BlackRock Submits Bitcoin Premium Income ETF S-1 Filing to SEC
On January 26, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas took to social media to announce that BlackRock has filed an official S-1 registration statement with the SEC for its upcoming iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (submitted January 23). Fees and the fund’s ticker have not yet been disclosed.
The ETF’s strategy aims to track Bitcoin’s price performance while generating additional income via an active management approach—primarily through selling covered call options on IBIT shares, with occasional trades tied to ETP indices.
BlockBeats Note: Filing an S-1 marks the first step in the fund’s official SEC registration process. Next steps may include 19b-4 rule changes, a Nasdaq listing application, and other procedures before the fund receives approval to launch and trade publicly.
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BitMine increased its ETH holdings by 40,000 coins last week, and Tom Lee stated that its ETH staking APY could reach $374 million.
January 26th — BitMine, the largest Ethereum-focused treasury firm, announced Thursday that its total holdings of crypto assets, cash and "potential projects" amount to $12.8 billion, per official sources.
Key holdings include:
- 4,243,338 ETH;
- 193 BTC;
- A $200 million equity stake in Beast Industries;
- A $19 million equity investment in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) — categorized as a "potential project";
- $682 million in cash.
BitMine’s ETH holdings represent 3.52% of Ethereum’s total supply (120.7 million tokens).
BitMine Chairman and Fundstrat analyst Thomas "Tom" Lee noted:
"Over the past week, we’ve added 40,302 ETH to our holdings. Since mid-October, the ETH-to-BTC price ratio (ETHBTC) has climbed consistently — a trend we believe reflects investors’ recognition that Wall Street is building tokenization and other use cases on Ethereum. To underscore the scale of this activity, the Ethereum Foundation’s website has listed 35 major financial institution
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The first AVAX Spot ETF in the United States to Debut on Nasdaq Today
On January 26, VanEck’s VAVX—the first U.S. spot ETF tracking AVAX—will debut on Nasdaq during Monday’s trading session, per official sources.
The ETF plans to stake a portion of its AVAX holdings, with net-of-fee staking rewards distributed to holders. VanEck previously announced it will waive fees on the first $500 million in inflows.
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U.S. Winter Storm Causes Mining Farms to Decrease Load, Largest Network Hashrate Pool Foundry's Hashrate Drops by 60%
Jan. 26 (The Block) — A winter storm battering the U.S. has sharply cut Bitcoin mining activity, knocking a large chunk of the network’s hash rate offline. Mining operators proactively reduced electricity use to ease strain on the power grid.
Dubbed Fernan, the storm has dumped extreme cold, snow and freezing conditions across most of the U.S., leaving over 1 million residents without power. Grid operators issued energy-saving alerts in response.
Foundry USA — the network’s largest mining pool — has seen its connected hash rate drop ~60% since Friday. Data from miningpoolstats.stream shows its hash rate fell from a recent peak of ~328 EH/s to ~139 EH/s. Foundry holds roughly 23% of the global mining pool hash rate market share.
Roughly 200 EH/s of network hash rate is offline, pushing average Bitcoin block time above the protocol’s 10-minute target. Mempool data puts average block time at ~12.4 minutes. The next mining difficulty adjustment is expected to drop 15% — a built-in
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「BTC OG Insider Whale」 New Address Withdraws 11,000 ETH from Binance and Deposits into Aave
On January 26th, on-chain data reveals a Bitcoin OG insider whale address withdrew 11,000 ETH from Binance and deposited it into Aave just one hour ago—no additional actions have been recorded as of press time.
Previously, the same address pulled a total of 22,000 ETH from Binance in two transactions over less than three hours, both deposited into Aave. During those withdrawals, 30 million USDC was withdrawn from Aave and sent back to Binance, pointing to a potential flash loan operation.
Currently, the address holds 83,000 ETH on Aave (valued at $240 million) and has borrowed 120 million USDC, with a reported Health Factor of 1.66.
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