SharpLink Gaming (SBET) spent 43.09 million USDC to acquire 11,259 ether at an average price of $3,828 through an over-the-counter trade via Galaxy Digital, bringing its treasury to roughly 449,276 ETH worth an estimated $1.73 billion.
The latest purchase, flagged by onchain analytics provider Lookonchain, follows SharpLink’s high-profile buy earlier this week of 77,210 ETH $295 million, that previously pushed its holdings above 438,000 ETH, The Block reported. With today’s addition, the Nasdaq-listed firm chaired by Consensys founder Joseph Lubin remains among the largest corporate ether treasuries as companies step up balance-sheet exposure to ETH, according to The Block’s data dashboard. SBET shares rose 3% in pre-open trading after the purchase was revealed, Yahoo Finance data shows.
SharpLink’s move also lands amid a broader rise in Ethereum treasuries, which this week surpassed $10 billion in value across 64 entities, and alongside fresh accumulation by other treasury players such as The Ether Machine, which said it bought 15,000 ETH for about $57 million to take its stash above 334,000 ETH, more than the Ethereum Foundation’s holdings.
Johnny Garcia, Managing Director of Institutional Growth and Capital Markets at VeChain, said the ETH treasury race and broader institutional crypto adoption are “existential” for some companies in this new paradigm.
In his view, macro cues like Federal funding rates and tariff-inflation news will only spur the corporate crypto bandwagon. “Institutions are in a race [for some it’s existential] for relevance in the next-gen financial internet,” Gardia told The Block via email. “Nothing is stopping this train, least of all short-term one-off market-based factors such as the US Federal Funds rate.”
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