simple: incorporate ETH into the balance sheet and then pitch ETH to Wall Street… Ethereum itself has many narrative highlights; what ETH needs is a sufficiently vibrant person who can excite Wall Street."
Connections and resources link the crypto narrative to traditional capital markets. From crypto moguls to investment banking giants, these four companies have different key figures behind them.
SharpLink: Ethereum Co-founder and His Crypto Team
From the brink of delisting to becoming the largest ETH holder, this transformation is closely tied to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin's maneuvering.
As the founder and CEO of ConsenSys, Lubin oversees important infrastructure in the Ethereum ecosystem, such as the MetaMask wallet and Infura (which handles over 50% of Ethereum transactions).
In May 2025, Lubin joined the SBET board as chairman, personally driving the $463 million financing. This is also closely related to the crypto VCs who have previously invested in various projects within the Ethereum ecosystem:
His own ConsenSys led the $425 million private placement for SBET, collaborating with ParaFi Capital (a top DeFi venture capital firm that invested in Uniswap and Aave), Pantera Capital (an early investor in Ethereum managing over $5 billion), and Galaxy Digital (which manages Ethereum ETFs) among other institutions.
Despite community skepticism that this is a conspiracy by the Ethereum Foundation, Lubin's connections and ConsenSys's resources undoubtedly give SBET the ability to become a pioneer in Wall Street's embrace of Ethereum.
BitMine: The Connection Between Thomas Lee and Silicon Valley VCs
Thomas Lee, a well-known strategist on Wall Street and co-founder of Fundstrat, is famous for his accurate predictions and is the driving force behind BitMine's (BMNR) ETH reserve strategy.
Lee has been bullish on Bitcoin since 2017, predicting in 2024 that ETH will reach $5,000 to $6,000, and announced in June 2025 that he would serve as the chairman of BMNR's board.
In an interview, he mentioned the reasons for betting on Ethereum:
"To put it simply, the real reason I chose Ethereum is that stablecoins are exploding. Circle is one of the best IPOs in five years, with a price-to-earnings ratio of 100 times EBITDA, bringing excellent performance to some funds… Stablecoins are the ChatGPT of the crypto world, having entered the mainstream, and are evidence of Wall Street's attempt to 'equity-tokenize' tokens. Meanwhile, the crypto circle is 'tokenizing' equity, such as the dollar being tokenized."
He also stated on CNBC that BMNR will become "the MicroStrategy of Ethereum."
In the $250 million fundraising plan proposed by Lee, we also see the involvement of the well-known Silicon Valley VC Founders Fund, founded by Peter Thiel, which has invested in SpaceX, Palantir, and has heavily invested in crypto since 2021, including Ethereum, Solana, and the Bullish Group, which also acquired CoinDesk.
Additionally, crypto-native institutions such as Pantera, FalconX, Kraken, Galaxy Digital, and DCG are also involved.
Bit Digital: CEO Was a Bitfinex Advisor
Samir Tabar is the mastermind behind Bit Digital's (BTBT) ETH reserve strategy, and he has a cross-industry background from Wall Street to the crypto world.
Tabar previously served as the head of capital markets at Merrill Lynch and was a strategic advisor for Bitfinex from 2017 to 2018, optimizing the trading process of USDT on the Ethereum network before joining Bit Digital in 2021.
In a CNBC interview, Tabar referred to Ethereum as a "blue-chip asset that is reshaping the financial system," emphasizing its enormous potential in stablecoins and DeFi applications. His traditional finance background and crypto experience lend more credibility to Bit Digital's transformation, and his comments about "blue-chip assets" resonate with the narrative of revitalizing Ethereum.
In June 2025, Bit Digital raised $172 million through an ATM issuance to purchase ETH; major investors included BlackRock and investment bank underwriter H.C. Wainwright, the latter of which has provided financing support to Bit Digital multiple times and reaffirmed a "buy" rating for BTBT in 2025, with a target price of $5 to $7.
BTCS: Utilizing AAVE Lending to Purchase ETH
Compared to the previous three, BTCS CEO Charles Allen is relatively low-key.
However, he is also a veteran in the crypto industry, with blockchain experience starting from Bitcoin investments in 2011, shifting to Ethereum in 2014, and driving BTCS to become the first blockchain company listed on NASDAQ in 2016.
In June 2025, he led BTCS in borrowing $2.5 million through AAVE to purchase 1,000 ETH, with plans to raise $100 million in July 2025. The investors also include ATW Partners and H.C. Wainwright, with the former being a hybrid venture capital/private equity firm based in New York that invests in both debt and equity.
From these four companies, we can see a commonality:
Each company has core figures related to the crypto circle, and there is overlap in the fundraising targets of different companies.
Crypto funds and traditional funds that have previously invested in Ethereum are also behind the ETH reserve craze; the capital network of the Ethereum ecosystem is extensive, which may also be another testament to the robustness of the Ethereum network itself.
Money never sleeps. As ETH reserve companies become the new meme stocks of 2025, businesses undergoing transformation will inevitably create wealth for a wave of people. Currently, this feast of cryptocurrencies and stocks has not yet reached its end.
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