Gate News message, April 27 — Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine, stated that Ethereum has outperformed the S&P 500 index (U.S. benchmark equity index) by 1,696 basis points since the U.S.-Iran conflict, making it the best-performing single asset globally aside from crude oil. According to Lee, ETH has de

Gate News message, April 25 — Ethereum developer Tom Lehman has released a draft proposal, EIP-8182, aimed at significantly enhancing privacy on the Ethereum network through protocol-level changes. The proposal introduces a "shared shielding pool" mechanism directly integrated into the Ethereum prot

Gate News message, April 24 — Ethereum developer Tom Lehman has published a draft proposal for EIP-8182, aimed at introducing native privacy transfers to Ethereum by implementing shared privacy pools, fixed address system contracts, and zero-knowledge proof verification precompiles at the protocol l

Gate News message, April 24 — Bitmine, the largest Ethereum treasury company led by Tom Lee, staked approximately $320 million worth of ether over the past 24 hours, bringing its total staked holdings to over 70% of its overall position. The company moved roughly 75,600 ETH to a major CEX for

Gate News message, Tom Lee's Bitmine has acquired another 100,000 ETH valued at $233.7 million. Three newly created wallets linked to Bitmine received 100,000 ETH ($233.7 million) from BitGo.

Gate News message, April 23 — White House National Economic Council Director Hassett expressed support Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Powell's plan to temporarily remain in his position if his successor has not been confirmed by the Senate by the time his term expires in May. Hassett

Gate News message, April 22 — Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has publicly responded to two attacks on his residence for the first time during a Core Memory podcast appearance. Altman stated that similar incidents are likely to occur in the future, though he did not elaborate on the details of the attack

Bitmine recently acquired 101,627 ETH, bringing its total to 4,976,485 ETH, which is 4.12% of the circulating supply. The company aims to reach 5% of total ETH supply and is the world’s largest ETH staker, recently launching an institutional staking platform.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh on April 21. Political uncertainty surrounds his nomination due to Senator Tom Tillis's opposition. Key macroeconomic data releases are also expected this week.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) reported a $3.82 billion net loss for Q1 2026, primarily from unrealized digital asset losses. Despite this, it continues to accumulate Ethereum, now holding 4.87 million ETH worth $10.7 billion. Quarterly revenue increased to $11.04 million, mainly from staking rewards.