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View More NewsIn brief Bitmine bought 10,399 ETH over the past week, extending a buying streak that began in June 2025. The company now holds 5.8 million ETH, or about 4.8% of Ethereum’s circulating supply. Bitmine also repurchased 4.5 million shares last week under its previously announced $4 billion buyback program. Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies said Monday it bought another 10,399 ETH, or roughly $19.5 million worth, over the past week, extending a year-long buying streak that has made it the world’s largest corporate holder of Ethereum.The company said it now holds 5,797,813 ETH, worth about $10.9 billion at a…
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Note: the following review contains plot spoilers.In the opening lines of his poem Ithaka, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), the second-most famous Greek poet to make his theme the perilous homecoming of the Trojan War hero Odysseus, wroteAs you set out for Ithakahope your road is a long one,full of adventure, full of discovery.Laistrygonians, Cyclops,angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:you’ll never find things like that on your wayas long as you keep your thoughts raised high,as long as a rare excitementstirs your spirit and your body.(The translation is from Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard’s 1975 compilation, C.P. Cavafy, Selected Poems.) Christopher…
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