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BitMine Doubles Down Contrarian Bet, Purchases $1.99 Billion in ETH Despite Market Smart Money Betting on ETH Price Drop

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On December 7, Cointelegraph reported that BitMine is continuing heavy buying amid market declines, while top-performing traders in the Ethereum space are broadly betting on further ETH price drops. BitMine has accumulated $199 million worth of ETH over the past two days: $68 million purchased on Saturday and $130.7 million on Friday. Currently, BitMine holds $11.3 billion in ETH, accounting for 3.08% of Ethereum’s total supply—nearing its long-term accumulation target of 5%. The firm also has an additional $882 million in cash reserves earmarked for potential further ETH investments. On-chain analytics platform Nansen identified that “smart money” traders are ramping up ETH short positions: they added $2.8 million in shorts over the past 24 hours, bringing total short positions to $21 million. This signals broad bearish sentiment on ETH, with bets on a short-term price pullback. Meanwhile, Ethereum spot ETF inflows remain weak: Friday saw a net outflow of $75.2 million (the second consecutive day), with total outflows hitting $1.4 billion in November.
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