Cardano Layer-2 Midgard Hits Major Milestone

The post Tom Lee’s BitMine Announces 2026 ETH Staking Plans Amid $4B Treasury Loss appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BitMine plans to start a network of Ethereum validators built in the U.S. This comes even as the company’s treasury is facing billions in unrealized losses due to the market crash. BitMine Pushes Ahead With 2026 ETH Staking Plans In a recent press release, the treasury firm announced that it is launching the Made in America Validator Network (MAVAN). This will help the firm stake its ETH treasury. The company also stated that it has selected three pilot partners to test the program with a small amount of its ETH. We plan to partner with one or more of these pilot partners plus world-class infrastructure providers to scale our own “Made in America Validator Network” (MAVAN) over the coming quarter,” he said. These early-stage tests are designed to test node performance and service quality before deployment. Tom Lee said the company plans to scale MAVAN via partnerships with top-tier infrastructure providers. “BitMine continues to execute at the highest level. The company is well positioned in 2026 and we look forward to commencing ETH staking with our MAVAN, or Made in America Validator Network, in early calendar 2026,” he said. This staking plan has arrived at a particularly difficult moment for the firm. It has about $4 billion in unrealized losses left from the crypto crash. The shares of BMNR have also fallen 84% from their high back in July. It has erased the premium that was once attached to its net asset value. Source: Yahoo Finance Despite the crash, the company has continued adding to its ETH treasury. Tom Lee has repeatedly called the dip a “golden opportunity.” He argued that accumulating assets during periods of decline is what will make the strategy profitable for the company. Tom Lee Says ETH Weakness Mirrors Earlier Liquidity Shocks Lee said that Ethereum’s…

The post We’ve had 2 months without a single new company buying Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The story of corporate Bitcoin adoption is often told as a parade of logos. New CFO decides to be bold. Board nods. Treasury buys coin. Number go up. That parade has not shown up for two months. According to BitBo’s treasuries tracker, the last fresh company to join the BTC-on-balance-sheet club was GD Culture Group on September 18. Since then, it’s been nothing new, and the “new entities” table just sits there with that same date at the top. That doesn’t mean there’s no corporate demand. It just means that it looks different. The net bids are dominated by the same cast of repeat accumulators, with Strategy the poster child for tradfi’s thirst for Bitcoin. On Nov. 17, the company added 8,665 BTC in a single shot, a reminder that the most consistent buyers are already in the pool. The market might not be onboarding new swimmers, but it sure is watching the veterans do extra laps. To understand why the pattern changed and what it means for the next leg of adoption, we must dive deep into the numbers. The empty on-ramp Let’s start with the absence. BitBo’s “Newly Added Treasury Entities” log is a rolling register of first-time holders. The lines before Sep.18 read like a bull-cycle scrapbook, with small public companies testing the waters, a few private names, and even some municipal experiments. After GD Culture Group’s acquisition on Sep.18, the list goes quiet until Nov. 21. In a market that’s built on momentum, you can’t ignore two months of stillness. This lack of activity shows us that onboarding has a cadence, and right now, the cadence is slow. Table showing the last 10 newly added treasury entities on Nov. 21, 2025 (Source: BitBo) So, why the quiet period? There are a few plausible culprits. First, accounting…

The post Wormhole unveils strategic reserve to accumulate W token appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways Wormhole announced the creation of a strategic reserve aimed at supporting the value of its native W token. The reserve is part of a broader tokenomics initiative by Wormhole to enhance utility and value within its cross-chain protocol ecosystem. Wormhole introduced a strategic reserve designed to accumulate value into its W token, according to a blog post published today. The cross-chain protocol announced the initiative as part of its tokenomics strategy. The W token serves as Wormhole’s native digital asset within its interoperability ecosystem that connects multiple blockchain networks. Source: https://cryptobriefing.com/wormhole-strategic-reserve-w-token-value/