Bitcoin and gold start cautiously this week, IREN and Anthropic reach cloud service agreement

Strategy Company purchased $21.5 million worth of Bitcoin and repurchased $192 million worth of STRC tokens.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that asset tokenization, intergenerational wealth transfer, digital asset treasury companies absorbing market supply, and AI development will drive the largest cryptocurrency bull market in history. Lee believes that young people who inherit wealth have a higher risk preference for cryptocurrency assets, and this trend has a greater impact in this cycle than the 2019-2021 bull market. In addition, during the bear market phase of the cryptocurrency market from 2025 to 2026, Bitmine's stock price outperformed ETH.

Ledger attackers transferred 3000 ETH and exchanged it for USDC through Tornado Cash and Zcash, and investigators traced 108 transactions. Currently, three wallets hold 2.85 million USD in USDC, and Circle may have frozen funds. Tether has frozen $10 million in stolen USDT, and the attacker's related wallet still holds $38.6 million in ETH and $16.9 million in BTC.

OKX-BTC/USDT is currently trading at $82980.20, with a 5-minute drop of 0.09%. Please be aware of the market fluctuations.

BitMine increased its holdings by 12532 ETH last week, and as of October 11, 2026, its total holdings reached 6.029 million ETH, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total ETH supply. BitMine holds a total asset value of approximately $16.2 billion, including $612 million in cash and securities, 214 bitcoins, $180 million in Beast Industries equity, and $85 million in Eightco Holdings (ORBS) investment. In addition, BitMine has pledged 5.0673 million ETH worth approximately $12.9 billion, with an annualized staking income of approximately $336 million.