$BMNR This was a fair question.
Bitmine, like other DATs is essentially a levered bet on the underlying holdings. That bet for Bitmine specifically is that they can continue to trade above their marketable net asset value (mNAV) on a fairly regular basis, and sell shares at a premium to buy
$ETH.
But that's every
$ETH DAT's dream, with minor flavor differences. Why is Bitmine special? Because these types of plays consolidate, which we've already seen with
$MSTR, and we're also seeing with
$BMNR, as I expected.
For while,
$SBET looked like it could possibly be that name (and it still could create a strong duopoly for
$ETH treasuries), but Bitmine has captured that and established themselves as that best vehicle.
Why is this important? Liquidity and inflows.
Selling shares in an illiquid vehicle is really inefficient at best. Bitmine is one of the more liquid stocks. Inflows contribute to this, both from institutions (many of which cannot invest in
$ETH directly), and from retail, both who know and trust Tom Lee.
That's the Bitmine thesis: not that
@fundstrat is a God, but that they're positioned to benefit more from Retail + Institutional inflows than every other competitor, leveraging that to buy more
$ETH / share for shareholders.
Strategically and philosophically, there are other differences, but this is the big one.
I don't understand, how
$BMNR is different that any other strategic crypto asset holding companies...
Only reason I learned so far is "Tom Lee" .... I mean, he is not God, is he?
Truth is BMNR is only following ETH price, both up and down, nothing special...