{
  "id": 12629115,
  "title": "Ether is about to lose a steady buyer as Tom Lee says Bitmine will stop token purchases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ether-is-about-to-lose-a-steady-buyer-as-tom-lee-says-bitmine-will",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T12:40:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/07/ether-is-about-to-lose-a-steady-buyer-as-tom-lee-says-bitmine-will-stop-token-purchases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tom Lee said Bitmine will be “done stacking” once it owns 5% of ETH, setting an end date to an accumulation streak that began in mid-2025 and made the company the world's largest Ethereum treasury.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "BitMine sets 5% Ether supply ‘hard cap’ as accumulation target nears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/bitmine-sets-5-ether-supply-hard-cap-as-accumulation-target-nears",
        "published": "2026-10-07T08:50:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Live updates: BitMine announces ETH buying limit. Ether, bitcoin slide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/live-updates-bitmine-announces-eth-buying-limit-ether-bitcoin-slide",
        "published": "2026-10-07T11:09:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}