World Liberty Monetary, Bitmine Purchase The Ethereum Dip

The Trump household’s World Liberty Monetary (WLFI) and Bitmine Immersion Applied sciences, the Ethereum treasury agency led by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, seized the possibility to purchase the Ethereum dip amid the altcoin’s newest value plunge.

As of 1:06 a.m. EST, the biggest altcoin by market cap trades at $4,449.71, down greater than 3% prior to now 24 hours. 

Ethereum value chart (Supply: CoinMarketCap)

Regardless of the latest pullback, ETH continues to be up over 6% prior to now week, when it got here to inside 4% of its all-time excessive (ATH) of $4,891.70 that it set on Nov. 16, 2021. 

World Liberty Monetary Buys The Ethereum Dip

In keeping with on-chain knowledge from Arkham Intelligence that was cited by Lookonchain in an X put up earlier right this moment, the Trump household’s WLFI undertaking spent 8.6 million USD Coin (USDC) to buy 1,911 ETH tokens. 

Trump’s World Liberty(@worldlibertyfi) spent one other 10M $USDC to purchase 84.5 $WBTC at $118,343, and spent 8.6M $USDC to purchase 1,911 $ETH at $4,500 an hour in the past.https://t.co/0qWkRUhTQbhttps://t.co/awJFLTae1N pic.twitter.com/PzucpjMjRD

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 16, 2025

That ETH was bought when the altcoin chief was buying and selling at $4,500, Lookonchain mentioned. It additionally follows the platform’s a lot smaller June 29 buy. Again then, WLFI purchased 256.75 ETH for 1 million USDC.

In keeping with Arkham Intelligence knowledge, WLFI at the moment holds 1.914 ETH valued at $8.53 million at present costs. Total, the undertaking holds $99,256,138.80 in crypto. 

WLFI’s largest holdings are in Aave v3 WETH (AETHWETH) and Aave v3 WBTC (AETHWBTC). It at the moment holds 10.218K AETHWETH valued at $45.57 million, and 230.002 AETHWBTC value round $27.08 million at present costs. 

Tom Lee’s Bitmine Bolsters Its Ethereum Treasury

Together with WLFI, Bitmine Immersion Applied sciences has additionally added to its Ethereum holdings in the course of the latest ETH value dip. 

In one other X put up, Lookonchain famous that the corporate bought 28,650 ETH value about $130 million. 

In keeping with the Arkham knowledge, the transaction was executed by way of an over-the-counter (OTC) tackle earlier than the ETH was moved to a WalletSimple storage system owned by Bitmine.

With the most recent purchase, the corporate’s holdings within the altcoin have been elevated to 1.174 million ETH, Arkham Intelligence knowledge reveals. This has cemented its place as the biggest Ethereum treasury firm globally, with Bitmine’s holdings now value $5.23 billion even after ETH’s latest value drop.

Bitmine’s largest competitors is SharpLink Gaming, the corporate backed by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin. Its holdings stand at 728,804 ETH, in keeping with the corporate’s second quarter earnings report. 

SharpLink yesterday reported a $103 million internet loss for the second quarter that ended on June 30. However $87.8 million of this loss was attributed to non-cash impairment on the agency’s liquid staked ETH holdings.

That is as a result of Typically Accepted Accounting Precept (GAAP) requirement to acknowledge the bottom value ETH traded at in the course of the second quarter, which was $2,300.

Following information of the loss, SharpLink shares slumped 15.5%, in keeping with Google Finance.

SharpLink Gaming share value (Supply: Google Finance)

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