Monday was a good day for cryptocurrency holding companies to publish portfolio updates. In what qualifies as excellent timing, Bitmine Immersion Technologies' (BMNR 2.38%) latest release, which yet again revealed a higher pile of digital money, came early enough that morning to benefit from general crypto optimism in the market. This helped push Bitmine stock to an almost 8% gain on the day.
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Bitmine's weekly digest of its most crucial assets revealed that the company's total Ethereum holdings have reached 4,473,587. In hard currency terms, this investment is now worth nearly $9.1 billion. That total is up from the week-ago tally of 4,422,659.
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Bitmine is chiefly, and rightfully, viewed as an Ethereum holding business, although it has a stake in No. 1 cryptocurrency Bitcoin, too. This position saw a more modest rise, clocking in at 195 from last week's 193. Also increasing were Bitmine's cash holdings, which grew to $868 million from $691 million.
Not every asset in the company's portfolio was on the up, however. Its $200 million stake in the Jimmy "Mr. Beast" Donaldson-led Beast Industries held steady at $200 million, while its investment in the stock of institutional Worldcoin investor Eightco Holdings declined -- that's now worth $14 million, down from $17 million.
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The calculus behind this is simple; when crypto optimism is in the air, investors like hearing that a so-called "treasury" business like Bitmine is piling into its favorite asset(s). Personally, I think crypto in general is in for a period of volatility amid the conflict in the Middle East, so I wouldn't be so bullish, but those who believe Ethereum and other electronic coinage will do well should consider Bitmine as a sideways play.
