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Lee urged BitMine shareholders to increase authorized shares from 500 million to 50 billion.
$ETH The move will enable the company to conduct capital market activities, take advantage of opportunistic deals and accommodate future share splits.
BitMine holds over 4.11 million ETH, worth about $12.8 billion.
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Chairman of Ethereum treasury BitMine Immersion, Thomas 'Tom' Lee, is seeking support to increase the firm's authorised shares ahead of its annual shareholders' vote.

In his first Chairman's message of 2026, Lee urged shareholders to approve the board's proposal to expand the company's total authorized shares from 500 million to 50 billion.

"This doesn't mean we're issuing 50 billion shares. That's what we want the total max shares to be," said Lee.

He noted that the move will enable the company to continue conducting capital market activities such as at-the-market (ATM) offerings, convertible note issuances and warrants. Additionally, it will create room for opportunistic deals, such as mergers and acquisitions.

Future share splits key reason for the increase
Most importantly, Lee emphasized that the increase is required to accommodate future share splits. Since pivoting to an ETH treasury in July, Lee highlighted that BMNR share price has closely tracked ETH's price.

If Ethereum (ETH) continues to trade at its 8-year average relative to Bitcoin (BTC), and the trend of tokenization continues to grow, the leading altcoin could rise to $250,000 if BTC reaches $1 million, according to Lee. This would make shares pricey for the public if BMNR maintains its correlation with ETH.

Shareholders have until 14 January to vote on the proposal, after which BitMine will hold its annual shareholders meeting on 15 January in Las Vegas.

BitMine holds over 4.11 million ETH, worth about $12.8 billion at the time of publication. The firm recently began staking portions of its assets, deploying 408,627 ETH across three staking providers.

BMNR closed at $31.19, up 14% on Friday.

Overture from Ministry of Defence Export Center comes as heavily sanctioned states turn to digital assets

Iran is offering to sell advanced weapons systems including ballistic missiles, drones and warships to foreign governments for cryptocurrency, in an attempt to use digital assets to bypass western financial controls.

Iran’s Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, says it is prepared to negotiate military contracts that allow payment in digital currencies, as well as through barter arrangements and Iranian rials, according to promotional documents and payment terms analysed by the Financial Times.

The offer, introduced during the past year, appears to mark one of the first known instances in which a nation state has publicly indicated its willingness to accept cryptocurrency as payment for the export of strategic military hardware.

Mindex, a state-run body responsible for Iran’s overseas defence sales, says it has client relationships with 35 countries and advertises a catalogue of weapons that includes Emad ballistic missiles, Shahed drones, Shahid Soleimani-class warships and short-range air defence systems.

Mindex say buyers must agree to conditions about how weapons would be used “during a war with another country”, although it adds such terms are “negotiable between the contracting parties”.

“It should be noted that, given the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding circumvention of sanctions, there is no problem in implementing the contract,” the response says. “Your purchased product will reach you as soon as possible.”

While prices are not publicly listed, the site says payment can also be arranged in the destination country and offers in-person inspection of goods in Iran, “subject to approval from security authorities”.

The move comes amid growing evidence that countries facing extensive US and European sanctions are using cryptocurrency and other alternative financial channels to sustain trade in sensitive goods.

Washington has taken action against Russian entities for using cryptocurrencies to evade western sanctions.

Iran’s Majid short-range air defence system © Mindex
Parties paying Iran using conventional finance risk being blocked from western-based financial systems as a result of US, EU and UK sanctions.

US authorities have previously accused Iran of using digital assets to facilitate oil sales and move hundreds of millions of dollars outside the formal banking system.

In September, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on individuals it said were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for operating a “shadow banking” network that used cryptocurrencies to process payments on behalf of Tehran.

The disclosures also come as western powers seek to tighten pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme. In August, Britain, France and Germany triggered a UN mechanism to reimpose international sanctions on Iran after diplomatic efforts to revive negotiations with the US collapsed.

Iran ranked 18th in the world for major arms exports in 2024, behind Norway and Australia, according to the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research.

The Atlantic Council said in 2024 Iran was well positioned to benefit from Russia’s inability to export the same level
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