Bit Digital Deepens Ethereum Treasury Bet With $20M Purchase

Bit Digital (BTBT) purchased $20 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) on May 28, lifting its total holdings to approximately 158,461.75 ETH. The Nasdaq-listed company said the purchase deepens its strategic asset position in Ethereum.

Bit Digital now ranks among the largest public corporate holders of ETH globally, a distinction previously concentrated in a small number of firms.

The Purchase

A PR Newswire release confirmed the transaction on May 28. Bit Digital did not disclose the average purchase price per ETH or the specific timing of the open-market buys.

At current market prices, 158,461.75 ETH carries a market value of roughly $420 million, based on ETH trading near $2,650 in late May 2026. The company framed the move as consistent with a longer-term treasury strategy built around Ethereum as a primary reserve asset.

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Bit Digital Ethereum Treasury

Bit Digital is a Nasdaq-listed digital asset company originally focused on Bitcoin (BTC) mining before pivoting toward Ethereum and high-performance computing infrastructure.

The company has positioned ETH as a core treasury reserve, citing Ethereum’s staking yield, liquidity depth, and institutional adoption trajectory as reasons for the preference over other assets.

Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. It operates on a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, a system that secures the network by requiring validators to lock up ETH rather than expend computing power.

That staking model allows corporate holders to generate yield on their treasury positions, a dynamic that has attracted several public companies to ETH over Bitcoin as a treasury instrument.

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What Comes Next

Bit Digital’s accumulation pace has accelerated across 2026. The company began the year with a substantially smaller ETH position and has added through multiple tranches.

A Cointelegraph report from May said Bit Digital had been steadily growing its ETH stack throughout the first half of the year, ahead of this latest purchase.

The company has not said whether further purchases are planned. Investors and analysts will watch whether the position generates staking income in coming quarters and whether Bit Digital files an updated treasury policy in its next regulatory disclosure.

Ethereum’s price trajectory against the backdrop of broader cryptocurrency market volatility, including a recent pullback tied to U.S.-Iran tensions, will also shape the unrealized value of the position going forward.

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