Tom Lee simply gave his hoax 4chan “prediction” a second life, and the web did what it all the time does when celebrities nod to massive numbers. In different phrases, they handled it like a worth prediction.
Lee, chairman of BitMine Immersion, responded with a quote publish, “I really like this,” to pictures claiming 2026 ATH objectives of $250,000 for Bitcoin, $20,000 for Ethereum, and $1,500 for Solana, framing them as “artifacts” quite than opinions.
Curiously, this prediction shortly acquired its personal warning label, with a neighborhood notice stating that the referenced discussion board publish quantity was exterior the present vary for the December 2025 board, and that an archive test discovered no match. So the viral “anon” supply seems to have been fabricated.
I really like this https://t.co/mwePyQVQNr
— Thomas (Tom) Lee (not the drummer) FSInsight.com (@fundstrat) December 25, 2025
In the meantime, BitMine's treasury at present has a crypto worth of $11.83 billion with 4,066,062 ETH in opposition to 192 BTC, giving it a 99.86% ETH allocation by worth. That is so massive that each $1,000 transfer in ETH marks an accumulation of roughly $4.07 billion on paper. This explains why the moonshot headline will get Mr. Lee's nod.
What if?
If ETH really minted $20,000, BitMine's 4,066,062 ETH could be valued at roughly $81.32 billion. The identical dashboard on CoinGecko exhibits the Ethereum line as round $11.82 billion, so on paper the upside from the ETH-only stack is round +$69.5 billion earlier than counting one other 192 BTC place.
Simply because the prediction is fake doesn’t stop this story from turning into tradable. When the crypto dialog spills over into shares, it props up fairness alternate options like BMNR whereas nonetheless setting a cap for individuals to depend on and promoting the concept ETH is the monetary asset of this cycle.
