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Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, announced another purchase of the second-biggest crypto, bringing the company closer to management’s goal of accumulating 5% of the total supply.Bitmine acquired 28,086 Ether (ETH) last week, according to a Tuesday announcement, which is currently worth about $69.5 million. The purchase brings Bitmine’s total holdings to 5.93 million Ether acquired at an average price of $2,495 per ETH. Bitmine reported $15.7 billion in total assets, including $593 million in marketable securities, cash, other crypto holdings and 5.1 million in staked ETH, which is expected to generate $330 million in annualized staking revenue.Following the purchase, Bitmine said it completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of the total Ether supply within 15 months. Led by chairman Tom Lee, the company announced a 53,501 ETH acquisition last week, pushing its holdings to account for 4.9% of Ethereum’s 120.7 million circulating supply.Bitmine ranks as the world’s largest publicly listed Ether treasury. The company is currently facing $5.1 billion in unrealized losses on its ETH holdings, according to Dropstab data. Ether’s price fell 16% since the beginning of 2026 and was trading at $2,469 at 1:29 pm UTC on Tuesday, according to CoinMarketCap.The company’s NYSE-traded BMNR stock price was down more than 2% at Tuesday’s market open, poised to extend its year-to-date decline into double digits, according to Yahoo Finance. Related: Tom Lee says ‘mini crypto winter’ is over, sees Ether above $60KCointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph’s Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, skipped its weekly Bitcoin acquisition to repurchase $176 million of its preferred STRC stock.Strategy repurchased 1.8 million STRC shares for an aggregate $176.3 million between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, according to a Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.The company also doubled the size of its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program to $2 billion. With no new purchases, Strategy’s holdings sit at 845,050 Bitcoin (BTC), acquired for a total of $63.6 billion, at an average purchase price of $75,412 apiece.Last week, Strategy made its first BTC buy since mid June, with a $370 million purchase.  While STRC’s share price was largely flat in premarket activity on Tuesday, trading at $97.70, or a 2.3% discount from its intended $100 par value, the company’s Nasdaq-traded MSTR common stock was down more than 3% at last look, according to Yahoo Finance.STRC is one of Strategy’s main vehicles to fund its Bitcoin accumulation. Trading below par limits Strategy’s ability to raise funds through STRC sales and may force the company to further increase its dividend rate.Strategy unveiled a capital framework on June 29 to allow Bitcoin sales to fund dividends and increased the annual dividend rate on its STRC preferred stock to 12%. Related: Standard Chartered wavers on $100K Bitcoin year-end call, says it may be ‘too low’BTC treasury challenger Strive steps purchasesWhile Strategy opted to pause its Bitcoin buying last week, management other companies stepped up purchases of the biggest crypto by market cap.Strive, the fifth-largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, acquired 1,375 Bitcoin for $109 million, at an average cost of $79,281 per BTC, bringing its total holdings to 24,531 Bitcoin, CEO Matt Cole revealed on Monday. Ahead of Tuesday’s market open, the company’s Nasdaq-traded ASST shares were down more than 2.5%, after more than doubling in the past month.France-listed Bitcoin treasury Capital B also revealed a $25 million Bitcoin acquisition on Monday, its largest in nearly a year, pushing the French company ahead of H100 Group among publicly traded BTC holders.

Two suspects in the killing of four people in Mexico allegedly sought a cold wallet they believed held millions of dollars in Bitcoin, news outlet La Jornada reported on Saturday, citing an update from the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM).Diego Sebastián and Gerardo, whose surnames were withheld, are scheduled for a court hearing on Wednesday, where a judge will determine whether there is sufficient evidence for criminal proceedings against them to continue, reported Diario de México on Sunday.The FGJEM announced the arrests of the two suspects in a Sept. 2 X post.According to La Jornada, prosecutors accuse the two men of killing Jonathan Meléndez, keyboardist for rock band Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife, his daughter and an employee in their home in the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza. The family’s golden retriever was also killed.The FGJEM said the suspects could face 25 to 70 years in prison per homicide victim if convicted, according to La Jornada.One suspect was a business associate of one of the victims and allegedly used the relationship to enter the home, Mexico’s security secretary, Omar García Harfuch, said in a Sept. 2 X post.Physical attacks target crypto holdersCrypto wrench attacks involve violence or threats to force people to hand over cryptocurrency or access to their wallets. The first half of 2026 saw 20 publicly reported home invasions targeting crypto owners, up from a single incident during the same period a year earlier, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.CertiK identified a total of 52 wrench attacks worldwide in the first half of 2026, up 33.3% from 39 incidents during the same period in 2025.Attack type year-on-year, H1 2025 vs. H1 2026. Source: CertiKIn the first half of 2026, criminals stole over $30 million in crypto through wrench attacks, according to estimates from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.Related: Coldcard third-wave attacker moves 45% of stolen BitcoinIn October 2025, attackers killed convicted Russian crypto fraudster Roman Novak and his wife after kidnapping them and demanding crypto wallet access, reported Russian news outlet Fontanka.Wrench attacks increased by 75% in 2025 to 72 verified cases worldwide, according to CertiK. France recorded the most attacks last year, with 19 confirmed incidents, while Europe accounted for about 40% of all attacks globally in 2025.Magazine: Inside the ‘fake police raid’ that forced a $1M Bitcoin transfer

Trading platform Robinhood’s blockchain network is expected to generate as much as $160 million in annual fees by 2028, Bernstein analysts forecast in a Tuesday report shared with Cointelegraph.The analysts cited growing demand for tokenized stock trading on the network, which grew to account for about 27% of the chain’s total trading volume, while native memecoin pairs trading decreased to 36% of network activity, down from 100% at launch on July 1.Bernstein said the growing demand for tokenized stocks on the Robinhood chain is driven by automated market-making pools on Uniswap that pair memecoins with stock tokens and create “reflexive demand” for both sides.In a little more than two months since launch, the Robinhood chain has emerged as the leading blockchain network by daily fees, generating $2.13 million in the past 24 hours, according to DefiLlama. On July 20, Bernstein raised its price target on Robinhood (HOOD) stock to $160 from $130 per share and maintained its Outperform rating, forecasting growth in the platform’s prediction market business and tokenized equities. The company’s Nasdaq-traded shares were little changed at last look in Tuesday’s premarket activity, according to Yahoo Finance data.However, Robinhood’s blockchain-based equities recently drew criticism from Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings, who said the platform’s tokenized stocks providing economic exposure to AMC shares have no affiliation with the company. Aron called the offering “outrageous” and said that AMC will request an investigation from its outside securities counsel.Related: Fomo overtakes Pump.fun in daily revenue on SolanaCointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph’s Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently.

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